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Home and Van Thal Ltd, 1946-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. 1946 FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

London: Home & Van Thal, 1946. 34p., dj.

Home & Van Thal Ltd., 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/price-clipped. 16mo, brown cloth, 34 pages, inked Xmas 1946 inscription on front pastedown; light spot on top panel of dj. Laver was a poet, novelist, critic and reviewer; but, he was also a Curator for the Victoria & Albert Museum. There his fascination for dating photographs by the clothes lead to him becoming a fashion historian. In 1927 he co-hosted the first television program on fashion history. This work is something of a sequel to that effort. "Why do we wear the clothes we do? There is, I am afraid, no very short or easy answer."

Home and Van Thal Ltd. 1946 1st edition.. Size 5.0 x 7.5 inches. In brown cloth covers with silver to front. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Handling marks. Not price clipped). Mild foxing to endpapers. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 34pp. The writer addresses himself to a ten year old girl and discusses the history and possible future of female fashion.

Home & Van Thal Ltd, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. h/b 34 pages, condition is very good. An owners name to the flyleaf.