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The Paisley Shawl
by Grassick, J., M.D
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Grand Forks ND: Author/Holt Printing Co., 1926. Anecdotes and history of these Victorian staples, and their origins in Kashmir; the author, od Scottish descent, visited weavers there in the early 20th century whom he had known in his childhood some 50 years earlier. INSCRIBED by the author to a friend; these were evidently privately printed as gifts. Laid in are four printed Christmas notes, each with a poem in Scots dialect by the Doctor, dated 1924, 1926, 1927, and 1932, along with a hand-written poem on a calling card dated 1919, and a small sprig of browned heather with another handwitten verse. Small hardcover, red cloth spine over terra-cotta boards, black titling. General wear to book, corners rubbed, minor smudging, minor damage in gutters with a couple of insignificant gaps; laid-in paper ephemera tanned & smudged, calling card with big ink spot. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 5¼" by 7¾".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- r1024
- Title
- The Paisley Shawl
- Author
- Grassick, J., M.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Author/Holt Printing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Grand Forks ND
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Scotland, Scots, Textiles, Weaving, Wool, Costume
- Bookseller catalogs
- Costumes & Textiles;
- Size
- 5¼" by 7¾"
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- First Edition
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