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History of the Fan.
by RHEAD, G. Woolliscroft
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, 1910. First edition, one of 450 copies "for sale in Europe and the British Dominions," this out of series and unnumbered. Folio (14" x 11"), xix, 311, & [1] pages plus 127 plates of which 27 are in color. Publisher's bevel edged blue cloth lettered & decorated in gilt Top edge gilt, the others uncut
Binding moderately soiled, rubbed & spotted, previous owner's partially whited out name & address at front pastedown, sporadic minor foxing mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, rear hinge just started, a good or better copy.
An exhaustive & beautifully illustrated account, author George Woolliscroft Rhead is perhaps best known as the designer of Queen Mary's coronation fan in 1911 .
Please note, international shipping is by quote only, shipping weight is 12 lbs, 8 oz.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1327
- Title
- History of the Fan.
- Author
- RHEAD, G. Woolliscroft
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- George Woolliscroft Rhead, Decorative Arts, Fans, History, Illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Decorative Arts; Fashion, Coiffure; Illustrated Books;
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
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