[Rarebooks] FS: Wollen Fabrics of India -1891

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

"A Monograph on Woollen Fabrics in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh"

By A[lan] W. Pim. Published in Allahabad by the North-Western Provinces
and Oudh Government Press, in 1898.

A study of the woolen fabric trades in the northern sections of British
Colonial India, with information on raw materials, spinning and warping,
weaving, felting, dyeing, and local traditions connected with these
activities. Sir Alan Pim [1871-1958] wrote a number of studies on British
Colonial agriculture and related topics, and would later criticize the
British government for not spending more on local Colonial infrastructure
in Africa to benefit the native population. This early title is uncommon.

Hardcover. 9”x11.5”, iv + 17 pages. Publisher’s printed boards with newer
cloth spine. Ex-institutional with newer endpapers and a blindstamp on the
title page. Covers somewhat worn and soiled, 1-inch chip on upper corner.
Brittle paper is starting to crack along the gutter at the bottom of the
first few pages [see photo below]. Delicate, but internally clean.  $350~

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