About this title: From hats, veils, wigs, and cosmetics to cravats, shawls, shoes, and gloves, this useful reference provides an entertaining account of the forms of personal adornment men and women have used throughout the ages to enhance their wearing apparel. Incorporates illustrations from rare books and magazines, photographs, and observations. 644 figures and 59 plates.
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Description: Good. Sm 4to. Cloth Hardcover, 1954. Second Corrected Printing. The usual ex-library treatments are present. 587 pages [viii], yellow cover with dark green lettering on the front and spine. The front endsheet is slightly damaged. The binding is tight and square, and the pages are bright, clean and intact. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible section at Better World Books. Join the more than 4 million customers who have supported global literacy with ... read more
Description: Good. Sm 4to. Cloth Hardcover, 1940. The usual ex-library treatments are present. 587 pages [viii], brown cover with dark green lettering on the front and spine. The binding is tight and square, and the pages are bright, clean and intact. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectable Books section at Better World Books. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Join the more than 2.8 million customers who have supported global literacy with their book purchases. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chas A Bennett Co
Date Published: 1954
Description: Very Good. 2nd corrected Edition 1954. Tan Cloth Hardcover. Dust jacket missing. Slight wear to edges of hardcover, stamp inside front cover. Pages clean and spine tight. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Manual Arts Press, Peoria
Date Published: 1940
Description: Good. viii, 579pp+ index. Good solid copy in original brown cloth. Library bookplate on front pastedown, remnants of pocket on rear, number on bottom of spine. Internally very good and clean. Shop. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Manual Arts Press
Description: Accessories of Dress. By Lester, Katherine Morris and Bess Viola Oerke, 1940 The Manual Arts Press, Peoria, Illinois. 587pp, 704 illustrations (b/w drawings and photos. ) Complete title: An illustrated history of those frills and furbelows of fashion which have come to be known as Accessories of Dress. HB/DJ nFINE/VG (DJ has edge wear, corner & spine minor chips), weighs 5 lbs. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Pubns
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780486433783ISBN:0486433781
Description: New. From hats, veils, wigs, and cosmetics to cravats, shawls, shoes, and gloves, this useful reference provides an entertaining account of the forms of personal adornment men and women have used throughout the ages to enhance their wearing apparel. Incor... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Manual Arts Press: Peoria, Il
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very good+ No dust jacket. Ex-college library with usual library features/ Very good+/ no dust jacket/ library-binding/ Hardcover/ 1st edition/ 1940Lisa 699. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Manual Arts Press, Peoria, Illinois
Date Published: 1940
Description: Very Good. Brown cloth, green text. Small nick in the spine, overall very good. Illustrated, black and white photos. Content: Accessories of Dress discusses all the important accessories of fashion history-43 of them each generously illustrated in its own chapter. The book is in six parts. I Accessories For The Head: Hats, Veils, Feathers, Wigs, Patches, Earrings, Nets, Combs, Cosmetics, etc. II Accessories For The Neck Shoulders, And Waist: Pins, Beads, Collar and Cuffs, Cravats, Shawls, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Manual Arts Press, Peoria, Illinois
Date Published: 1940
Description: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. Brown cloth boards very good plus, dust jacket good, some edgewear, inch and one half chip out of the bottom edge edgewear. Content: Accessories of Dress discusses all the important accessories of fashion history-43 of them each generously illustrated in its own chapter. The book is in six parts. I Accessories For The Head: Hats, Veils, Feathers, Wigs, Patches, Earrings, Nets, Combs, Cosmetics, etc. II Accessories For The Neck Shoulders, And Waist: Pins, Beads, ... read more
Description: Very Good. Peoria: Manual Arts Press, 1940. H. Book is 2. SM 4to, 587 pp, VG+ in cloth; top edge gilt. 59 full-page b&w plates & 644 drawings by Helen Westermann & photographs. Massive & intensive study of accessories worn at various parts of the (mainly female) body through the ages. read more
Description: Accessories of Dress by Katherine Morris Lester and Bess Viola Oerke, Chas A Bennett, cloth, no dj, 1954, an illustrated history of those frills and furbelows of fashion which have come to be known as accessories of dress, 58 plates, 642 figures. read more
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