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Elegance: A Complete Guide For Every Woman Who Wants To Be Well Dressed On All Occasions
by Dariaux, Genevieve Antoine
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- Seller
-
Helena, Montana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Doubleday & Company, 1964. Early printing. Cloth. Very good/Very good. Very good hardcover shows some mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, touch of soil at page edges, bookplate at front pastedown and some other light trace wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows toning along spine and fore edges, toning to rear panel, mild rubbing and soil, and edgewear that includes closed tears, tiny open chips and some wrinkling. 319 pages with index. Still a solid copy in jacket of this "...truly comprehensive encyclopedia covering every item a woman wears or carries and describing how each may be selected for quality, attractiveness, and appropriateness.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33103
- Title
- Elegance: A Complete Guide For Every Woman Who Wants To Be Well Dressed On All Occasions
- Author
- Dariaux, Genevieve Antoine
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Antiques, Collectibles, Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Missoula, Montana, Used Books, Rare Books
Terms of Sale
Barker Books & Vintage
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Barker Books & Vintage
Biblio member since 2021
Helena, Montana
About Barker Books & Vintage
Welcome to Barker Books & Vintage. We are a brick and mortar retailer of carefully selected books and other paper related product, located in Helena, Montana. We use our office mainly to buy books but are willing to allow perusal of inventory upon request. Our special emphasis on quality books includes a broad range of titles with particular interest given to those being uncommon or collectible. We have been in business close to twenty five years including our new home in Montana. Please call with any questions.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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