The Cradle and Home of the Hosiery Trade 1640-1940 - Arthur J. Pickering Hinckley. W. Pickering & Sons Limited. First edition 1940. pp 136 plus fine gazette of fifty pages or so. Blue/grey card with embossed black titles and illustrations, quarter bound to spine in navy leather. A few marks and signs of shelf wear but the edges and corners are very good. The leather spine is in excellent repair. The text block is in very good condition on yellowed floury paper. Plenty of sketches of local figures and landmarks.. Block wedges spotted. Excellent gazette on high sheen paper. Photographs of all things Leicestershire hosiery, of great interest to the local historian.