Rural Costume. Its Origin and Development in Western Europe and the British Isles by OAKES, Alma and Margot Hamilton HILL - 1970

NY / London:: B. T. Batsford / Van Nostrand Reinhold Company,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0713408553 . Illustrated. First printing. Near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket. .

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by co-author MH Hill,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners; 3 small,closed nicks/ tears to lower edges.Top edge coloured pale green,fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright, clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original bright,green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers with merest hint of offset foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 10-248pp [paginated] includes foreword,introduction,8 chapters, profuse b/w line illustrations throughout the book by Margot Hamilton Hill,glossary,appendices (2),a bibliography,list of Museums & Libraries,an index; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title+title pages, contents list/table and acknowledgements. The history of… Read More