Contrasts
by GRIERSON, GEORGE ABRAHAM
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Piermont, New York, United States
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About This Item
Lawrence: Acadia Mills, 1918 First edition thus. Rubbing to foredge rear cover; else a very good copy in original gilt-stamped gray cloth. Grierson's description of spinning and weaving practiced by the East Indians. The "contrast" is between these early hand methods and the technologically advanced methods used by Acadia. The contrast, however, between present day Lawrence Mass., now that Acadia and all mills like it are dead, and the worst village in India has grown less noticeable..
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- Bookseller
- Trevian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008566
- Title
- Contrasts
- Author
- GRIERSON, GEORGE ABRAHAM
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lawrence: Acadia Mills, 1918
- Keywords
- Textile Cotton
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fashion;
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...