Etherington Smith Pilcher (15 results)
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Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.HPB-Diamond
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.
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Seller: Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, U.S.A.Hawking Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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- First Edition
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Seller: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.R Bookmark
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. First United States Edition with the print line 'A B C D E' Dust jacket has slight shelf wear, pages are in good shape.
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Seller: Whitledge Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Whitledge Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. THE "IT" GIRLS: LUCY, LADY DUFF GORDON, THE COUTURIERE 'LUCILE,' AND ELINOR GLYN, ROMANTIC NOVELIST, written by Meredith Etherington-Smith and Jeremy Pilcher, hardcover with dust jacket, first American edition, first printing, photographs, 1986. BOOK… CONDITION: very good. The text block is in near fine condition with no tears, marks, or dog ears. Pages 91-114 have a barely noticeable wrinkle in the lower right-hand corner. There is no bookplate nor signature of previous owner. Not a library book. This is a remainder with a black mark across the bottom edge of the pages. The book is tightly bound. The blue and cream boards are in fine condition. The dust jacket is in very good condition (shelf rubbing, slight curling along top and bottom edges, not price-clipped). 9 ¼ x 6 ¼, 274 pages, 21 ounces. NOTE THAT SINCE THE BOOK WEIGHS OVER ONE POUND, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE U.S. [From the dust jacket flaps] Before the invention of Marilyn, even before the invention of Mae West, there were the "It" Girls. The "It" Girls: two Edwardian sisters with classical sex appeal and a very twentieth-century genius for self-promotion. These two extraordinary women propelled themselves to the center of the fashionable world, with no resources beyond brains and style. Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, better known as "Lucile," became the foremost couturiere of her day, arbiter of fashion to everyone who was anyone on two continents. Her younger sister, Elinor Glyn, a popular romance novelist, was a legend in her own time, known to her public as a titian-haired temptress undulating on a tiger skin. In late-nineteenth-century England, careers were unthinkable for upper-class women. Despite their aristocratic upbringing, meager inheritances and unwise marriages forced the sisters to support their families. With her innovative eye for flattering, uncorseted styles and her love of sweet-pea and hydrangea colors, Lucy elevated the lowly occupation of dress designer to new social heights. Her fashions were the rage with duchesses and queens halfway round the world, yet Lucy preferred the company of such "bohemians" as Isadora Duncan, Sarah Bernhardt, and Ellen Terry. Elinor achieved modest fame with the publication of The Visits of Elizabeth, a barbed autobiographical account of life as a debutante. But true notoriety came with the appearance of her shocker of a novel, Three Weeks, detailing an affair between two recognizable members of her high-society set with unprecedented sexual candor. With the demise of the Edwardian age, both sisters' fortunes declined. Lucy escaped the doomed Titanic only to find the reputation of her second husband, Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon, foundering in one of the most gossip-ridden court scandals of the era. Elinor, in turn, was dumped by the great love of her life, the canny and cultivated politician, Lord Curzon. While Lucy retired in state to Hampstead Heath, the indomitable Elinor embarked on a new career as one of the first women directors in 1920s Hollywood. Well into her sixties, she set about teaching King Vidor how to shoot a love scene—and invented the role of the "It" Girl, which made Clara Bow a star. Drawing on letters, private diaries, and the observations of contemporaries, Meredith Etherington-Smith and Jeremy Pilcher have written an absorbing, vividly detailed biography of two complex women who advanced upon their time with incomparable energy and ingenuity. Meredith Etherington-Smith lives in London and is the author of Jean Patou, published in Great Britain. She has contributed articles on fashion, decoration, and literature to Paris Vogue and Women's Wear Daily for many years, as well as writing television documentaries. Jeremy Pilcher is a former British merchant banker. This is his first book.
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- First Edition
Seller: John M. Gram, Port Huron, MI, U.S.A.John M. Gram
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. closed tears to jacket, lower fore corners boards bumped, ink gift inscription, remainder mark to top edge, otherwise clean and sound, octavo, 274 pages.
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Seller: Harry Righton, evesham, United KingdomHarry Righton
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. first US edition Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Seller: Optimon Books, Gravesend, KENT, United KingdomOptimon Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. A biography of Edwardian novelist Elinor Glyn and her sister, the couturiere Lucile, contrasts Glyn's self-constructed legend with Lucile's less durable reputation. Condition: Good - Has dust jacket, unclipped and mostly intact, small tear and other rubbing wear to edges. All content present and intac…t, cover boards have light fading to edges, still clean with no major damage or defects. Pages have foxing on top edge, no other notable wear, clean and unmarred by notes, highlighting, creases or stains. Fully bound, no loose pages.
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Seller: Chase Rare Books, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomChase Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ETHERINGTON-SMITH, Meredith; PILCHER, Jeremy. The 'IT' Girls. Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, the Couturiere 'Lucile', and Elinor Glyn, Romantic Novelist. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986. First edition. This double biography of two extraordinary women - Elinor… Glyn and her sister, Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon touches on fashion, society, social gossip, romantic fiction, travel, politics, and illicit romance during the Edwardian era. It also explores Hollywood during the era of the silent films of the 1920s. Elinor Glyn (864-1943) was a romantic novelist, author of the notorious novel Three Weeks (1907), which forever established her image as a red-haired temptress undulating on a tiger skin. She also coined the notion of 'It', as a term for sex appeal. Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon (1862-1935) was one of the foremost couturiers of her age, working in London, Paris and New York. She seems to have invented the idea of the mannequin parade, and the custom of giving dresses individual names. Includes a chapter on the Duff Gordons escape from the Titanic. xiv, 274 pp. Hardback (ISBN: 9780241119501). Very good in dust-jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd. The portrait of Elinor Glyn in the left oval is by Philip de Laszlo. The watercolour on the back of the jacket is by Lucy. From the library of Henrietta McCall (1948-2023), ancient historian, curator, and author.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, 1986
- First Edition
Seller: The Small Library Company, PBFA, London, United KingdomThe Small Library Company, PBFA
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First Edition. Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, the Couturière 'Lucile', and Elinor Glyn, Romantic Novelist Very good condition. Dust jacket: Very good. Hardback.
