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Elegant Modes in the Nineteenth Century: From High Waist to Bustle
by Holden, Angus
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1935. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good ; Good Jacket. 1935 George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., London. First Edition. "First published in 1935" stated on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Hardcover has decorative paper-covered boards with brown, black and blue repeating floral pattern and blue cloth-covered spine with gold spine lettering. Color frontispiece; total of 12 color and black & white plates. Printed in Great Britain. Publisher's colophon on last page. Spine is sunned. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Light foxing on first and last few pages; page edges foxed. 123 pages. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears. Front panel of jacket has light foxing; jacket spine is sunned. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10547
- Title
- Elegant Modes in the Nineteenth Century: From High Waist to Bustle
- Author
- Holden, Angus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1935
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Decorative Arts,History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Decorative Arts; History;
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- Colophon
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- Price Clipped
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- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
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- Foxed
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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