Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Seller's Description:
A hardback volume in Good condition, in a rather grubby and worn dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own).
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Used-Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket. Some foxing & browning on pages, but colour plates clean; binding tight; dust jacket foxed, with yellowed spine, & tear in spine back joint.
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VG+ in G+ jacket. Please note contrast beteewn conditions of book and jacket. Hardcover in red cloth with silver stamped titles to spne, in off-white illustrated card jacket, 8vo. 4th reprint, 1964. 87pp. Drawings by Iris Brooks on b/we and color plates with facing descriptions throughout. Color frontis. VG+/G+ to near VG-. Book has veruy bright and sharp cloth and stamped titles; very mild cocking with no effect on strong binding; pages and plates somewhat stiff, clean and unmarked (save for prev. owner; s name in elegant hand half-title page). with bright color plates. Scuffing and patches of foxing to price-clipped jacket with occasional light to moderate soil/scuffing to rear; strong toning to spine with titles unaffected; central figure and titles clean and bright (see/request selller's scan). Close 1/4" tear (internally-taped) off mid upepr front edge. Jacket in Brodart.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN:
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Very Good. Hardcover. A. & C. Black, 1970; 5th imp. with drawings by Iris Brooke; with dust cover in fine condition; yellow cloth in mint condition; 90pp with IB's charming drawings on recto and JL's erudite commentaries on verso pp. It was in the nineteenth century that the Modern World took shape, and clothes are so intimate a part of men's lives that it would be strange if the revolutions-political and economic-which determined the history of Europe during the last hundred years should have found no reflection in the evolution of our clothes....For a whole century the accepted forms of male and female costume had remained fundamentally the same. Once the tradition was broken, anything might have happened. What actually did happen, and how we arrived by easy stages at something approaching the dress of to-day, it is the purpose of the following pages to show. 9½x6¼"......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Seller's Description:
Illustrated by Iris Brooke. Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. Ex-Libris; B & W and Color; 6 1/4 x 9 1/2; 89 pages; 1950 printing. Originally printed in 1935. Hard cover is black cloth with bright silver lettering on spine. Rubbing and bumping to covers. Former owner's book plate inside front cover. DJ has sunning, foxing, small tears around edges, front flap is price clipped at bottom; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight. Lavishly illustrated with 12 color and many b/w drawings by the renowned costume artist, Iris Brooke.
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Seller's Description:
Iris Brooke. Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 92 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. DJ lightly soiled. Spine sunned. Two closed tears to top edge of front panel: one approx. 1", the other approx. 1 1/2". Illust. w/ brown and color drawings. Contents nice.