Bookseller's Catalogue

Left Coast Books

2654 State Street #33, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, USA. +1 805 698 2842
leftcoastbooks@hotmail.com

Media::Fabrics & Textiles

provided by AntiQbook's database

This selection contains 6 title(s) on 1 page.
This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 6


	BROKER, GUNTHER Koptische Stoffe Leipzig, Insel-Verlag. 1967. Hard Cover , 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 59 pp. 36 col. illus.; 19 cm. Text in German. Firm binding, clean text. Front free endpaper (blank) excised, previous owner's ink stamp/back paste-down endaper. The swatches are from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Good/No DJ. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 043896 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	ESSINGER, JAMES Jacquard's Web: How A Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press. 2004. (ISBN: 0192805770) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth, gilt, xi, 302 pp. illus. ports. biblio. index; 20 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "In Jacquard's Web, James Essinger tells the story of some of the most brilliant inventors the world has ever known, in this fascinating account of how a hand-loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the development of the modern information age. Essinger, a master story-teller, describes how Joseph-Marie Jacquard's loom enabled the silk-weavers of Lyons to weave fabrics 25 times faster than had previously been possible. The device used punched cards, which stored instructions for weaving whatever pattern or design was required. These cards can very reasonably be described as the world's first computer programs. Indeed, Essinger shows through a series of remarkable and meticulously researched historical connections--connections never before investigated--that the Jacquard loom kick-started a process of scientific evolution which would lead directly to the development of the modern computer. The book examines a wealth of extraordinary links between the nineteenth-century world of weaving and today's computer age: for example, modern computer graphics displays are based on exactly the same principles as those employed in Jacquard's special woven tableaux. Jacquard's Web also introduces some of the most colorful and interesting characters in the history of science and technology: the modest but exceptionally dedicated Jacquard himself; the brilliant but temperamental Victorian polymath Charles Babbage, who dreamed of a cogwheel computer operated using Jacquard cards; and the imaginative and perceptive Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's only legitimate daughter. Attractively illustrated and compellingly narrated, Jacquard's Web is an engaging and delightful volume. It is an impressive case of historical detective work, one that will leave the reader mesmerized. / James Essinger is a freelance writer living in the United Kingdom." - Publisher. Fine/Fine. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1548] Book number: 040629 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	LEJARD, ANDRE La Tapisserie de Bayeux Paris, Editions du Chene. 1946, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cloth, 93 pp. illus. col. plates; 33 cm. Numbered 1091/1500. Accompagnee de la Conquete de l'Angleterre par Guillaume le Conquerant; texte extrait de "La chronique de Normandie," adaptee par Michele Hebert. TRES BON ETAT. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Some tanning to spine, lettering rubbed. Age toning. Slipcase with light edgewear. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. The famous Bayeux Tapestry, woven by Anglo-Saxon women and now housed in France, depicts the Norman invasion of England in 1066. Very Good/Very Good. USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.75 \| £UK 120.75 \| JP¥ 17199] Book number: 036610 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	BASILOV, VLADIMIR N.; ZIRIN, MARY FLEMING (TRANSLATED BY) Nomads of Eurasia Los Angeles, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 1989. (ISBN: 0295968168) Soft Cover , 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue, xiii, 191 pp. illus. (some col.), biblio. index; 28 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibit, Nomads: Masters of the Eurasian Steppe held at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, February-April 1989; Denver Museum of Natural History, June-September 1989 and U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C. November 1989-February 1990. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Fine. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5160] Book number: 034954 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	NICKEL, HEINRICH L. Deutsche Romanische Bildteppiche aus den Domschatzen zu Halberstadt und Quedlinburg Leipzig, Insel-Verlag. 1967. Hard Cover , 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 57 pp. col. illus.; 19 cm. Text in German. Firm binding, clean text. Light edgewear to boards, age toning. Very Good/No DJ. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 043897 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	VON ROSENSTIEL, HELENE, AND WINKLER, GAIL CASKEY Floor Coverings for Historic Buildings: A Guide to Selecting Reproductions Washington, D.C. Preservation Press. 1988. (ISBN: 0891331301) Trade Paperback , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 283 pp. illus. biblio.; 24 cm. VG. Previous owner's signature/verso of title page, otherwise tight & clean. Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 036463 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.

6 titles found



Left Coast Books Search Page	ANTIQBOOK's database


	BROKER, GUNTHER Koptische Stoffe Leipzig, Insel-Verlag. 1967. Hard Cover , 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 59 pp. 36 col. illus.; 19 cm. Text in German. Firm binding, clean text. Front free endpaper (blank) excised, previous owner's ink stamp/back paste-down endaper. The swatches are from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Good/No DJ. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 043896 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	ESSINGER, JAMES Jacquard's Web: How A Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press. 2004. (ISBN: 0192805770) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth, gilt, xi, 302 pp. illus. ports. biblio. index; 20 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "In Jacquard's Web, James Essinger tells the story of some of the most brilliant inventors the world has ever known, in this fascinating account of how a hand-loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the development of the modern information age. Essinger, a master story-teller, describes how Joseph-Marie Jacquard's loom enabled the silk-weavers of Lyons to weave fabrics 25 times faster than had previously been possible. The device used punched cards, which stored instructions for weaving whatever pattern or design was required. These cards can very reasonably be described as the world's first computer programs. Indeed, Essinger shows through a series of remarkable and meticulously researched historical connections--connections never before investigated--that the Jacquard loom kick-started a process of scientific evolution which would lead directly to the development of the modern computer. The book examines a wealth of extraordinary links between the nineteenth-century world of weaving and today's computer age: for example, modern computer graphics displays are based on exactly the same principles as those employed in Jacquard's special woven tableaux. Jacquard's Web also introduces some of the most colorful and interesting characters in the history of science and technology: the modest but exceptionally dedicated Jacquard himself; the brilliant but temperamental Victorian polymath Charles Babbage, who dreamed of a cogwheel computer operated using Jacquard cards; and the imaginative and perceptive Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's only legitimate daughter. Attractively illustrated and compellingly narrated, Jacquard's Web is an engaging and delightful volume. It is an impressive case of historical detective work, one that will leave the reader mesmerized. / James Essinger is a freelance writer living in the United Kingdom." - Publisher. Fine/Fine. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1548] Book number: 040629 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	LEJARD, ANDRE La Tapisserie de Bayeux Paris, Editions du Chene. 1946, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cloth, 93 pp. illus. col. plates; 33 cm. Numbered 1091/1500. Accompagnee de la Conquete de l'Angleterre par Guillaume le Conquerant; texte extrait de "La chronique de Normandie," adaptee par Michele Hebert. TRES BON ETAT. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Some tanning to spine, lettering rubbed. Age toning. Slipcase with light edgewear. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. The famous Bayeux Tapestry, woven by Anglo-Saxon women and now housed in France, depicts the Norman invasion of England in 1066. Very Good/Very Good. USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.75 \| £UK 120.75 \| JP¥ 17199] Book number: 036610 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	BASILOV, VLADIMIR N.; ZIRIN, MARY FLEMING (TRANSLATED BY) Nomads of Eurasia Los Angeles, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 1989. (ISBN: 0295968168) Soft Cover , 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue, xiii, 191 pp. illus. (some col.), biblio. index; 28 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibit, Nomads: Masters of the Eurasian Steppe held at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, February-April 1989; Denver Museum of Natural History, June-September 1989 and U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C. November 1989-February 1990. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Fine. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5160] Book number: 034954 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	NICKEL, HEINRICH L. Deutsche Romanische Bildteppiche aus den Domschatzen zu Halberstadt und Quedlinburg Leipzig, Insel-Verlag. 1967. Hard Cover , 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 57 pp. col. illus.; 19 cm. Text in German. Firm binding, clean text. Light edgewear to boards, age toning. Very Good/No DJ. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 043897 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	VON ROSENSTIEL, HELENE, AND WINKLER, GAIL CASKEY Floor Coverings for Historic Buildings: A Guide to Selecting Reproductions Washington, D.C. Preservation Press. 1988. (ISBN: 0891331301) Trade Paperback , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 283 pp. illus. biblio.; 24 cm. VG. Previous owner's signature/verso of title page, otherwise tight & clean. Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 036463 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.