This huge hardback text is incredible!! Titled: "KNITTING ~ KNIT GOODS ~ FINISHING" / AMERICAN TECHNICAL SOCIETY / CYCLOPEDIA OF TEXTILE WORK - Vol. V / Copyright 1911. ~~//~~ This clearly written and beautiFully illustrated book is in near excellent condition. Pages are clear and supple. Completely bound inside of ¼ bound scarlet leather on vivid red canvas over heavy boards. 218 + Detailed etchings, photo plates, line cuts and figure illustrations FILL this beauty! Depicting all sorts of textile work and equipment including: Singer button hole machine details, Dewees seaming and trimming apparatus, cloth cutting, mill construction, women-at-work, making lace stockings, pattern setting for hosiery, Branson full automatic machine operating, setting up, lamb knitting equipment, textile machine parts of all sorts, cone winding, bronze burr casts, skein winder equipped with spider swift, spindle drives +++ TOO much more! Great condition for a "hard-working" book of its size and age! A chipped off spine cover (w/tiny chipping to the corner tips) and minor cover dirt are the flaws to the outside of this 97-year-old original. Mild page yellowing and a faint dampspot (to the top edge of some back pages) are the only things keeping the interior of this 7" by 9 1/2"…2” thick. Beauty from being mint. That’s it! Its 365 red-marbled edged, heavy rag pages have no brittleness foxing dogears wrinkles mildew sticking odor underlines rips tears or marks of anykind. A complete list of the Main sections, contained within reads; CONE WINDING ~ CYLINDER SPRING NEEDLE MACHINES ~ CIRCULAR LATCH NEEDLE MACHINES ~ CIRCULAR RIB KNITTING MACHINES ~ LEIGHTON FLAT HEAD LATCH NEEDLES MACHINES ~ STRAIGHT "" ~ CIRCULAR LATCH NEEDLE AUTOMATIC HOSIERY MACHINES ~ FANCY HOSIERY KNITTING ~ THE "COTTON" TYPE OF MACHINE ~ KNIT GOODS FINISHING. Each and every section contains numerous, much more specific sub-chapters! ~~//~~ Have I mentioned (lately) the awesome illustrations that FILL this book? Plates alone make this one a must have. Book is full of instructional text, how-to's, history and more. Treat Yourself, the knitting buff, Textile historian or anyone intrigued by the unique art of Hosiery work to this hard-to-find! Winner pays 8.86 priority shipping (more than usual due to extremely dense weight). Please check out some of my other similar books... Running now! Just click on "View sellers other auctions" above to take a quick look. Always glad to combine shipping. All questions happily answered. Feel free read my ebay rating. Wishing peace and safety to you and yours. ================