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Black in Fashion
by Mendes, Valerie D
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1851772782
- ISBN 13
- 9781851772780
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: V & A Publications, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 144pp, copiously illustrated throughout. Black cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Bottom corners lightly bumped. Black endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has significant shelf wear, chipping to edges, remnants of label on front flap, price unclipped. A large and heavy volume which will require an additional charge for overseas delivery. Folio. Celebrates that enduring fashion phenomenon the little black dress - from the feather-light pleats of Fortuny to the deconstructed 1980s creations of Commes des Garcons- with specially commissioned photographs and a stylish layout it effectively gives a history of 20th century fashion viewed from a single perspective. An astonishing publication by one of the world's premier museums; The Victoria & Albert, Cromwell Road, London.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006682
- Title
- Black in Fashion
- Author
- Mendes, Valerie D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1851772782
- ISBN 13
- 9781851772780
- Publisher
- V & A Publications
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Keywords
- fashion, couture, Costume, dress, Black
- X weight
- 1.7 kg
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- Spine
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- Chipping
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- Edges
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- Folio
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- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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