Mirror, Mirror: A Social History of Fashion
by Batterberry, Michael;Batterberry, Ariane Ruskin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 003021016X
- ISBN 13
- 9780030210167
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About This Item
New York, NY: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. New York, NY, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1977. First edition, first printing. Folio. Lustrous pale blue cloth with silver lettering embossed on spine and blind stamp of title on front board, slate blue endpapers, frontispiece features an illustration of a woman dressed in period clothing on a brown background, title page also in brown with lettering in varying shades of tan, illustrated in color and black and white throughout, 400 pp. An irreverently charming study of fashion from the first attempts to string together some fig leaves to modern day. From the personal library of the late dancer, Martha Graham. Dust jacket has repaired flat tear at top of spine, very light shelf wear; front board has tiny flaw in title stamp, bindings are clean and sharp cornered, text block is bright, tight and appears gently read. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B0-44-01
- Title
- Mirror, Mirror: A Social History of Fashion
- Author
- Batterberry, Michael;Batterberry, Ariane Ruskin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 003021016X
- ISBN 13
- 9780030210167
- Publisher
- Holt Rinehart & Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Keywords
- CLOTHING STYLE CULTURE COSTUMES MARTHA GRAHAM
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Fabric Arts and Fashion;
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