Textiles, Carpets, Tapestries from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1948. 4to. x, 166 pp. Black cloth with silver decor and lettering in a colour illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Jacket's edges worn and chipped, with slight loss to tail of spine, corners and edges, a few tears. Internally clean. With 504 black & white illustrations and diagrams by May Warner Marshall. . Very… Read more about this item

Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited 1963. 4to. 64, [94 colour and black-and-white plates] pp. Cerulean blue hardcover with gilt lettering to boards and spine. A few minor marks to front board; a few small tears and marks to panels; price clipped. Internally crisp and bright. An attractive book with high quality paper and illustrations. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1963.

Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited 1966. 4to.Limited Edition. Edition limited to 500 copies. 47, + plates, pp. Cloth with gilt lettering in printed dust wrapper (not price clipped). Minor rubbing to jacket extremities and fading to its spine. Minor rubbing to book extremities, with a few light spots to front board. Internally clean. With 96 b&w illustrations. . Very Good.… Read more about this item

Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited 1969. 4to.Limited Edition. Edition limited to 600 copies. 67, + plates, pp. Full cloth with gilt lettering to spine and board, in printed dust wrapper (not price clipped). Some tears and light marking to jacket. Cloth clean. Internally clean. With 92 b&w illustrations. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. Limited Edition. 1969.

Essex: Scorpion Publishing 1994. 4to. First Edition. 303 pp. Hardcover in a colour illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Jacket minor yellowed and creased at edges. Slight wear to front board bottom corner. Internally clean. With colour and black & white illustrations throughout. Analysis and art historical study of the Persian myths and legends woven into rugs and carpets by villagers… Read more about this item

Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, Publishers, Ltd 1966. 4to. ix, [+ plates] pp. Orange hardback in jacket, price clipped. Spots to spine and rear jacket panel, minor wear to edges. Boards clean, internally clean. Black & white plate illustrations. Part of 'The Worlds Heritage of Woven Fabrics' series. Geometric patterned fabrics from Al-Andalus, Muslim Spain. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1966.

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Thames and Hudson 1990. 4to. Presentation copy. 351 pp. Red cloth with gilt decor and lettering to spine in a colour illustrated jacket. Minor spots to edges, but otherwise, all in near fine condition, clean and bright. Presentation inscription from the author on the ffep. to Wendy Hefford, the Victoria and Albert Museum's curator and specialist in… Read more about this item

Stockholm: Livrustkammaren / The Royal Armoury 2003. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. Swedish text followed by an English translation. pp. 276 then 328-400 in English. Colour illustrated boards. Minor wear and split to tail of spine, but boards clean and firm. Internally clean and bright. Illustrated in colour throughout the Swedish text. Catalogue for the exhibition at the Livrustkammaren (The Royal Armoury), Stockholm,… Read more about this item

London: Dryad Press Limited 1987. Large 4to. 192 pp. Hardback in an illustrated jacket. Minor curl to jacket edge. Boards clean, internally clean. Illustrated in colour throughout. A history of shawls from the wife of anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss. 0852197594 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1987.

London: The Studio Ltd 1929. 4to.Illustrated. First edition. xvi, 182 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover, in illustrated dustjacket. Illustration throughout. Rubbing and some chipping to spine and edges of dustjacket. Some spotting to preliminary pages. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1929.

London: Mercury Books 2004. Large 4to. 216 pp., illustrated throughout 1904668895 . Very Good. Hardcover. 2004.

Leeds: Luxurious Textiles Limited 1981. 4to. White publishers ring binding. Black laminated paper bearing a collection of textiles, alongside full page fabric / covering samples to the rear. Some markings to the boards, crinkling/wear to the spine and corners and some tape to the rear cover. Some general wear and markings internally. Overall in very good condition. . Very Good.… Read more about this item

Switzerland: Edita 1983. 4to.Illustrated. 272 pp., FRENCH TEXT. Brown cloth binding with pictorial dust jacket. Jacket is bright with minor marks. Boards are fresh and internally clean and bright. Illustrated throughout in both colour and black and white. 2880011361 . Near Fine. Cloth. 1983.

Tokyo: Kodansha International Limited. 1980. Large 4to. Volume 2 only. 62 pp, 175 plates. Grey cloth hardcover with a blue patterned dustjacket, comes in original cardboard packing box. Light edge wear, otherwise as new. 751 examples of Japanese designs. 0906026067 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1980.

Tokyo: Kodansha International Limited 1980. Large 4to. Volume 1 only. 66 pp, 184 plates. Grey cloth hardcover with a floral dustjacket, comes in original cardboard packing box. Light edge wear to dustjacket, some markings to box, otherwise as new. 771 examples of free-style Japanese textile designs and patterns. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being… Read more about this item

London: Gresham Publishing Company 1910. 8vo. In 8 volumes complete. Bound in blue publisher's decorated cloth with an Arts and Crafts design. The boards are bright with minor marks, particularly to the rear of the first volume. Some slight rubbing and bumping to the spines. Bindings are firm with some scattered spotting. Illustrated throughout with in-text and full-page illustrations in… Read more about this item

Dorking: Bayford Books 1988. 4to. 20 pp,. Softcover binding. Slight creasing to the front of the cover. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Includes a selection of ephemera related to the work of Lilian Dring such as postcard and the program of her Orleans House Gallery Retrospective exhibition. 0907287085 . Very Good. Softcover. 1988.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2002. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 462 pp. Large format paperback. Slight fading to spine. Clean copy. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. 9780300093315 . Very Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 2002.

London: Phaidon 1964. 4to. 152pp, illustrated in colour and b/w. Lovely unread copy. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1964.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harry N. Abrams Incorporated / Guggenheim 1993. Large 4to. xviii., 476 pp., 202 illustrations including 65 plates in full colour. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 0810932628 . As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 1993.