English Literature and History
Lot 198
[HISTORY OF TEXTILES / MANUFACTURE] GILROY
[HISTORY OF TEXTILES / MANUFACTURE] GILROY, CLINTON GTHE ART OF WEAVINGLondon, Henry Washbourne, 1847. Second edition, thick 8vo, engraved frontispiece and plates (some folding, plates with staining), original publisher's cloth, ex-lib with ink stamps to front end-papers. Plus: WARDEN, ALEX J - THE LINEN TRADE, ANCIENT AND MODERN. London, Longman, 1864. First edition, thick 8vo, a clean copy in the original publisher's purple cloth, faded, wear to spine extremities. Plus: FELKIN, WILLIAM - A HISTORY OF THE MACHINE-WROUGHT HOSIERY AND LACE MANUFACTURES. Cambridge, W Metcalfe, 1867. First edition, "Subscriber's Copy", thick 8vo, all plates present as per plates list, publisher's dark purple cloth, worn, boards soiled. Plus: JAMES, JOHN - HISTORY OF THE WORSTED MANUFACTURE IN ENGLAND. London, Longman, 1857. First edition, thick 8vo, engraved frontispiece, publisher's embossed cloth, worn (4)
Estimate: £100 - 150
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