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THE ART OF DRESS: Clothes and Society 1500-1914
by Ashelford, Jane
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0707801850
- ISBN 13
- 9780707801858
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The National Trust, 1996. 320pp.Colour and b/white plates throughout. Special photography by Andreas von Einsiedel. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright silver title there-on. Plain beige boards very mildly edge-bumped. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated dustjacket (Front cover: Cotton polonaise of the 1770s; Back cover: Lady's fitted dressing case, c. 1900) minimally edge-creased and surface indented, thin strip of sunning to head of jacket flaps, tiny blemish to lower spine. From the front flap: " . . . a fascinating account of the history of dress over the past four centuries. Avoiding a mere chronicle of cut, shape and decoration, the author looks at the social aspects of dress - how styles were conveyed, how and where materials and clothes were purchased, what all levels of society wore, from duke to serving boy, and all ages, from widow's weeds to swaddling bands . . . " Book weight approx. 1.7KG. (Customers outside Australia only - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 2KG. with packing. Please email for quote). . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good+/Very Good-. 4to - (approx. 25cm x 25cm).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015038
- Title
- THE ART OF DRESS: Clothes and Society 1500-1914
- Author
- Ashelford, Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0707801850
- ISBN 13
- 9780707801858
- Publisher
- The National Trust
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 4to - (approx. 25cm x 25cm)
- Keywords
- Dress, Costume, Costume and Textile Collections,,Fashion,histpry Of Dress, Social Aspects, Snowshill and Killerton Collections
- Bookseller catalogs
- Costume and Fashion;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
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Diversity Books, IOBA
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