(Donaldson, Alexander, Printer)

The Complete Letter-Writer. Containing Familiar Letters on the Most Common Occasions in Life. Also a Variety of Elegant Letters for the Direction and Embellishment of Style, On Business, Duty, Amusement, Love, Courtship, Marriage, Friendship,.....

Edinburgh, Printed for Alexander Donaldson, 1781. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 230 +9pp contents. Full leather, leather label. Covers worn and scuffed, free endpapers lacking, joints tender, contents tanned and foxed, minor dampstaining to last pages,drawing and doodling on front pastedown, strip torn from lower margin of last page, no loss of text, former owner's name on title page. A very early edition of this title, by the author referred to by James Boswell as the "Prodigious Vendor of Literature." Good.

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Book number: 003546

Catalogue: Collectible, Business and Industry, How-to and Hobbies

Barnwell, Mildred Gwin

Cotton Magic ; The Elementary Principles of Cotton Manufacture

Clinton, South Carolina, The Jacobs Press, 1945. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 114pp. Marroon buckram, gilt lettering. Covers are clean and sound, mild fading to top edges, contents are tanned but clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is missing 2 pieces along to edge, partially darkened, edge-chipped and worn along folds, but is essentially complete. The cotton manufacturing process, told in a clear and concise way. A very early edition and not a recent reprint. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 003023

Catalogue: Hobbies and How-To, Business and Industry

Keywords: Manufacturing

Edge, J. Harold

Notes on Practical Cotton Finishing

London, The Trade Papers Publishing Co. Ltd. 1911. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 103pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. LIght corner wear, some bubbling and small stains on rear board, front free endpaper missing, text is age-toned but otherwise unmarked, and book is overall in sound condition. Discussion of cotton finishing, clearly and interestingly written, including a dictionary of finishing materials. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003024

Catalogue: Hobbies and How-To, Business and Industry

Keywords: Textiles

Sabin, A.H.

Red-Lead and How to Use It In Paint

New York, Privately Published, 1917. Sixth Printing, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 97pp. Blue flexible baords, gilt lettering. Very light wear, endpapers partially darkened, text is clean, owner's stamp on front pastedown. An early publication of this title. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003537

Catalogue: Business and Industry, How-to and Hobbies

Keywords: Paint Painting Color