Folk and Festival Costume of the World
by R. Turner Wilcox
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
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Archdale, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. Hardcover. Fair. R. Turner Wilcox, Folk and Festival Costume of the World, Folk and Festival Costume of the World, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965, no earlier editions listed. Light brown cloth hc with man in costume on front, super 8vo, unnumbered (approx. 224 pp), contains 111 plates, each with multiple line drawings and facing page of text, showing traditional costumes of countries/continents from Afghanistan to Yugoslavia. Plate 103 shows examples of Mennonite, Shaker, Quaker, and Amish clothing. Fair/no DJ: Ex-library with tape residue and markings, spine cracked with threads peeling, corners worn, light foxing.
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- Seller
- Tannery Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1222
- Title
- Folk and Festival Costume of the World
- Author
- R. Turner Wilcox
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Travel; Social History;
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