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The Well-Dressed Woman’s Do’s and Dont’s
by Elise Vallée
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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BACUP, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Well-Dressed Woman's Do's and Dont's by Elise Vallée (London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1st edition 1925).
Fashion advice on how to present oneself to be at one's best. Reprinted in 2008 by Ebury Press, this copy being the original published in 1925.
Attractive dustwrapper art.
Hardback in dustwrapper. pp [4], 54, [2] colophon. Size: 7 x 4.5 inches approx. (174mm x 111mm).
Wear and tear to dustwrapper, some creasing and with small loss; darkened to spine; somewhat grubby in places; tanned to verso. Boards and spine showing shelfwear to extremities, some bumping to corners; short (13mm) split to front hinge at head of spine; dusty. Endpapers foxed and with offsetting; occasional foxing throughout; edges of page-block spotted and dusty.
Nonetheless, remaining a reasonably nice copy in dustwrapper. Very uncommon.
*International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*
Fashion advice on how to present oneself to be at one's best. Reprinted in 2008 by Ebury Press, this copy being the original published in 1925.
Attractive dustwrapper art.
Hardback in dustwrapper. pp [4], 54, [2] colophon. Size: 7 x 4.5 inches approx. (174mm x 111mm).
Wear and tear to dustwrapper, some creasing and with small loss; darkened to spine; somewhat grubby in places; tanned to verso. Boards and spine showing shelfwear to extremities, some bumping to corners; short (13mm) split to front hinge at head of spine; dusty. Endpapers foxed and with offsetting; occasional foxing throughout; edges of page-block spotted and dusty.
Nonetheless, remaining a reasonably nice copy in dustwrapper. Very uncommon.
*International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*
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Details
- Bookseller
- D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DBZ1371
- Title
- The Well-Dressed Woman’s Do’s and Dont’s
- Author
- Elise Vallée
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Date Published
- 1925
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fashion, Etiquette
Terms of Sale
D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA
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About the Seller
D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA
Biblio member since 2019
BACUP, Lancashire
About D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA
D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller ~ a small general stock with an interest in Northern Topography, Transport, Industrial History, Art & Illustrated, and Children's Books. Selling books online and exhibiting at book fairs in the North of England. Member of the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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- Spine
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