About that wool book...

Amazon has a few possibilities:

The History Of Wool And Woolcombing (1889)

The Sheep and Its Skin: A Text-Book of the History, Breeds, Feeding, Diseases, and Afflictions of the Sheep; and of the Pelt and Wool Conservation, Fellmongering ... of the Pelt Prior to Tanning [ 1913 ]

A short history of wool and its manufacture (mainly in England)

An Illustrated World History of The Sheep and Wool Industry (Hardcover)