The rich textile traditions of Central and South America date back to pre-Hispanic Conquest times. This fascinating book looks at both the differences and the similarities between the weaving and textile techniques and traditions of the various Latin American countries, and explores the symbolic meanings of the designs woven into or imprinted onto the cloth. The topics covered include: Design and production, including the different types of loom and weaving techniques and the various spinning and dyeing methods; Fibres and threads, yarns and fabric sources; Manipulated thread crafts, including knitting and crochet, plaiting, knotting and netting, and the Spanish Sol needle-laces; Embroidery, both hand and machine, as well as the chain-stitch embroidery worked in Peru, the politically inspired embroidery of Arpilleras, and the applique pictures of Chile, Peru and Guatemala; Beadwork, both embroidered and strung; and Finishing, decorative edging and fringing.192pp.
The Crowood Press, 2006, Cloth, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 1861268262

Inventory #22955

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 23.70 approx. - € 18.12 approx.)

Revised by D.T.Nisbet.209pp.3pp.ads.2 previous owner's names onn ffep and half title page.
Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1920, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Third English Edition. . .

ISBN:

Inventory #19650

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 11.85 approx. - € 9.06 approx.)

This is the first publication of AIJA's Antitrust Sub-Commission of the International Business Law Standing Commission. The book is the result of the reports from 20 different jurisdictions for the working session organized by the Antitrust Sub-Commission during the Annual Congress of AIJA in Sydney in September 1998. The reports were based upon a questionnaire prepared by the General Reporter and Editor and generally reflect legislation up until January 1999. The purpose of this book is to discuss the critical issues in applying antitrust laws to the media sector, having in mind three main issues, namely deregulation and convergence in the media industry worldwide, the effect of antitrust laws on the new media environment, and the balance between sector-specific regulation and antitrust rules. 442pp.
Kluwer Law International, 2000, Cloth/Laminated Boards, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9041113363

Inventory #14894

Price: £ 40.00 GBP ($ 63.20 approx. - € 48.32 approx.)

"Thames: Sacred River" is about the river from source to sea. It covers history from prehistoric times to the present, the flora and fauna of the river, paintings and photographs inspired by the Thames, its geology, smells and colours, its literature, laws and landscape, its magic and myths, its architecture, trade and weather. The reader learns about the fishes that swim in the river and the boats that ply on its surface; about floods and tides; hauntings and suicides; miasmas and sewers; locks, weirs and embankments. 'My fair lady' of London Bridge is Falling Down is identified as Eleanor, Queen of Henry lll; Mapledurham House near Henley as Toad Hall of Wind in the Willows.In AD 54, the river was 14 feet shallower than it is now, flowing sluggishly at low tide through sandbanks and swamps: thus Caesar and his legions could cross the Thames and defeat the British tribes. 1700 years later, malaria in the marshes of the estuary was so terrible that some men had 'from 5 to 6, to 14 or 15 wives' consequence, as Ackroyd writes drily, of mortality not profligacy. Here is Shelley floating on the river under poetical beech trees, Hogarth getting roaring drunk on a boatrip to Gravesend, William Morris wondering whether the same Thames water flowed past his windows in Hammersmith as flowed past his house at Kelmscott 100 miles upriver.Did you know that Pepys (in 1661) was the first to mention a dock on the Thames? That 'toe-rag' (meaning despised individual) derives from sacking worn over the boots of workers in the grain and corn warehouses of Milwall Docks? That hangings continued at Execution Dock until 1834? Peter Ackroyd has a genius for digging out the most surprising and entertaining details, and for writing about them in magisterial prose. N.B. Top corner of front board bumped. D/J is 3/4 sized. 490pp.
Chatto & Windus, 2007, Cloth, Book Condition: Fine, Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9780701172848

Inventory #23433

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 23.70 approx. - € 18.12 approx.)

Volume II ONLY.Lacks ffep.Bookplate to front pastedown.Six lithographs,35 wood engravings.Contents good but inner hinge weakening,one and half inch tear to tail of spine,some rubbing and staining to boards,some spotting to endpapers.
Richard Bentley, 1854, Decorative Cloth, Book Condition: Poor, Jacket Condition: No Jacket. First Edition. Heavy Item Postage Quote. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #22368

Price: £ 30.00 GBP ($ 47.40 approx. - € 36.24 approx.)