Scottish Woolens

A smart copy of this scarce work on the Scottish woolen manufacturers. Scarce work. Illustrated with eight colour plates, eleven black-and-white plates, and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed study on Scottish woolen manufacturing, with chapters on worsteds vs. woolens, dyeing - ancient and modern, tartans, weaving, spinning, Shetland wool, Harris tweed, Cheviot wool, the ladies' trade, Highland ornaments and weapons, and much more. Edited with a foreword by James R. Scott-Noble, President of The National Association of Scottish Woolen Manufacturers. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is worn with light loss to the extremities and further loss to the rear panel. A 1" closed tear to the front panel and a 1" closed tear to the rear panel. Chipping and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine.…