Taking the Waters: Spirit, Art, Sensuality.
by Croutier, Alev Lytle
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: light blue cloth with silver spine text, title impressed on the front cover; the spine is slightly slanted, o
- ISBN 10
- 1558592199
- ISBN 13
- 9781558592193
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Abbeville Press, 1992.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light blue cloth with silver spine text, title impressed on the front cover; the spine is slightly slanted, otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. Small 4to (10.25 inches tall) . Bibliography, index. peach colored endpapers. Description: Well illustrated in b&w and color. The illustrations include some spa/travel posters of the Belle Epoque. This traces the evolution of spas from the sacred springs of prehistoric times to the Roman baths to the fabulous watering holes of elite society in Europe, Asia, and the United States.
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 055186
- Title
- Taking the Waters: Spirit, Art, Sensuality.
- Author
- Croutier, Alev Lytle
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: light blue cloth with silver spine text, title impressed on the front cover; the spine is slightly slanted, o
- Edition
- 1st Edition, so stated.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1558592199
- ISBN 13
- 9781558592193
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1992.
- Pages
- 224 pages.
- Size
- Small 4to (10.25 inches tall)
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Oroville, California
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