Edited by Helen Grant Cushing (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover, 10 by 7 inches, 911 pages. Covers have only very slight wear, hinges tight, pages clean. Signature of editor, Cushing on front free endpaper. Article on compiler, Hilaire, also a saxophonist and psychoanalyst, glued onto inside front cover. I will not ship this book overseas.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket, as issued. Reprint of 1939 ed., Limited 250. Mansfield, Connecticut: Maurizio Martino Publisher, 1994. BRAND NEW in perfect condition (just removed from the publisher's shrinkwrap so we could write this description). NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. No date (but 1994, first Martino printing "Strictly Limited to 250 copies"). A standard bibliography (first published in 1939 by the H.W. Wilson Company, New York). Provides full bibliographic information for some 8,400 books, plus brief annotations for many entries. Cross-referenced to Colas and Lipperheide. Handsomely bound in the original blue cloth, with gold lettering and two decorative red squares on the spine. From the Preface: "The Bibliography, international in scope, is a list of approximately eighty-four hundred works on costume and adornment, including books in all languages. The books are listed in a dictionary catalog with author, subject, and title entries, and references, in one alphabet. Full bibliographic information is given for each book: the author's name in full, title, illustrator, engraver, place, publisher, date, paging, size, illustrations and plates (with color indicated). The entries include references to the H. W. Wilson Company's COSTUME INDEX, to Colas's BIBLIOGRAPHIC DU COSTUME, and to Lipperheide's KATALOG DER KOSTÜMBIBLIOTHEK. Library of Congress card number are also given. The compilers believe that this is by far the most extensive and complete bibliography of costume ever offered, covering every period and country from prehistoric times to the present day, as well as every specialized phase of the subject." See Besterman p.1505. Winchell Q174. Sheehy BF58. Reprint of 1939 ed., Limited 250. Hardcover. New/No dust jacket, as issued. Thick 8vo. xl, 911pp. [951 total pages]. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. in publisher's shrinkwrap. Reprint of 1939 ed., Limited 250. Mansfield, Connecticut: Maurizio Martino Publisher, 1994. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. No date (but 1994, first Martino printing "Strictly Limited to 250 copies"). A standard bibliography (first published in 1939 by the H.W. Wilson Company, New York). Provides full bibliographic information for some 8,400 books, plus brief annotations for many entries. Cross-referenced to Colas and Lipperheide. Handsomely bound in the original sturdy blue cloth, with gold lettering and two decorative red squares on the spine. From the Preface: "The Bibliography, international in scope, is a list of approximately eighty-four hundred works on costume and adornment, including books in all languages. The books are listed in a dictionary catalog with author, subject, and title entries, and references, in one alphabet. Full bibliographic information is given for each book: the author's name in full, title, illustrator, engraver, place, publisher, date, paging, size, illustrations and plates (with color indicated). The entries include references to the H. W. Wilson Company's COSTUME INDEX, to Colas's BIBLIOGRAPHIC DU COSTUME, and to Lipperheide's KATALOG DER KOSTÜMBIBLIOTHEK. Library of Congress card number are also given. The compilers believe that this is by far the most extensive and complete bibliography of costume ever offered, covering every period and country from prehistoric times to the present day, as well as every specialized phase of the subject." See Besterman p.1505. Winchell Q174. Sheehy BF58. Reprint of 1939 ed., Limited 250. Hardcover. New/in publisher's shrinkwrap. Thick 8vo. xl, 911pp. [951 total pages]. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

8vo [23 x 16 cm]; [ii], xl, 911 pp. original cloth, spine title lettering, fine, clean, unmarked and unused copy. A massive reference work covering all aspects of costume through the ages, citing some 8,000 works, with details on each. There is an extensive and valuable introduction by Hiler, that provides a historical framework. Many of the works cited are related to travels in various countries. Its cross-referenced with Colas and Lipperheide. A picture of this book is available on request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine Condition. One of 250 facsimile copies of the 1939 first edtion.