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A Frivolous Distinction: Fashion and Needlework in the Works of Jane Austen
by Byrde. Penelope
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VERY GOOD+/N/A
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut
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About This Item
Tight, bright, clean and square. Faint sticker shadow on back cover. 42 pages of text including "A Brief Guide to Textile terms", "references to the novels and letters", and a bibliography. Plus 16 full page illustrations. 5.75x8.25x.25". Inspired by the 1975 celebrations held at Steventon, Chawton and Bath - some of the places connected to the novelist's life - which included displays of costume, needlework and needlework tools, at the Bi-Centenary of Jan Austen's birth.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B23-T002
- Title
- A Frivolous Distinction
- Author
- Byrde. Penelope
- Illustrator
- John Cornwell
- Format/Binding
- Staple bound
- Book condition
- Used - VERY GOOD+
- Jacket condition
- N/A
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bath City Council
- Place of Publication
- Bath, UK
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 58
- Size
- 5.75x8.25x.25"
- Keywords
- Biblio.live
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIO002010 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black ;
- Size
- 5.75x8.25x.25"
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