The Changing Face of Beauty: Four Thousand Years of Beautiful Women by Garland, Madge - 1957

New York: M. Barrows and Company, 1957. Wear at corners. Sunning and discoloration at extremities. Price clipped.Image of Velasquez's venus on dust jacket. An interesting and unusual book, examining the chnages in styles of beauty over the ages, through examination of works of art. Binding and pages tight; pages clean. . Hard Cover. Good Minus/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Scuffing and dark rubbed marking overall. Staining to front board. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

NY: M. Barrows and Company. NF. 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 8 3/4" x 11 1/2" hardcover quarter bound in gray and re d cloth. A near fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. S mall bumps to the book's corners. Rubbing at the base of the spine. Bo ok plate affixed to the front endpaper. The dust jacket has frays/rubs to its corners. Frays along the head and heel of its spine. Rubs to t he folds. The rear panel has creasing along the upper and lower edges. Shipping weight is three pounds. Additional shipping charges will app ly to international orders. .

Paperback. Very Good. Good on the outside, edgeworn gray and red cloth in no dustjacket. Near-fine inside; no reader, remainder, or ex-library marks. Barrow 1957 1st ed 1st printing

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing and splits to spine ends and corners. Gilt lettering is clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Minor wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.

New York: M. Barrows and Company, Inc, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. 224p. A large hardcover book bound in 1/4 grey, 3/4 red cloth. LACKS the dustjacket. Spine barely sunned; otherwise clean and tight. Contains lots of black and white photographs and illustrations. Measures approx. 11.2" x 8.7

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1957. Hardback edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 223 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm. Subjects; Women in art. Beauty, Personal. Women's clothing History. Feminine beauty (Aesthetics). Femininity. Costume History. Women's clothing. Body decoration : beauty culture

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1957. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Fine illustrations.