Maybe a chicken-and-egg thing? The books inspire the students who provide the market for more books ⦠but what triggered the interest in the 70s in the first place - Iâd bet on a backlash from the super-modern 60s. Thereâs only so much bright yellow and lime green Fortrel a body can take. I remember mini-dresses giving way to midi-dresses and long romantic dresses fostered by TV shows like Poldark and that Trollope thing that went on and on that Iâve forgotten the name of. In the US, âLittle House on the Praireâ as I think somebody has already mentioned. The back-to-the-land movement, the energy crisis. Long romantic flowing dresses, full sleeves and cuffs that were just the place for a bit of lace.
And then the publishers start looking around for other books on the same topic, and to re-print old books that have lost their copyright, and so on. By the way, I took a quick look at Margaret Maidmentâs book on ABE Books - it was originally published in 1931 by Pitman & Sons, then in the 50s in the USA by Charles Branford, and then starting in the 70s by a host of different companies (Paul Minet, Batsford, plus others) and today itâs available through a large number of POD houses. It looks like it might have been out of copyright by the 70s, though that seems a little early. Adele > On Mar 26, 2018, at 11:05 AM, DevonThein <devonth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > << Shortly after I started in England in 1971 I bought a copy of Maidment > Bobbin Lace Work printed in 1971. >> > > So interesting to see this cluster of books being published and republished in > the 1970s. But why? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
