A HISTORY OF COSTUME
by Kohler, Carl/Von Sichart, Emma (Edited and Augmented)/Dallas, Alexander K. (Translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London, Bombay, Sydney: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., 1928. 464 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine ends slightly bumped. A couple leaves in rear dog-eared. Illust. w/ 16 plates in colour and about 600 other illustrations and patterns. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18635F/D
- Title
- A HISTORY OF COSTUME
- Author
- Kohler, Carl/Von Sichart, Emma (Edited and Augmented)/Dallas, Alexander K. (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, Bombay, Sydney
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- FASHION DESIGN COSTUME CLOTHES GARMENTS ANTIQUITY ANTIQUES DECORATIVE ARTS TEUTONIC PREHISTORIC PERIOD TEUTONIC BRONZE AGE MIDDLE AGES GERMAN ROYAL COSTUME FRANCE MENS DRESS DRESS COAT TROUSERS WAISTCOAT CRAVAT NECKTIE CLOAK MANTLE HEADGEAR WOMENS DRESS N
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- Fashion/Design;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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