Unmentionables from Figleaves to Scanties
by Robert Cortes Holliday
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, 1933. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 1933 on copyright page, no statement of printing, assumed First Eedition, History of under garmets from ancients through the 1930's, 317 pages with comprehensive bibliography and index, Book is orange red cloth, Very Good to near fine, some light soiling and just a tad of wear, tight and square, internally Fine, No previous owner bookplate or writing, some very nice black and white illustrations. Most presentable and very clean copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000455
- Title
- Unmentionables from Figleaves to Scanties
- Author
- Robert Cortes Holliday
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ray Long & Richard R. Smith
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Underware, Undergarments, History of Clothing
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Jacket
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.