Sandra ^^^

I'm not talking about AI but
Does just cutting out some of the terms which google is trying to include in its search get better results?   

A&R is used by so many companies and is an abbreviation used all over the music industry
www.google.com/search?q=E.L.G.+Gough+-+Processes+in+Dressmaking
gets fewer but focused pages.

,,,but idk, am I missing the point and you were particularly looking for a reference to 1958 and that particular publisher?

Possibly
www.google.com/search?q=%22dressmaking%22%22gough%22+%22Angus+%26+Robertson%22
might be picking up a couple of extra potential pages? But adding "1958" produces a load of results not related to dressmaking.

,,, and interestingly AI didn't try to step in with its interpretation for that search. ;)