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Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full red cloth boards. 328 pages. Many b&w photos.

Seattle, WA: Museum of History and Industry, 1982. Staple Bound. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue for a display of looms at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, WA in 1982. 45 pages. 8 1/2""w x 11""h. Black and white illustrations. Looms depicted in fine-line drawings with descriptions include: Chilkat Dancing blanket, Hopi horizontal loom, Salish loom, Navajo; Bolivian oblique loom, Guatemalan backstrap, Mayoruna bow loom, Taaniko twining of the New Zealand Maori, Korean cotton loom -- Izaribata, etc.

Ecuador: Ediciones Libri Mundi, 1987. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear and small creases to cover. 8 3/8""w x 10 3/8""h. 190 pages. Many photos and illustrations.

Seattle: Virginia Nastiuk, 1976. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Plastic comb binding; wear to cover. 9 1/4""w x 9 1/2""h. 152 pages.

UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1996. Oversize Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 10""w x 10 1/2""h. 232 pages.

Pamphlet. Very Good. The Elegant Unicorn: Charts for Cross Stitch and Needlepoint by Anne Brownlee Hobgood (published by The Point of it All, 1982); and Dreamscape Unicorn designed by Teresa Wentzler (published by Just Cross Stitch, no date). Both pamphlets are in Very Good condition with slight wear.

London: Embroiderers' Guild, 1960. Staple Bound. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book. 6 1/2""w x 9""h. 32 pages.

Scranton, PA: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, 1927. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full gray cloth boards. Previous owner's name inside. This is volume 3 of a series. Contents: home laundering, dry cleaning, dyeing, remodeling, the upkeep of clothing, the budget. Many b&w photos and illustrations. Includes budget forms at the back - make sure you keep track of luxury items like candy and smokes.

Scranton, PA: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, 1928. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full gray cloth boards. This is volume 2 of a series. Contents: beautiful clothes, corsets and dress foundations, silhouettes, colors, fabrics, good taste in dress, millinery, accessories, dressmaker, tailor shop, European shops. Many b&w photographs and illustrations.

By Author, 1980. Staple Bound. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 66 pages heavily illustrated drawings (some mechanical) prints, b&w photos. Contents include: Spindles as art and artifact, Evolution of spinning, Hand twisting and thigh spinning, The hooked stick, Primitive shaft and whorl spindle, Single cross-arm spindle, Double cross-arm spindle (Turkish) Hooked high-whorl spindle (Egyptian), Bead-whorl spindle, Carved one-piece spindle, Drop spindle, (low whorl), Navajo spindle, Selecting spindles, Spinning, etc.

Kokovoko Press, 1998. Staple Bound. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 81 pages with how-to illustrations throughout, b&w photos. Sections on The zen of spinning, Wool types, handspinning wool, Common defects in wool, How to buy roving, Washing wool, Hand combing, Using hand cards, Drum carder, Making your own top-whorl spindle, Other types of spindles, Plying, Making a skein, Turkish spindle, Navajo spindle, supported spindle, etc.

Pomegranate, 1996. Oversize Paperback. Near Fine. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 9""w x 12""h. 208 pages. Many color photographs.

University of Washington Press, 2000. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 208 pages with chapters on: The Navaho, the bedouin, Narrow-strip weaving, Indonesian textiles, Kasuri resist dyeing, Inlay weaving of Nepal, Brocaded motifs from Guatemala, Peruvian tapestry weaving.

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1974. Oversize Paperback. Very Good. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slightly faded cover. Previous owner's name inside. 186 pages of text, plus 117 plates. 8 1/4""w x 10 7/8""h.

Batsford, 1973. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 63 pages with diagrams and how-to illustrations throughout, often many per page: 230 examples in total.

Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1972. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear with a little chipping at upper edge only. 96 pages many b&w photos and diagrams. Chapters include: History, Materials,Preparatory work, Technique: (Darning stitch, Diagnol stitch, Good-eye stitch, Ground stitch, samplers) Making up, Original designs, Designs.

London: Mills and Boon, 1958. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book shows light wear to covers, a small wrinkle in the upper R. corner of some of the pages. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owners name on half-title page. 89 pages, with 65 blackwork patterns, with variations: abaresques, some animals, a dragon, fish, etc. Layouts and technique tips.

US. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1894. Pamphlet. Very Good. Price written on cover. 27 page staple-bound pamphlet. Black and white photographs.

Ahmedabad, India: Calico Museum of Textiles, 1974. Oversize Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. A bit musty smelling. A re-print of the monograph originally published in 1900 on silk fabrics produced in the Northwestern Provinces and Oudh. Compiled by A. Yusuf Ali. 124 pages. 8 5/8""w x 11""h. Black and white and color illustrations. Fold-out chart. Covers silk manufacture and industry and includes a chapter on silk in folklore and literatue.

Boston: Trumpeter, 2009. Trade Paperback. Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 112 pages. Many color photos and b&w diagrams.