Textile Arts of India, Chronicle Books, 1996, HC, Near Fine

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996.

English, US Edition, Near Fine, HC, Folio, 9” x 12,” 344 pp.

ISBN: 0811810844

Red woven cloth over boards, gilt stamped titling to front and spine, full-color illustrated endpapers, in publisher’s full-color pictorial wrap dust jacket, yellow and black text to front, pink and white text to spine, black text to inside gate flaps. Very minor soiling to top edge at front, very minor edgewear, otherwise clean, tightly bound, and excellent. In a Very Good dust jacket now protected in a Mylar sleeve. 3/4" scratch to spine, mild fading to top and bottom edges, very mild shelfwear, very mild edgewear, otherwise good. 344 pp. Replete with full-color and black-and-white images. A comprehensive survey of Indian textiles that includes over one hundred examples of brightly colored and intricately detailed textiles. From the dust jacket: “Textile Arts of India is the most lavish volume ever published on the magnificent textiles of India…An informative text traces the history of textile manufacturing in India and discusses the various methods of weaving, dying [sic], and other means of decoration.”