Shocking Life
by Elsa Schiaparelli
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New Yok: E.P. Dutton's, 1954. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A clean, very presentable copy of the 1954 stated 1st edition. Sharp and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($$.00), VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light chipping at the spine crown and along the top-edges. Octavo, colorful frontispiece by Picasso, other color illustrations by Christian Berard of "Vogue", and a host of crisp black-and-white photos accompanying Schiaparelli's text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21680
- Title
- Shocking Life
- Author
- Elsa Schiaparelli
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton's
- Place of Publication
- New Yok
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- rare fashion, rare autobiographies, rare fashion autobiographies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fashion;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...