French Costumes [together with eight hand-colored cards of French costume pasted onto the endpapers]
by Varagnac, Andre, preface; Designed by E. Lepage-Medvey; Translated by Mary Chamot
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London, Paris, New York: The Hyperion Press, 1939. First Edition thus. Wraps. Fine/very good. 16 pp of text (pp 7 to 23) followed by 40 brightly colored plates (13 by 9 inches, or 31 by 23 cm) on hard card stock showing traditional dress of the various regions of France. Each plate is accompanied with a separate sheet of light paper with a caption. Clean and tight copy, with only the lightest of soiling of the wraps.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001792
- Title
- French Costumes [together with eight hand-colored cards of French costume pasted onto the endpapers]
- Author
- Varagnac, Andre, preface; Designed by E. Lepage-Medvey; Translated by Mary Chamot
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Hyperion Press
- Place of Publication
- London, Paris, New York
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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