10301-4 Needlework and Quilting 1st ed thus

1st ed thus

is openly critical of the patriarchal establishment as it describes a young woman's struggles defending and supporting herself

Oversized art book includes drawings and paintings from private collections that were not publicly known

A group of essays including the one where he famously states he is a Jane Austenite and reads her with "the mouth open and the mind closed

The British Library and Oak Knoll Press

10301-4 Needlework and Quilting 1st ed thus2 volume set. Full leather with red title box on spine. Hinges fragile, leather cracking. Some browning of pages. Top and bottom of spine chipped. Leather on spine heavily cracked. Pages mostly very clean except for browning on first few pages of each volume. Printed for T. and W. Lowndes; No 77. in Fleet Street., London. 1784. USED. $225. 00