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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE EMBROIDERED SILK POSTCARD
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE
EMBROIDERED SILK POSTCARD
(ISBN 0-9540235-0-1)
Everyone interested in Embroidered Silk Postcards needs a copy of my book.
This is the first full history of Embroidered Silk Postcards in the context of their times, based on years of collecting and research. To get the best out of this website, you need a copy as it adds to the work described in the book.
It provides details of embroidered silk postcards that have never been published before. The Postcard Dealers Association in the UK awarded me a prize for research into postcards detailed in the book.
The book is widely recognised by collectors and dealers as an essential reference book on embroidered silk postcards. It lists over 2600 cards listed on 152 pages in A4 format.
It has up to date guides to the value and rarity of embroidered silk postcards and over 270 full colour illustrations, from common cards to the unique.
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE EMBROIDERED SILK POSTCARD
FIVE REASONS WHY YOU NEED A COPY:
The book is a collection in its own right, showing over 270 cards, some of which will take years to find.
It provides the context and background for your own collection of embroidered silk postcards.
It describes and illustrates all types of embroidered silk postcards, many for the first time ever.
It includes a Valuation Chart to monitor the value of the embroidered silk postcards in your collection.
It only costs the price of one good embroidered silk postcard.
It is available from the author at £10.00, p&p paid for UK. (Additional postage to be paid outside UK.)
Email gabrian@btinternet.com for further details.
SOME COMMENTS RECEIVED SINCE PUBLICATION OF THE BOOK:
· A delight to the eye with its superb colour illustrations and its clear and attractive presentation … the development of the embroidered silk postcard is detailed from turn of the century pioneers to post-war Spanish silks …easy to use and fascinating to read … a solid basis for estimates of relative rarity and price structure … an invaluable index … excellent reference work … enjoyable and informative … a real winner. (Review in Picture Postcard Monthly)
· It’s absolutely super … a really comprehensive treatise on these fascinating cards … it will certainly give us many hours of enjoyment …
· In over 15 years of postcard dealing I thought I had seen a few silks but I have only scratched the surface. You are to be congratulated for both the presentation and the clarity as well as the contents … the book will become a well-thumbed addition to my library.
· I'm delighted with the information and illustrations – congratulations on producing something so delightful and informative. So far I have just bought designs that appealed to me, it is so satisfying to know more of the history and development of these cards.
· The book has arrived and is wonderful. We have been taking turns trying to digest all of the information.
· Your work is a great advance in the background knowledge of our hobby and is one that I shall treasure.
· I found the book to be quite marvellous. The quality of the research shines out from every page as do the reproductions of the cards.
· I would like to say how much I have enjoyed your lovely book. I found it comprehensive, well produced, beautifully illustrated, authoritative, excellently researched, easy and interesting to read, and extremely instructive. Your superb knowledge of this fascinating area comes through magnificently in the book.
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I wanted to thank you so much for writing such a wonderful book. I have recently become enthralled with the history of the First World War. I am just so grateful to you for the book. It really is so informative and well put together, Well Done! It answered the questions I had and I am sure it will answer questions I will have in the future.
Received your wonderful Silk Postcard book today. An absolute credit to you, I could not be happier. I have just started collecting silks and this will be my bible.
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