WESTERN WORLD COSTUME : An Outline History
by Carolyn G. Bradley
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1954. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. EX-LIB, loan pockets to front cover verso & fEP. Text/archival tape repaired tears to lower edges of pgs 241 & 243, else, Bright, clean & Near New. Bi-olorboards/Good; sound, edge worn w/suface wear. DJ/None. Excellent reference/resource for costume designers & illustrators with an eye to history. Development & evolution of Western garments for men and women, from primitive times to the 1950s. Text documents salient distinctive features for each time period in footwear, headgear, hair grooming styles, make-up, and accessories, favoured colors, as well as materials used. 451 pgs in 25 chapters w/near 500 sepia line drawings and maps. Presented in outline form for easy cross reference; a general chronology of historical events & social changes precedes each chapter, Glossary to rear. Strong copy despite flaws.
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- Seller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 019229
- Title
- WESTERN WORLD COSTUME : An Outline History
- Author
- Carolyn G. Bradley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Appleton-Century-Crofts
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- History/Fashion/Costume/The Western World/Chronology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference/Resource;
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