Colne Valley Cloth from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bentley, Phyllis - 1947

huddersfield and district woollen export group [curwen press], 1947. hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 9x5x0. 1947 Huddersfield and District Woollen Export Group (Huddersfield, England), 6 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches tall color cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, white lettering to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, pink pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated with marvelous black-and-white drawings by Harold Blackburn, color plates of and eighteenth century clothier's pattern book and a folding color map in a pocket at the center of the volume, 70 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with mild bumping to the lower tips. Creasing to one tip of the folded map and one small edge tear. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a moderately chipped and edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~YY~ [1.5P] A book promoting the Colne Valley, an area in West Yorkshire, England,… Read More

London: Curwen Press, 1947. Colour illustrated cover with a light smudges to top margin. Soft rubbing to head & foot of spine. Edges: light foxing to top-edge. Ffep with inscribed August 1949. Clean contents. Coloured map of the Coln Valley Cloth District, clean and present. Binding is As New. 70p Dj: clean jacket. Small open wear, tears and hips to head & foot of spine and to head & foot of flaps spines.Tiny hole to centre of spine.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. Illus. by Harold Blackburn.

Huddersfield and District Woollen Export Group, 1947. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1947. First Edition. 70 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated dust jacket over illustrated cloth covered boards with gilt. Flat signed by author to inserted page with a date. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.

Huddersfield and District Woolle, 1947-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.5228 in x 24.1117 in x 14.9746 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Well read copy with some spine wear. Colouring of page edges due to age.