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Pictorial History of Costume: A Survey of Costume from All Periods and Peoples from Antiquity to Modern Times
by Bruhn, Wolfgang & Max Tilke
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good DJ
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Praeger, 1955. First U.S. edition. Cloth. Good in Good DJ. Folio, 200 pp., color and b/w plates throughout. Spine slightly cocked and hinges starting, corners of boards lightly bumped, edges of boards sunned, a couple of tiny marks to front board. Jacket priceclipped, lightly dustsoiled, edgeworn, with several small chips and tears. WW.
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- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8279
- Title
- Pictorial History of Costume: A Survey of Costume from All Periods and Peoples from Antiquity to Modern Times
- Author
- Bruhn, Wolfgang & Max Tilke
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Praeger
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
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- Costume;
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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