European Costume : 4000 Years of Fashion

xiv, 306pp. Quarter bound in maroon cloth over grey paper-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Slightly dusty top text block edge. Endpapers starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has two closed tears on front, tanning to top edges, very light shelf wear, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. The author combines enormous experience as the author of several distinguished costume histories with her skill as a precise and evocative artist to trace the history of costume and costume accessories in detail from the earliest European civilizations onwards.