James Laver Intro (15 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 144 pgs. 1000 Illustrations.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good (in mylar). Clean and tight textblock. Light shelf wear. Unclipped dust jacket with character wear and light edge wear. 340pp., including appendix and index. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Plates (illustrator). Hardcover.

Nice history of costume with 1000 b&w illustrations by Enhard Klepper. Inclds. notes. Light wrap. wear. Vg. Book.

Condition: Fair. 1955. 144 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth. Contains black & white illustrations. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light sunning & crushing to spine. Clipped jacket. Panels have moderate edge wear with chips, tears, and creasing. Visible tanning all over.…

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (costumes, fashion, history) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Softcover with jacket. Condition: Fair, covers are generally lightly shelfworn with some sunning to front cover corner approx. 2 by 4 inches which corresponds to a piece missing from the front cover of the dustjacket. The front cover has separated from the spine but is still holding at the rear joint. No inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Poor, generally shelfworn and soiled with some small chips and tears and a piece missing approx 2 by 4 inches to the corner of front of jacket (as previously mentioned). 39pp. 18 colour and 49 b/w plates. This book sets the history of London transport posters in relation to the whole course of poster design from its earliest days to the date of publication (1949). It includes colour plates of posters by Edward Bawden, Edward Wadsworth, Clare Leighton, Betty Swanwick, E.McKnight-Kauffer and Gregory Brown. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Softcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 68 plates. Dustcover very good though foxing a little and faded. Contents very clean though very lightly tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1971 Edition. in Near Fine Slipcase.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

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).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed. Thus. 139pp., Pictorial illustrated covers with light corner-wear & tanning to edge of textblock & outer edge of pages, intro. by James Laver, b/w illust. & text, full page illust., notes. Costume in Antiquity. Size: Large Octavo. Book.

[0-7134-6265-5] 1990, reprint. (hardcover) Near fine in good dust jacket. xxiv, 339pp, [1]. Tall 8vo. Green cloth boards, lettering in gold to spine. Small blue smudge to bottom edge, else fine. Tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket sunned, light edgewear, price clipped. Facsimile of 1906 printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Covers and dust wrapper are foxed, text and prints unaffected. The picture on our listing is a photograph of the actual book NOT a stock image. [Loc. J4-4].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Fine. First Edition. Gift quality first edition hardcover in clean red cloth boards with gilt titles on frt board and back strip. 123pp text crisp and unmarked. Unclipped, original dust wrapper in new mylar is the nicest one we've ever seen. It is without chips, tears and handling soil and shows vibrant art with duo-tone red/black illustration of hunt members at the tea both afoot and astride. Lively adverts on rear dj panel for other fox hunting offerings. Backstrip of dj mildly darkened and edge of page block and a few internal leaves lightly foxed. A historical introduction by James Laver (Keeper of Prints and Drawings, Victoria & Albert Museum), Foreword by The Viscount Knutsford. 13 b/w photos & drawings. This is the first book of it's kind. It is a reference book for every man, woman and child who is interested in riding, and is a guide to correct dress for all riding occasions. It answers every question in connection with the making of the kit for the hard and practical purposes for which it is devised. For those wishing to be well turned out, tailored clothes and those ready-to-wear are fully discussed. Stressing economy for the beginner, it sets targets which can be reasonably attained. Lord Knutsford, in his foreword, says: "There are traditions and customs as to what should be worn on the various occasions where the horse is concerned. The author has taken unlimited trouble to incorporate. correct rulings with one eye on the march of time". Includes a most interesting introduction written by James Laver on the history of riding dress. Those engaged in making or selling riding clothes will find this book an abundance of extremely useful information. The author, Sydney D. Barney, a past member of the executive council of the National Federation of Merchant Tailors, a member of the National Association of Outfitters, author of "Clothes and The Man", and chairman of a Regent Street firm of international repute for riding and sports clothing, is considered by his trade associates and a host of friends in the riding world to be an authority on the subject. No detail was left out. …

8vo. pp. 32 + 64 plates. profusely illus. in colour & b/w. cloth. dw. (two surface abrasions to spine, minor wear to extremtities). First Edition.