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The Perfect Lady; With 16 Photographs in Colour by Alfred Eris

The Perfect Lady; With 16 Photographs in Colour by Alfred Eris

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The Perfect Lady; With 16 Photographs in Colour by Alfred Eris

by Cunnington, C. Willett, honorary adviser to the gallery of English costume, Manchester

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London: Max Parrish & Co Limited, 1948. Hardcover. 72p., text is set close in a smallish font (postwar economizing), illustrated with fullpage color plates as called for (on glazed alkaline stock, marginless) plus dust jacket drawing and 46 "decorations in line" by Peter Hoffer. Line vignettes x-ray add-ons like the bustle, how constructed. Nice book, with the book itself in very good condition: 9.5x6 inch grey cloth boards, just a little edgeworn, while the dust jacket is a mess but interesting (in two ruined pieces laid in). Sound, clean, unmarked. Imperfect turns perfect.. "stretching ahead from Waterloo lay a century of peaceful prosperity and moral refinements" (for the wealthier classes).. "the Perfect Lady had roots in commerce, war profits perhaps, things to be forgotten as she established a new social standard.." This new polish lasted "a century or so.. falling naturally into three phases, the Ascent, the Summit and the Decline..

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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
311934
Title
The Perfect Lady; With 16 Photographs in Colour by Alfred Eris
Author
Cunnington, C. Willett, honorary adviser to the gallery of English costume, Manchester
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Max Parrish & Co Limited
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1948
Bookseller catalogs
Women; Nineteenth century; Children; Garment Trades; Costume;

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About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..

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