Language: English
Published by Hamlyn (edition First Edition), 1972
ISBN 10: 0600025454 ISBN 13: 9780600025450
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.
Language: English
Published by Hamlyn (edition First Edition), 1972
ISBN 10: 0600025454 ISBN 13: 9780600025450
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have condition issues including wear and notes/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Complete DJ with some edge wear and light fading.
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. Bound in black buckram, sans DW; previous owners book plate affixed to front paste down; news-paper clipping taped to obverse of ffep.; black & white and color photos; 127pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by Franklin Watts, Inc, New York, 1970
Seller: Thomas F. Pesce', Anaheim, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Binder, Pearl (illustrator). 1st Edition. Stated First Published In The U.S. In 1970 By Franklin Watts. First Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Color Iillustrated Dj In Plastic Cover Taped To Boards. Hardcover Has Green Cloth Boards With Light Edgewear On Spine Top And Bottom. Library Sticker On Spine And Date Due Tag On Endsheet. Prev. Owners Name On Stamp On Flyleaf Page Corner. The End Pages Are Decorated With Chinese Theatre Face Paintings By Pearl Binder, Who Also Illustrated The Story. Unclipped Dust Jacket Has Original Price. Charming And Colorful Illustrations. Unpaginated. In Protective Mylar. Free Of Any Markings, Nice Clean Ex-Library. Copy. ; Approx. Size: 8 1/2" X 11 1/4" Tall.
Published by Jupiter Books, 1975
Seller: mountain, GEORGETOWN, CO, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Good. hardcover book with dustjacket, light wear to dustjacket and to pages .
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A stimulating, world wide account of the magic symbols of the common people in all their resourceful, unbounded and audacious imagination. With chapters on the symbols of fertility, gods as symbols, magic protection of body, dwelling, family, and livelihood; death and after life, and more.
Seller: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first printing. A profusely illustrated record of this phenomenon that started in the 19th Century. A fine copy in a fine mylar protected DJ. See my photos of this book, more available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be securely packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. #117.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. slight fox ins cvr, slight tear bott sp.
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 1986
ISBN 10: 0043910122 ISBN 13: 9780043910122
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Language: English
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 1953
Seller: siop lyfrau'r hen bost, Blaenau Ffestiniog, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.
Published by Watts, New York, 1970
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Binder, Pearl (illustrator). 1st ed. 1st ed. US, 4to picture book, full green cloth, with line drawings and lovely color plates by Pearl Binder. Fine in near fine, unclipped dj with short closed tear at top edge.
Language: English
Published by William Morrow & Company, NewYork, 1954
Seller: Turtle Creek Books and Sheet Music, Mississauga, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover, presumed first, undated but likely 1954. Lilac cloth boards with faded gilt titles on spne. Some shelf and edgewear, more pronounced at bottom left hand corner of front. Interior fine. Pearl Binder (1904-1990), later Baroness Elwyn-Jones, was a British writer, illustrator, lithographer, stained-glass artist, sculptor, and lifelong champion of the Pearly Kings and Queens of London's East End. Her other books include The Peacock's Tail, Dressing Up, Dressing Down, Magic Symbols of the World, and The Pearlies: A Social Record. She both wrote and illustrated Muffs and Morals, a combination that gives the book a particularly unified character. Muffs and Morals was published by George G. Harrap and Co. of London in 1953, with an American edition issued by William Morrow. It runs to 256 pages and is illustrated throughout with eleven half-tone plates and eighty-three line drawings by the author. The binding is found in both pink and purple cloth, with gilt lettering to the spine. The American Morrow edition is undated. The book is described on its dust jacket as a frank and stimulating account of dress and fashion ? male and female, military and civilian ? in relation to moral standards and social developments from ancient Egypt to present-day Korea. The argument running through the book is that clothing has never been merely practical or aesthetic but has always functioned as a register of social anxiety, moral aspiration, and the exercise of power ? that what people wear and what they are permitted to wear tells us as much about a society's values and hierarchies as any other form of evidence. Binder pursues this thesis across a wide chronological range and a deliberately eclectic selection of subjects. The chapter list gives a fair sense of the breadth and tone: Decency and Indecency in Dress; Male Coquetry; The Dress and the Job; Beards and Moustaches; Cosmetics and Patches; Hairdressing and Wigs; Foundations and Underwear; Jewellery and Clothes; Sumptuary Laws: Extremes and Encroachments; Umbrellas, Walking-sticks and Fans; Children and Their Clothes; Who Sets the Fashion?; and The Influence of the East. The chapter on beards draws on the full range of Victorian pogonophilia, including a letter by Charles Dickens eulogising his own beard with what one reviewer described as an ardour more appropriate to a romantic attachment. The chapter on sumptuary laws examines the long history of legislative attempts to enforce social distinctions through dress ? the regulation of who might wear silk, fur, or particular colours ? and the consistent failure of those attempts in the face of human vanity and aspiration. The Spectator, reviewing the first edition, described it as a richly amusing book whose study of the interrelation of dress and decency had an intriguing relevance quite apart from its excellent entertainment value. The tone throughout is sharp, witty, and unsentimental ? the work of someone who takes her subject seriously without taking herself too seriously, and whose illustrations carry their own dry commentary on the text they accompany.
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
First Edition
Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Writing inside. Review of the book paperclipped to front endpage. (England, Great Britain, Manners, Customs).
Language: English
Published by Franfrolico Press, London, 1928
Seller: D. Richards, Bookman, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pearl Binder (illustrator). Burlap-covered boards with paper spine label. No.345 of 550 copies. Color illustrations. Boards dust-soiled and toned around the edges. A tight, VG copy.
Language: English
Published by Allen & Unwin, London, etc., 1986
ISBN 10: 0043910122 ISBN 13: 9780043910122
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.
[xv] 159p., b/w illus., lightly chipped dj.
Published by George G Harrap, 1953
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. General wear to boards. Light toning to pages with spotting.
Language: English
Published by Allen & Unwin, London, 1986
ISBN 10: 0043910122 ISBN 13: 9780043910122
Seller: Laura Books, Georgetown, SA, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. slight wear to bottom edges of cover, library marks, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: library sticker to spine. Due to weight extra may apply to any quoted postage Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex Library.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. minimal library marks endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: library sticker spine. Due to weight extra may apply to any quoted international postage Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex Library.
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1986
ISBN 10: 0043910122 ISBN 13: 9780043910122
Seller: Widney Manor Books, Solihull, MIDLA, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book is in fine condition with a near fine dust jacket. Black cloth board. Pages all bright and clean.
Published by George G.Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1953
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1953. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.
Language: English
Published by Allen & Unwin, London, etc., 1986
ISBN 10: 0043910122 ISBN 13: 9780043910122
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.
xv, 159p., b/w illus., dj.