Jumbo Coins

22 Woodend Lane
Stalybridge
Cheshire
SK15 2SR

United Kingdom

Tel. +44 (0) 161-338-5741 Last Update - 20^th May 2009

e-mail - mike_bailey@hotmail.com
or – jumbocoins@yahoo.com

Looking for detailed information about specific machines and processes – see our Textile Leaflets and Manuals page
Have a look at our Textiles Odds and Ends as well – All sorts of textile related artefacts etc.

Books on Textiles & Fashion for Sale

All books are in very good to excellent condition unless otherwise stated.

ABC of Smocking & Gauging – Bestway Fashions No.327 – (rusty staples) - £1.95 (TH1)

Advances in Textile Processing – Volume 1 – ed. J E Lynn & JJ Press – 1961 – Ex-college library but excellent condition incl. DJ - £9.95

Artificial Silk Handbook - Nasmith F - 2nd Ed – (with original bookmark) - £3.50

Bulk, Stretch and Texture – Papers presented at the 51^st Annual Jubilee Textile Institute Conference in Baden Baden – 1966 – Soft bound - £5.95 (A3)

Card Grinding in Theory & Practice - Dronsfield Bros - 2^nd Ed - 1922 – Very Good Condition - £7.50 (A1)

Card Room Machinery – Asa Lees & Co, Soho Works, Oldham – Well illustrated – 1926? - £4.50 (TH1)

Card Room Machinery – Asa Lees & Co, Soho Works, Oldham – Wall Chart (illustrated) of “Gearing of Slubbing, Intermediate and Roving Frames” signed George Bolt (or Holt??) – £9.50 (TH1)

Cards by Platts - 1946 (20 page booklet) ------£7.50 (TH1)

Combing Machinery – Asa Lees & Co, Soho Works, Oldham – Well illustrated – 1928? - £3.50 (TH1)

Common Sense in Cotton Spinning - Henry A - 1919 (Used Condn.) £2.50

Cotton Carding – Merrill – 1955 – (Prize label) - £5.50

Cotton Combing – Merrill – 1955 – (Prize label) - £5.50

Cotton Doubling & Twisting - Wakefield S - Section 5 - Clearing & Gassing - PB (Used condition) £3.00 (TW2)

Cotton Doubling & Twisting - Wakefield S - Section 6 - Reeling, Prep. & Making up (Used condition) ---£3.00 (TW2)

Cotton Doubling & Twisting - Wakefield S - Section 7 – Threads & Their Manufacture (Excellent condition) ---£5.95 (A1)

Cotton Drawing and Roving – Merrill – 1956 – (Prize label) - £5.50

Cotton Opening and Picking – Merrill – 1954 – (Prize label) - £5.50

Cotton Ring Spinning – Merrill – 1959 – £4.95

Cotton Spinning - Marsden R - 1886 ---- £3.75

Cotton Spinning – Productivity Team Report – Anglo-American Team on Productivity – 1950 - £4.50

Cotton Spinning (2nd Ed) - Marsden R – 188? (used condition, split in spine)------ £2.50

Cotton Spinning Calculations - Thornley T - 4th Ed - 1911 (Used Condn.) --- £3.50

Cotton Waste - Thornley T - 2nd Ed - 1921 ------------------------- £4.50

Cotton World – Todd – 1927 – 1^st Edition – Excellent condition - £11.50

Cotton World – Todd – 1927 – 1^st Edition – Good condition ex-library - £6.50

Cotton Yarn Doubling – Productivity Team Report – Anglo-American Team on Productivity – 1950 - £4.25

Cotton Year Book 1914 - Textile Mercury - (L.Used) ------------------- £7.00

Developing Your Hand Knitting Sampling – Dubied – No Date - £2.95* (TH1)

Doubling & Winding Machinery – Asa Lees & Co, Soho Works, Oldham – Well illustrated – 1925? - £4.50 (TH1)

Dyeing & Chemical Technology of Textile Fibres – E R Trotman – 1964 3^rd Edition (number of ink-stained pages at front – otherwise good) - £3.25

Dyeing & Chemical Technology of Textile Fibres – E R Trotman – 1964 4^th Edition (Ex-college library but still sound) - £4.25

Dyeing Fibre Blends – R C Cheetham - – 1^st Edition 1966 – ex-library – excellent condition (incl. DJ) - £5.95 (A3)

Economics of Fabric Production - Papers presented at the Symposium in UMIST – 1970 – Soft bound - £4.95 (A3)

Electric Power Stations Vol 2- Carr T H - 1944 (Used) -------------------- £4.50

Embroidery – K Marko – 1982 1^st edition – (Lovely book with 60 stitches & various projects) ------------- £3.25 (750g)

Evolution of a textile Machine Works : Boltons Rise & Progress - Dobson & Barlow Complementary Copy - ND ------ £7.00

Fibre Structure – J W S Hearle & R H Peters - (Lightly used condition but DJ is not so good) ------------ £7.50 (A3)

Fibres for Fabrics - Garrett A E - (lightly used condn.) --------------- £3.50

Fine Cotton Spinning - Lomax I W - 1913 -------------------------- £4.50

Folk Costumes of the World – Harrold R – Blandford Series – 1978 – 1^st Edition - £3.95

Glossary of Textile Terms - Curtis H P - 1921 --------------------- £5.75

Hand Loom Weaving - Hooper L - 1920 (Used) ---------------------- £7.50 >

Healds for Weaving - Laird I - 1st Ed - 1949 ------------------------- £3.50

Opening Cleaning and Picking – Z S Szaloki - Inst. Series on Textile Processing Vol. 1 – 1^st Edition - 1976 – Ex-college library but excellent condition - £9.95 (A3)

High-Speed Carding & Continuous Card Feeding – Z S Szaloki - Inst. Series on Textile Processing Vol. 2 – 1^st Edition - 1977 – Ex-college library but excellent condition - £6.95 (A3)

High-Speed Carding & Continuous Card Feeding – Z S Szaloki - Inst. Series on Textile Processing Vol. 2 – 1^st Edition - 1977 – Excellent condition - £8.95 (A3)

Identification of Textile Materials - Text.Inst. - 3^rd Ed - 2^nd Reprint - 1954 - £1.95 (A3)

Illustrated Dressmaking Guide – Singer Sewing Machine Co. – No date (Price 2/-) - £2.95 (TH1)

Impact Phenomena in Textiles – W J Lyons - – 1^st Edition 1963 – ex-library – excellent condition (incl. DJ) - £6.95 (A3)

International Exhibition for Textile Innovation Programme – Manchester – 1989 - £2.25 (TW2)

Journal of Br.Assn.of Managers of Textile Works (Lancs) Vol 3 1911-12 HB --- £3.75

Journal of Br.Assn.of Managers of Textile Works (Lancs) Vol 5 1913-14 HB --- £3.75

Journal of Br.Assn.of Managers of Textile Works (Lancs) Vol 7 1915-16 HB --- £3.75

Journal of Br.Assn.of Managers of Textile Works (Lancs) Vol 8 1916-17 HB --- £3.75

Journal of Br.Assn.of Managers of Textile Works (Lancs) Vol 11 1920-21 HB -- £3.75

Journal of Textile Institute - 1919-1965 complete – Hard Bound - (2 volumes have damaged binding) ----- Offers

Lace & Lace Making – Bullock, A-M – Batsford – 1981 – 1^st Edition – ex-library – excellent condition incl. DJ - £5.50 (TH1)

Linked by the Same Thread - Various - 1986 - T.H.I.S & T.H.T.U.C. (TW2) - £2.75

Machinery Calculations (M/c Cat.) - Arundel Coulthard & Co. - 1920 - Stockport - with illustrations. ------ £7.50

Machinery Calculations - Dobson & Barlow - 1913 (Used but V.good.) -------£5.00

Man-Made Fibres – R W Moncrieff – Ex-college library but excellent condition – 4^th Edition - 1966 - £9.50 (A3)

Manual of Textile Management Principles and Practice - Dudeja V D - 1984 Reprint (TW2) - £1.75

Manufacture of Raschel Wool & Cotton Outerwear - Rotenstein C - 1960 ---- £3.00

Marketing of Textiles – Reavis Cox – Textile Foundation – Excellent condition – 1938 - £11.50 (A3)

Modern Cotton Economics - Thornley T - 1923 ---------------------------£4.50

Modern Cotton Carding Combing & Preparing Machinery (Illustrated Cat.) - Platt Bros. - 1930? (L/L) ----- £9.50

Modern Opening & Lap Forming Machinery - Platt Bros. - 1951 (L/L) -------£7.50

Narrow Fabric Weaving – A Thompson & S Bick – 1^st Edition – 1952 - ex-college library but excellent condition incl. DJ - £5.75 (A1)

Nonwoven Textiles – R Krcma – 1^st Edition in English – 1967 –- ex-college library but excellent condition incl. DJ - £5.75 (A1)

Official Handbook of CMC Weaving Wage System – 1949 (TW2) - £2.95

On Present Development of Power Loom Weaving of Silk at Lyons – Wardle T – 1893 – (much of spine covering missing) – ex-library - £6.60

Opening and Picking - (Saco Lowell Handbook Volume 1) - 3rd Edition 1946 - £5.25 (TH1)

Opening Machinery – Asa Lees & Co, Soho Works, Oldham – Well illustrated – 1925? - £4.50 (TH1)

Overlookers & Students Guide to the Ring Spinning Frame - Booth N - 1912 (used condn.) ----£4.50

Physical Methods of Investigating Textiles – ed Meredith & Hearle – 1^st Edition 1959 – ex-library – excellent condition (incl. DJ) - £6.95 (A3)

Physical Properties of Textile Fibres – W E Morton & J W S Hearle – 1^st Edition 1962 – ex-college library – very good condition (but DJ has some damage) - £7.95 (A3)

Pictorial Guide to Modern Home Needlecraft - Fabric Bound - ND - £5.75 (TH1)

Platt International – Spare Parts Catalogue – 3^rd Edition – 1973 - £0.95 (TH1)

Practical Ring Spinning - Mills L J - 1922 (used condn.) -----------------£3.00

Practical Warp Gaiting - Middlebrook W - (1st Ed) - 1948 --------------£3.00

Productive Costs in Cotton Spinning Mills - Hardman A H - 1912 (used) --£6.50

Quality Control & Reliability – A G Robertson – 1^st Edition 1971 – Excellent condition - £3.25 (A3)

Rapid Calculations - Russell A H - 1925 - 3rd Ed ---------------------------£3.50

Ring Spinning Frames – Asa Lees & Co, Soho Works, Oldham – Well illustrated – 1926? - £2.95 (TH1)

Rings and Travellers 1944-1957 – Eadie D – Eadie Bros – 1957 - £2.50

Silk Industry - Warner F - 1929? - Ex-Lib. (Spine needs attn.) -------------------£19.50

Small Patchwork Projects - Brondolo B - 1981 - includes templates - £ 4.95 (TH1)

Special Textile Machinery - Stubbs J Ltd - Early -------------------£7.50

Spinning Calculations Simplified – Platts – 1951 – 1^st Edition - £4.95 (TW2)

Story of Shirley (Shirley Institute) – 1988 – 1^st Edition – perfect condition - £9.95

Story of the Evolution of the Spinning Machine - Dobson B P - 2^nd Ed - 1911 (Small stain on front cover) - £7.50 (A3)

Story of WIRA – 1988 – 1^st edition – Perfect condition - £9.95

Students Cotton Spinning (3rd Ed - 13,000) - Nasmith J - used condn. -------£2.50

Studies in Modern Fabrics – Papers presented at the Diamond Jubilee Textile Institute Conference in London – 1970 – Hard bound - £8.95 (A3)

Studies in Modern Yarn Production – Papers presented at the 53^rd Annual Jubilee Textile Institute Conference in Stresa – 1968 – Soft bound - £5.95 (A3)

Study and Evolution of Concentration in UK Textile Industry – Fishwick and Cornu - EU - £5.50

Technical Data on Carding & Combing - Saco Lowell Shops - 1948 -------£5.50 (TH1)

Technology of the Textile Industry USSR – Textile Institute - 1960 No.5 - (Small stain on front cover) - £5.50 (A3)

The Textile Industries - A Practical Guide to Fibres, Yarns & Fabrics - Murphy W S ( 8 Vols) (Vol.1 rebound) - Complete with inserts --------------------------- £32.50

Textile Bleaching Dyeing & Printing Machinery - Hall A J - 1926 (Ex-Lib) - £15.00

Textile Conservation – ed. J E Leene - – 1^st Edition 1972 – ex-library – excellent condition (incl. DJ) - £9.95 (A3)

Textile Costing – J Lockwood & A D Maxwell – Textile Foundation – Excellent condition – 1947 - £9.50 (A3)

Textile Educator - Mills L J - 3 Vols. - 1928 - (lightly used condn.) ------ £18.00

Textile Engineering Processes – Nissan – 1959 – 1^st Edition - £4.50

Textile Fabrics & their Selection – I B Wingate – 5^th Edition – 1964 – (ex-college library – very good condition, but couple of loose pages) - £4.75 (A3)

Textile Fabrics & their Selection – I B Wingate – 6^th Edition – 1970 – (ex-college library – excellent condition) - £4.75 (A3)

Textile Progress – Vol.16 – Bound Edition with DJ - £5.25

Textile Progress – Vol.17 – Bound Edition with DJ - £5.25

Textile World Factfile 1967 - £4.50

Textiles Fiber to Fabric – Potter & Corbman – 4^th Edition 1967 – Good condition generally but a couple of faults. - £2.95 (A3)

Textiles Student’s Manual – T Welford – 1933 1^st Edition – Ex-library but very good condition – Contains Military Remembrance of Sgt Bert Horrobin label – and comment from Head of Dept of College. - £5.50 (A1)

Treatment of Cotton Previous to carding – H Hill – Dobson & Barlow – 1928 – well illustrated - £5.25 (TW2)

Uniform List of Prices to be Paid to Weavers in Cotton Man. Industry - 1937 --- £4.50

Uniform List of Prices for Weaving Plains, Fancies Col.Cloths etc. - 1921 --- £4.50

Waste Machinery – Asa Lees & Co, Soho Works, Oldham – Well illustrated – 1925? - £5.50 (TH1)

Weaver’s Wage: Earnings & Collective Bargaining in the Lancashire Cotton Weaving Industry – A comprehensive analysis and record. – E M Grey - Excellent Condition - £11.95 (A3)

Weldon's Encyclopaedia of Needlework - Weldon - ND - £12.95 (TH1)

Wheldon’s Business Statistics & Statistical Method – G L Thirkettle – 5^th Edition 1962 – Ex-library but very good condition - £3.50 (A3)

Wira Collected Practical Problems – 1959 – Superb book for analysing problems in wool. (Some spotting on cover otherwise very good.) - £9.95 (A3)

Wool: An Introduction to its Properties, Varieties, Uses and Production – W J Onions – 1^st edition 1962 – ex-library but excellent condition - £7.50

Wool Research : Volume 2 – Physical Properties - WIRA – 1955 – Ex-college library but very good condition. - £7.50 (A3)

Wool Research : Volume 3 – Testing & Control - WIRA – 1955 – Ex-college library but very good condition. - £7.50 (A3)

Wool Research : Volume 4 – Carding - WIRA – 1955 – Ex-college library but very good condition. - £7.50 (A3)

Woollen & Worsted Spinning - Barker A F - 1922 - used condition. --------------£4.00

Woollen Carding and Spinning - Mackereth L – No date – ex-library - £4.95 (TH1)

Worsted Drawing and Spinning: Part 1 Drawing – H Walker – 1^st Edition 1954 – Ex-college library but excellent condition incl. DJ - £7.95 (A3)

Woven Stretch & Textured Fabrics – B L Hathorne – 1^st Edition 1964 – Ex-college library but excellent condition including DJ - £7.50 (A3)

Yarn Revolution – Papers presented at the 60^th Annual Jubilee Textile Institute Conference in Harrogate – 1976 – Soft bound - £5.95 (A3)

All books available at time of writing, please check availability.

Postage costs will be calculated at cost, however costs for the UK are likely to be roughly :-

Pamphlets at approx. 30p each.

1 volume - £1.25p

2 volumes - £2.00

2-3 volumes - £3.00

4-5 volumes - £5.00

We also advise Recorded Delivery on small parcels at 65p extra.

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