Progress Cotton Carding, Used (4 results)

Soft. Condition: Fair+. No Jacket. Rusty red cover, gold lettering. Useful for mill agents etc in Cotton Factories. in good condition for its age. Plenty of tables and charts. Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at the time!

12mo. pp. 359. 2 frontis. & numerous text illus. & diagrams (some full-page). cloth (lower covers spotted, institutional rubberstamp on title). Thirteenth Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Boston MA: F.A. Leigh & Co., 1890. 92 pp. Soft cover in VG condition. Rusty red cover with gilt lettering. Page 15 has come loose from binding. Neatly written annotations on two illustrations. Includes erratum insert on page 24 and ownership label of John S. Adams, presumably the superintendent of Adams Bros. Mfg Co. in Adams MA. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The Theory and Practice of Cotton Spinning; Or The Carding and Spinning Master's Assistant: Showing the use of each Machine employed in the whole process - how to adjust and adapt them to suit the various kinds of Cotton, and the different qualities of Yarn. And How to perform the various Calculations with the different departments of Cotton Spinning. Illustrated by Appropriate Engravings. Also, An Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Cotton Spinning, and a short Account of the cultivation of Cotton, quantities imported and consumed, different growths, &c. Second Edition. John Niven, Jun. Glasgow, 1833, 332 pp, rebacked cloth, ten plates, 10 x 6.5", 8vo. In fair condition. Rebacked in sturdy buckram with original moire cloth placed nicely over. Cloth is quite soiled and worn with rubbing at edges. Fresh end papers free of ownership. Old hand ownership of Henry Amislead of Brierfield Mill, Marsden on fly. Internally toned with sporadic age staining and heavy foxing at times. Leaves are slightly chipped from wear. Folding plates intact with slight irregularities in the folds. Free of known markings. Binding intact. Please see photos. Early and scarce work. Ownership of cotton mill in Brierfield, Lancashire. Lancashire had built its first cotton mill in 1838 for Henry Tunstill on the east bank of the canal, next to the coal mine and powered by a steam engine. The Tunstill Brothers proceeded to erect a new six-story spinning mill at the sight after Henry's death in 1854. Interesting provenance!