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ROBES OF THESPIS. Costume Designs by Modern Artists by Mason, Rupert; George Sheringham; R. Boyd Morrison (Editors) - 1928

by Mason, Rupert; George Sheringham; R. Boyd Morrison (Editors)

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ROBES OF THESPIS. Costume Designs by Modern Artists by Mason, Rupert; George Sheringham; R. Boyd Morrison (Editors) - 1928

ROBES OF THESPIS. Costume Designs by Modern Artists

by Mason, Rupert; George Sheringham; R. Boyd Morrison (Editors)

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London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. Pp. xv, 143, complete with colour frontispiece and 109 plates in colour and black & white, all with captioned tissue guards, head & tail pieces, many text illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth, bright gilt-stamped cover decoration, gilt spine lettering. Covers very slightly soiled and scuffed, else a very good, clean, fresh copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Stout Quarto.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CA (CA)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Ernest Benn Limited
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1928
  • Keywords Costumes; Costume; Fashion; Theatre; Stage
  • Size Stout Quarto

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Robes of Thespis. Costume Designs by Modern Artists

Robes of Thespis. Costume Designs by Modern Artists

by Mason, Rupert; Sheringham, George; Morrison, R Boyd [eds.]

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London: Ernest Benn Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. 1928. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover with gilt motif and titles. 280mm x 225mm (11" x 9"). xv, 144pp + plates. 109 colour and b/w plates. Costume in opera, ballet, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Irish Dramatic Costume, Period Costume, Fantasy (Max Beerbohn,). Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .
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Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern Artists

by Rupert Mason; George Sheringham; R. Boyd Morrison

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London: Ernest Benn, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 11.5" by 9.5". Not Stated. The first edition of this richly illustrated study of theatre costume, in the scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original dust wrapper, price unclipped.Illustrated throughout, with a frontispiece and one-hundred and nine plates, many in colour, and each retaining the original captioned frontispiece. Collated, complete.The ethos behind this text was to 'bring to light unknown artists' and to enable them to have a chance of success hitherto denied. It publicly recognises the vision and work of costume designs from a variety of performances.The text has divided the costume depicted into eight sections: 'Fantasy in Costume', 'Historic or Period Costume', 'Irish Dramatic Costume', 'Costume', 'Costume At The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith', 'Revue', 'Costume for Ballet' and 'The Artist in The Dressing Room'.With the former owner's inscription of Roe Luck, 1930, to the front free… Read More
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