Search Results: Textiles from D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB)

Whitinsville, MA: Whitin Machine Works, [1914]., 1914. 12mo. pp. 91. frontis. & numerous text illus. (some full-page). original cloth.. Hardcover.

Whitinsville, MA: Whitin Machine Works, [1917]., 1917. 12mo. pp. 299. frontis. & numerous text illus. (some full-page). original cloth.. Hardcover.

New York: Reporter Publications, Incorporated, 1950., 1950. folio. pp. [2], 110, [3]. 48 fabric samples & 2 fibre samples mounted in the text. profusely illus. (some full-page &/or colour, some tipped-in). numerous inserts & overlays. original wrs..

Paris: 1963., 1963. 8vo. pp. [18]. French text. 1 b/w illus. wrs. (small surface loss on front cover, institutional bookplate on front endpaper). Published in conjunction with an exhibition. Edition limited to 2,000 copies.. Soft cover. Very Good.

Cambridge: Printed by John Wilson And Sons, 1865., 1865. 8vo. pp. 80. original printed wrs. (rear wr. wanting, spine chipped, outer leaves creased)..

Norwood, MA: Privately Printed By The Plimpton Press, [1925]., 1925. 8vo. pp. 112. with half-title. 20 plates (1 colour, 1 double-page). original cloth-backed bds. First Edition. A privately-printed history of one of the first textile mills in America to successfully manufacture worsteds. Established as the Arlington Woolen Mills in 1865, the new company experienced difficulties In competing with English-produced woollen goods, primarily due to its quality and to the prejudice against American-manufactured textiles. The company managed to survive, expanding into cotton manufacture in 1881 and shortening its name to Arlington Mills. Larson 874.. F. Hardcover.

New York: George D.Baldwin, 1844., 1844. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 574. 35 engraved plates (7 folding) & numerous illus. in the text (1 partly hand-coloured). original cloth, rebacked with spine mounted (corners bit worn, some dampstaining to portions of text & 1 plate). First Edition. Gilroy, an American weaver and manufacturer "thoroughly versed in the business", here covers the little-known techniques of weaving intricate and ornamental textures that were not generally detailed in standard texts. He dismisses the prominent technological 'savants' of previous years, including Greenough, Peddie, Yates and Ure, as offering little of practical value for the fancy warper or figure weaver of the day, and being devoid of practical instruction on the construction of looms and other apparatus requisite for the production of the more intricate kinds of textures. Included are chapters on plain weaving, tweeling, double cloth, marseilles quilting and velvets, cross weaving, comprising gauze… Read More

[Woodbridge: England]: Antique’s Collector’s Club, [2001]. Signed presentation copy to Nancy Osler from Lanto Synge. 4to. pp. 352. Profusely illus. in colour & b/w. biblio. index. cloth. dw

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979., 1979. 4to. pp. 256. 48 colour & 160 b/w illus. 55 line drawings. biblio. index. cloth (stain to lower left corner of front cloth cover not effecting the dw). dw. (two tiny tears). First American Edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

London: Thames & Hudson, [1965]., 1965. folio. pp. 278. profusely illus. in b/w, with 82 tipped-in colour plates. index. cloth. (spine bit sunned). First Edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

London: National Trade Press Limited, 1950. First Edition. 8vo. pp. x, 313. text illus. cloth

Leigh-On-Sea: F. Lewis, [1960]., 1960. 4to. pp. 18, [2]. 56 b/w plates. cloth. dw. First Edition.. F. Hardcover.

Boston: Shambala, 1997., 1997. 4to. pp. 192. profusely illus. (most colour). biblio. index. wrs..

London: Bracken Books, [1987]., 1987. 4to. pp. ix, 166. 4 double-sided colour plates. cloth. dw. (scuffed).. Hardcover.

Munich & New York: Prestel, [1994]., 1994. 4to. pp. 174, [5]. many illus. (some full-page colour). index. wrs..

Leigh-On-Sea: F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, [1975]., 1975. 4to. pp. 15, [2]. 45 b/w plates. cloth. dw. (soiled with few short tears to upper edges). First Edition.. F. Hardcover.

New York: 1933. 4to. 86 mounted silk samples. folding bds portfolio

Leigh-On-Sea: F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, [1965]., 1965. pp. 11, [2]. 42 b/w illus. cloth. dw. (bit soiled with few short tears to upper edges). First Edition.. F. Hardcover.

London: Charles Griffin & Company, Limited, 1925. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xi, 610. 163 text illus. cloth

London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1927. Third Impression. 8vo. pp. xxiii, 434. 16 plates (3 folding). numerous text illus. cloth