FIGLEAF: The Business of Being in Fashion. With Drawings by Burmah Burris
by Merriam, Eve
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott, (1960).. (1960).. Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with the extremities darkened. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with a piece out of the top edge of the rear panel & another out ofthe tail of the jacket spine. 255 & [1] pages. Full-page & textual illustrations in black & white by Burmah Burris. There is light offsetting to the endpapers from the dust jacket. Good in a fair dust wrapper. <p>First edition.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20271
- Title
- FIGLEAF: The Business of Being in Fashion. With Drawings by Burmah Burris
- Author
- Merriam, Eve
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott, (1960).
- Date Published
- (1960).
- Keywords
- FASHION; FASHION INDUSTRY; DESIGNERS; MANUFACTURERS; RETAILERS; FASHION MAGAZINES; EVE MERRIAM; FIGLEAF: THE BUSINESS OF BEING IN FASHION; ILLUSTRATOR; BURMAH BURRIS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fashion;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fair
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- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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