Iris Brooke James Laver (53 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Outstanding reference spans 300 years of fashion history %u2014 from the extravagant costumes of the Stuart period to such innovations as cycling knickerbockers for late 19th century women. Over 400 illustrations (including 28 plates in full color) provide important details of hair styles, beards, hats, and cravats. Former library book. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reissue. Cheap Edition,' using plates from the originals. Very good in fair jacket. Jacket edges rubbed with loss from corners, pencil name on front endpaper. 1937 Hard Cover. 426 pp. 8vo. Beautiful color and black-and-white illustrations of period dress with thorough descriptions of the fashions. This single volume brings together the text of five works: English Costume of the Later Middle Ages; English Costume in the Age of Elizabeth; English Costume of the 17th Century; English Costume of the 18th Century; English Costume of the 19th Century.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. A. and C. Black, London, 1929. 89 pages. Illustrated. 9.5 x 6.25", hardcover, no dj. No dj, corner scuffed, text clean, tight, VG/none.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Full page illustrations some in color face each page of text in protected none price clopped ( 16s net ) illustrated dust jacket. Four pages of Black ads at rear, nicely decorated endpapers. Iris Brooke (illustrator).

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edition Unstated. Red cloth. Sunned, Very Good, Dust Jacket pc, chipped, Very Good. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: fashion; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 14286.…

Condition: Good. 3rd impression. Cloth, dj, F/G++. 87pp, colour frontis, colour & b/w illustration throughout by Brooke, dustjacket browned, book itself quite nice. A well illustrated source book of costume in the 1700's. A standard reference. 300 grams.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Macmillan 1937 hardcover, lightly rubbed brown cloth - dulled gilt titles on spine, dust jacket missing, fine interior but for inked name/address front free end paper, tight binding, clean unmarked text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.…

Hard Cover. First Edition. Very good+ lacking a dust jacket. Orange cloth with gilt lettering on spine (slightly dulled). Pages slightly darkened at edges, otherwise clean and tight internally. Includes b&w and many color drawings by Iris Burke; 427 pages.

Condition: Very Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents with no markings, 89pp with colour illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good or better. Russet color cloth binding with light wear, clean, tightly bound, pencil markings on first blank page, else unmarked; one page detached and was taped back with cellophane, now yellowed. No dust jacket. Illustrations in color and b/w. A very good reading/reference copy. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gift inscription. Iris Brooke (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No jacket. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and unmarked, except for former owner's name and date written on front pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket is price clipped and protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic. Iris Brooke (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Prev. owner's name inside front cover, otherwise unmarked copy, rust covers with gilt titles. In good jacket protected in mylar with chipping around the edges. 426 pgs. Iris Brooke (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. Sold as a set. Same format and quality as the scarce 1929 British first editions. A few very small minor light sporadic amber spots to jackets, else clean, unmarked and tight, and protected by Mylar plastic jacket covers. A splendid set of a classic reference work.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Inventory number base of spine in white, blue boards with gold title on spine. Internally prev. owners book plate inside front cover. S.P Archives stamped inside front cover and on bottom foredge. Internally, clean and sound. Iris Brooke (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A good solid copy with some light reading wear, in a sound but rather foxed dust wrapper, lightly rubbed and bumped with a small closed tear to the front. Iris Brooke (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. Adam & Charles Black London 1958 light soiling to red cloth boards. moderate soiling to dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Drawn and Described By Iris Brooke. Original blue/green cloth covered boards have faded otherwise very good in pictorial dust jacket. Charming color illustrations and line drawings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Ex-Libris; Color and B&W Illustrationsc; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2; 87 pages; Hard cover is red cloth with gold lettering on spine. 1950 reprint. Covers have slight rubbing, bumping, scuffing; previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. DJ has rubbing, sunning, scuffing, bumping, price clipped; in a mylar cover. Corner Book Shop sticker inside front cover. Illustrated with 25+ pages of b/w drawings, and 7 color plates. Pages are clean and tight. Another in the series of costumer history books by the prolific author and illustratot, Iris Brooke. Illustrated by Iris Brooke (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A. & C. Black Ltd 1935 reprint. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1929 first edition. Size octavo, 9.25" tall, 89 pages. Navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, end-papers printed in blue with a repeat pattern of lady and gentleman in winter attire. Condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed and a little bumped, spine faded, a few spots to the edge of the text block however the pages and plates are nice and clean. With colour plates and many black and white line illustrations. Iris Brooke (illustrator).…

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1931 first edition. Size octavo, 9.25" tall, 86 pages. Red cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, end-papers printed in red with a repeat pattern of lady in dress. Condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed and a little bumped, spine faded, offsetting on front end-paper, a few spots to the edge of the text block however the pages and plates are nice and clean. With colour plates and many black and white line illustrations. Iris Brooke (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Hardcover 7th printing (1977) in illustrated boards, no dust-jacket, has minor shelf-wear, very slightly sunned spine, tight, bright, and unmarked. First published 1929. A very nice copy, not ex-library. Iris Brooke (illustrator).

Reprint. Some foxing & browning on pages, but colour plates clean; binding tight; dust jacket foxed, with yellowed spine, & tear in spine back joint Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No d.j. 1st Edition. 88[ii] pp. Fine illus. patterned end-papers. Original blue buckram, gilt. Illustrated throughout with colour plates and line drawing. A lovely unfaded copy. Iris Brooke (illustrator).

Condition: Good. Third impression (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), 87pp. Illustrated in colour and b&w by Iris Brooke. Original green cloth, dustwrapper. Foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block; overall, the book is in good condition. The dustwrapper is in good condition (some spotting, some chafing of the edges). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Green boards, gilt text to spine, clean and sharp, bumped top corners, shelf wear to spine ends. Ex-library with usual markings. Book is firm in binding, crisp interior; tape repair to title page tear; b&w illustrations, with 8 delicately colored plates. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 87 pages. Illustrated by Iris Brooke (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket. Brooke, Iris (illustrator).