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Fine in Fine jacket. First American edition, 1993, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto, 256pp., illustrated in color and b&w. Book fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ fine.
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256pp. illus. blue cloth 4to: Fine in a Very Good+ dj [dj = rubbed/nicked @ extremities; else VG+] A handsome coffee table book featuring 274 illustrations, 180 in color.
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Very Good. Size: 9x1x12; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Small tears to jacket. Clean, unmarked pages. The story of silk through the ages, reproducing hundreds of fabrics, furnishings and garments from all parts of the world. From ancient China the narrative leads by the legendary silk routes to Byzantium and the Islamic world, to Ottoman Turkey, and on to Renaissance Europe. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" (USA) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, tiny teat to cover cloth (about 1/4") at the bottom edge of front cover, thus Near Fine in Fine dust jacket Blue cloth, 256pp, index, colour plates showing silk farics augmented by B&W photos. This book follows the story of silk through the ages, reproducing hundreds of fabrics, furnishings and garments from all parts of the world. From ancient China, where the secret of reeling silkworm cocoons was first discovered, the narrative leads by the legendary Silk Routes to Byzantium and the Islamic world, to Ottoman Turkey and India-and on to the Renaissance, baroque and rococo silks of western Christendom. In modern times the fashion industry yields a wonderful array of silk designs, from Fortuny and Balenciaga, A heavy book. (5.0 JM LVR 200/b6.