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By: Cobb, J. H.
Price: $262.00
Publisher: Boston: Carter, Hendee and Babcock, 1831.: 1831
Seller ID: nm 2358
Condition: Near Fine
68p. 3 plates: 2 hand colored of mulberry leaves & of the development of the silk worm. third plate shows machinery for silk making. Paper covered boards, cloth spine. Water spots on front, foxing. Near Fine copy View more info
By: Cobb, J. H.
Price: $95.00
Publisher: Boston: Carter, Hendee and Babcock, 1831.: 1831
Seller ID: nm 2359
Condition: Fair
68p. 3 plates: 2 hand colored of mulberry leaves & of the development of the silk worm. third plate shows machinery for silk making. Paper covered boards, cloth spine missing, back board present but separated. Paper on boards is comming up in places. Foxing. Fair copy View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: University of Chicago, 1996.: 1996
Seller ID: nm 4219
ISBN: 0226816273
Condition: As New
308p. Wraps. As New copy View more info
By: Mercer, Henry.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Bucks County Historical Society, 1960.: 1960
Seller ID: nm 4270
Condition: Near Fine
3d ed. Reprint of 1929. 331p. Photos of the tools. Chapters on Felling, splitting, and Sawing; Moving & Measuring, Holding & gripping, Shaping & fitting, Fastening & unfastening, Sharpening. Green cloth. heavy. Near Fine Copy View more info
Price: $65.00
Publisher: Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832.: 1832
Seller ID: nm 2355
Condition: Good
276p. Line drawngs. Foxed. Brown cloth spine & stiff boards. Ex.lib. number inked on spine. Splitting oat top of both side of the spine, about 1 inch. Spine sunned. Good copy View more info
By: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1974.: 1974
Seller ID: nm 2460
Condition: Near Fine
303 lots. b/w photos. Composition green boards. Glass ring on front. Near Fine copy View more info
By: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1979.: 1979
Seller ID: nm 2459
Condition: Fine
245 lots. Photos front & back. Some color. Green compostion boards. Fine copy View more info
By: Pullein, Samuel.
Price: $1,200.00
Publisher: London: Millar, 1758.: 1758
Seller ID: nm 2353
Condition: Very Good
299p. Frontispiece. four parts: "I. On the raising and planting of mulberry trees. II. On hatching and rearing the silkworms. III. On obtaining their silk, and breed. IV. On reeling their silk-pods." The two plates (one being the frontispiece) show various machinery and tools for, and stages of, the production of silk. Original leather. Professsional repairs to cover. Binding still tender. Pages OK. In New professionally made clam shell box, light bown cloth the red leather title in spine. Very Good copy. View more info
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Northampton: Butler, 1839.: 1839
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: nm 2354
Condition: Very Good
156p. Folding frontispiece. Including chapters on the selection of and the proper conditions for growing mulberry trees, raising worms, reeling the silk, and the economics of silk culture. Whitmarsh sought to convince American farmers of the ease and profitability of silk-growing. He was convinced that American silk was of better quality and would therefore be in greater demand despite its higher price. The author's plan even included instructing the poor in American cities in silk culture as a means of eradicating unemployment. Original Embossed green coth with gilt tile. Spine sunned. Paper ... View more info
By: Day, John .
Price: $50.00
Publisher: St Martin's, 1980.: 1980
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: nm 4384
ISBN: 0312252161
Condition: Fine
1st US ed. 112p. Photos. Line drawings. Some color. Very Oversize. Jacket priced. Fine/Fine Copy View more info
By: Stuart, Robert.
Price: $300.00
Publisher: London: 1829.: 1829
Seller ID: nm 627
Condition: Fair
2 small vols. Line drawings of machinery. Vol. I is Poor: missing rear board, front board separated, no spine. first several pages also loose; Vol. II Fair. Ex.lib. View more info
By: Field, Henry.
Price: $47.00
Publisher: NY: Scribner, 1866.: 1866
Seller ID: nm 640
Condition: Fair
364p. Green cloth. Ex lib. label on spine. Splitting along back, top of spine chipped. Corners worn. Binding broken otherwise Fair Copy. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: GPO/ Museum of History & Technology, 1965.: 1965
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: nm 2453
Condition: Near Fine
1st ed. 68p. Photos. Large wraps. Owner's emboss. Near Fine Copy View more info
By: Bill Carter; Merri Sue Carter
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Naval Inst Pr: 2002
Edition: 1st
Inscription: Signed by Publisher
Seller ID: nm 4346
ISBN: 1557500169
Condition: Fine
1st ed. 252p. SIGNED by the published. Fine/Fine copy View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: GPO / Museum of History & Technology, 1965.: 1965
Seller ID: nm 2455
Condition: Near Fine
102p. Photos. Large wraps. Owner's emboss. Near Fine copy View more info
By: Nicholson, John.
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Desilver, 1831.: 1831
Seller ID: nm 4304
Condition: Very Good
2nd US. from 3d Britsh ed. 2 Vols. 448p. +359p. Folding line drawings. Original calf leather. Heavy. Top of spine of vol. I. chipped: Leather otherwiser in very good condition. Foxing. Very Good Set. View more info
By: Citizen of Mansfield Conn.
Price: $200.00
Publisher: Hartford: Gurdon Robins, 1939.: 1939
Seller ID: nm 2360
Condition: Very Good
82p. illustrated. "Mansfield Domestic Silk-Grower's Manual". Yellow printed boards with green cloth spine. End papers foxed. Some foxing inside. Very Good copy View more info
By: Posselt, E. A.
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Posselt, 1898: 1898
Seller ID: nm 3406
Condition: Good
184p. + 32p. ad. Black cloth. Top of boards worn. Less so on bottom. Good copy View more info
By: Long, Elen Call.
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Philadelphia: Jos. Glover, 1884.: 1884
Seller ID: nm 2363
Condition: Fair
47p. b/w illustrations. Paperback. Missing last page & back cover. Front cover tears at margines. Fair Copy View more info
Price: $53.00
Publisher: Yale Univ., 1970.: 1970
Inscription: Signed by Editor
Seller ID: nm 705
Condition: Near Fine
572p. Green cloth. Heavy. Signed & inscribed by Wilson. Ex.lib. label neatly removed from spine. Rubber stam inside. Near Fine Copy. View more info
By: Anon.
Price: $200.00
Publisher: Washington: Peter Force, 1838.: 1838
Seller ID: nm 2362
Condition: Very Good
Translated from the Chinese via a French translation. 198p. 10 b/w plates showing Chinese methods & equipment. Original Green cloth. Paper spine title lable chipped. Top & Bottom of spine worn. Corners worn. Lightly foxed end papers. Very Good copy View more info
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Norton, 1984: 1984
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: nm 3274
ISBN: 0393017036
Condition: Fine
1st ed. 412p. b/w photos. Some color photos of surviving swatches.. Focus is on fabrics used in the house rather than as clothing. Oversize. Owner's name. Fine/Fine Copy View more info
