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English Costume: From the Second Century B.C. to 1972, with Introductory Chapters on the Ancient Civilisations
by Yarwood, Doreen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0713408537
- ISBN 13
- 9780713408539
- Seller
-
Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: B T Batsford, 1979. Fifth Edition. Red Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 302pp. A super copy. Illustrated throughout with numeorus colour plates and drawings, including a colour frontispiece. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Light bump to the tail of the spine and the very slightest of slight soil marks to the upper fore edge. Fresh and firm. Dust wrapper not price clipped. Slight shelf wear to the wrapper edges. Clean and tight. A near fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 209939
- Title
- English Costume: From the Second Century B.C. to 1972, with Introductory Chapters on the Ancient Civilisations
- Author
- Yarwood, Doreen
- Format/Binding
- Red Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0713408537
- ISBN 13
- 9780713408539
- Publisher
- B T Batsford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾"
- Keywords
- COSTUME GREAT BRITAIN ART DESIGN
- X weight
- 0 oz
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fore Edge
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- Fine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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