Varagnac Andre Preface (6 results)

Wraps. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition thus. 16 pp of text (pp 7 to 23) followed by 40 brightly colored plates (13 by 9 inches, or 31 by 23 cm) on hard card stock showing traditional dress of the various regions of France. Each plate is accompanied with a separate sheet of light paper with a caption. Clean and tight copy, with only the lightest of soiling of the wraps.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition thus. 16 pp of text (pp 7 to 23) followed by 40 brightly colored plates (13 by 9 inches, or 31 by 23 cm) on hard card stock showing traditional dress of the various regions of France. Each plate is accompanied with a separate sheet of light paper with a caption. As an extra bonus a prior owner pasted (lightly) eight cards with hand-colored images of women in French peasant dress. These cards are 9 by 13 cm. The print technology used for the plates coming with the book was photo lithography. The text comes with a still useful bibliography of costume books. This copy is disbound but otherwise the plates are all in fine condition. Minor wear, creases and like to some of the caption sheets. DJ with minor corner chips and now protected with mylar. As to the cards, they have some minor soilage (light fingerprint, dust, etc.). One has a small corner chip. Presumably they came in two envelopes which are also pasted to the rear endpaper.

folio, 20pp text including bibliography & index, 40 fine colour litho costume plates on thick paper (each with printed tissue guards), orig. cloth lettered in brown. A VG+ clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English language edition. Publisher's cloth, lettering stamped in dark brown on upper board and spine; full-color illustrated dust jacket; folio; pp. 23, [1], plus 40 full-color lithographic plates with printed tissue-guards, illustrating and identifying French clothing from different regions. Spine tips and corners gently bumped, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket lightly soiled; wrinkles and small chips along the edges; presents nicely in mylar. A nice, bright copy.

PARIS, Société D'éditions Géographiques, Maritimes Et Coloniales - 1938 - In-8 - Broché - 1 figure en texte & 9 HT in fine (10 illustrations) - 66 pages - Propre Livres.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. London, Paris, New York: The Hyperion Press, 1939. 9" wide by 12.5" tall. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Sharp corners. Originally published in paper wrappers, this copy has been professionally bound in cloth (a sturdy blue buckram) with white titles on the spine. An "Errata" slip is bound in. Beautifully illustrated with the regional costumes of France on 40 full-color plates. The costumes are arranged by region: Brittany, Normandy, Champagne, Lorraine, Alsace, Burgundy, Bourbonnais, Bordeaux, Basque Country, Pyrenees, Savoy, Provence, Corsica, etc. The plates are handsomely printed on one side only of heavy card stock, and are in perfect condition -- fresh, clean, bright, and crisp. NO foxing. NO smudging. Separating the plates are tissue-guards, each printed with descriptive captions. Bibliography. Index. . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition./No Dust Jacket. 23pp. + 40 plates.