Harris Tweed - The Story of a Hebridean Industry
Title: Harris Tweed - The Story of a Hebridean Industry
Author: Francis Thompson
Publisher: David & Charles, Newton Abbot
Date: 1969
Hardback - 1st Edition with original dustcover. Frontis. Illustrated with line drawings and black and white plate photography. 191pp. Index
Synopsis
This book describes the economic struggles of the Hebrides, the methods of tweed manufacture both traditional and modern and the marketing issues at the time. It should be remembered that in the mid 20th century Harris Tweed was highly fashionable and sort after with as much as two thirds of the annual production exported to mostly the USA.
Condition Notes
This is a fine copy with a very good condition original dustcover with just some faint knicks and tears around the edges but now protected in a sheath. Inside the pages are bright and clean throughout.
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