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Welfare Handbook No. 7 Dress; Being an Essay in Masculine Vanity and an Exposure of the UnChristian Apparel favoured by Females
by Gill, Eric (Illustrator)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Orig. stitched dark gray wrappers. Fine
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1921. First edition. Original Wraps. Orig. stitched dark gray wrappers. Fine. Gill Eric. 13 pages in text. Four engravings by Gill -- device on front cover and title page (peacock from a wood-engraving by Desmond Chute), and Dress (2) P186 & P187, plus Dog and flaming torch. No. 28 (7) of St. Dominic's Press publications, printed from Caslon O.F. on Batchelor hand-made paper. This a variant, without the one shilling price and back cover. GILL 7. Fresh, crisp copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20781
- Title
- Welfare Handbook No. 7 Dress; Being an Essay in Masculine Vanity and an Exposure of the UnChristian Apparel favoured by Females
- Author
- Gill, Eric (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Gill Eric
- Format/Binding
- Original Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. stitched dark gray wrappers. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- St. Dominic's Press
- Place of Publication
- Ditchling
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Private Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press; Religion;
Terms of Sale
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Biblio member since 2008
ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Member: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America & International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Device
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- First Edition
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