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Tales and Legends of the English Lakes (1891)

Tales and Legends of the English Lakes (1891)

Author: Wilson Armistead
ISBN: 9780766161917
Format: Paperback
$76.43

In the following pages the reader will find a narrative of a few of the romantic stories the Lake district affords....  Read More >>

Provincial Glossary with a Collection of Local Proverbs and Popular Superstitions (1811)

Provincial Glossary with a Collection of Local Proverbs...

Author: Francis Grose
ISBN: 9780766166752
Format: Paperback
$55.31

Provincial or local words are of three kinds, the first, either Saxon or Danish, in general grown obsolete from...  Read More >>

Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture

Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture...

Author: Valerie Steele
ISBN: 9781859737262
Format: Paperback
$81.71

Fashion Theory takes as its starting point a definition of 'fashion' as the cultural construction of the embodied...  Read More >>

Costume: From 1500 to Present Day

Costume: From 1500 to Present Day

Author: Cally Blackman ,  Jenni Davis
ISBN: 9781841651026
Format: Paperback
$14.99

This is a beautifully illustrated and well-researched Pitkin Guide. Taking costume though the ages from 1500 to...  Read More >>

Norse Mythology: Myths of the Eddas

Norse Mythology: Myths of the Eddas

Author: Rasmus Bjorn Anderson
ISBN: 9781410205285
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Fashion

Fashion

Author: Christopher Breward (Professor in Cultural and Historical Studies, London College of Fashion)
ISBN: 9780192840301
Format: Paperback
$73.79

This lively survey of 150 years of fashion covers everything from Haute Couture to the High Street. From Coco Chanel...  Read More >>

Legends 'O the Bells

Legends 'O the Bells

Author: Ernest Morris
ISBN: 9780766159150
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Being a collection of legends; traditions; folk tales, myths, etc. centered around the bells of all lands. Illustrated...  Read More >>

Goddess: The Classical Mode

Goddess: The Classical Mode

Author: Harold Koda
ISBN: 9780300098822
Format: Hardback
$105.47

This illustrated volume explores the continually evolving influence of Graeco-Roman classical dress through the...  Read More >>

Canadian Fairy Tales (1922)

Canadian Fairy Tales (1922)

Author: Cyrus Macmillan ,  John Grier Hibben
ISBN: 9780766158849
Format: Paperback
$71.15

The fairy tale makes universal appeal because it deals with the elemental in our natures that is the same in every...  Read More >>

Re-Orienting Fashion: The Globalization of Asian Dress

Re-Orienting Fashion: The Globalization of Asian Dress...

Author: Sandra Niessen ,  Ann Marie Leshkowich
ISBN: 9781859735398
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Asian fashion has become a global phenomenon of economic, political and social import. But the industry in Asia...  Read More >>

An Illustrated History of Hairstyles: 1830-1930: 1830-1930

An Illustrated History of Hairstyles: 1830-1930: 1830-1930...

Author: Marian I. Doyle
ISBN: 9780764317347
Format: Hardback
$85.00

A fascinating timeline of hair fashion emerges through a progression of images. This extensively illustrated history...  Read More >>

1920s Fashions from B.Altman and Company

1920s Fashions from B.Altman and Company

Author: B. Altman & Company
ISBN: 9780486402932
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Over 700 black-and-white illustrations, detailed descriptions, and prices for a vast array of upscale women's clothing...  Read More >>

Everyday Fashions, 1909-20, as Pictured in Sears Catalogs

Everyday Fashions, 1909-20, as Pictured in Sears Catalogs...

Author: Joanne Olian ,  JoAnne Olian
ISBN: 9780486286280
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Entertaining display of elegant dresses and everyday wear for women, charming hats trimmed with ribbon and feathers,...  Read More >>

Everyday Fashions of the Forties as Pictured in Sears Catalogs

Everyday Fashions of the Forties as Pictured in Sears...

Author: Joanne Olian
ISBN: 9780486269184
Format: Paperback
$47.99

What American men, women, and children wore in the 1940s, shown in 122 fully illustrated and captioned pages selected...  Read More >>

English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century

English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century

Author: C. W. Cunnington
ISBN: 9780486263236
Format: Paperback
$85.00

Remarkably thorough descriptions, information about hundreds of fashions: morning dresses, riding outfits, bridal...  Read More >>

A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern

A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern...

Author: Mary Brooks Picken
ISBN: 9780486402949
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Compendium defines over 10,000 words associated with wearing apparel and fashion. From bateau necklines to trilbys...  Read More >>

Costumes of the Greeks and Romans

Costumes of the Greeks and Romans

Author: Thomas Hope
ISBN: 9780486200217
Format: Paperback
$29.99

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Fashion Today

Fashion Today

Author: Colin McDowell
ISBN: 9780714843346
Format: Paperback
$158.27

A kaleidoscopic, colourful and provocative survey of the fashion world.  Read More >>

Market à la Mode: Fashion, Commodity, and Gender in The Tatler and The Spectator

Market à la Mode: Fashion, Commodity, and Gender in...

Author: Erin Mackie (Syracuse University)
ISBN: 9780801872532
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Mackie's study makes clear that fashion publications, far from being commentaries on passing trends, assumed a leading...  Read More >>

Fashion, Italian Style

Fashion, Italian Style

Author: Valerie Steele
ISBN: 9780300100143
Format: Hardback
$105.60

"A celebration of Italian fashion in its many guises. Valerie Steele discusses the rise of Italian fashion since...  Read More >>

Down in the Darkness

Down in the Darkness

Author: Troy Taylor
ISBN: 9781892523310
Format: Paperback
$47.39

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Fashion Classics from Carlyle to Barthes

Fashion Classics from Carlyle to Barthes

Author: Michael Carter
ISBN: 9781859736067
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Fashion Classics provides an interpretative overview of the writings of eight theorists whose work has influenced...  Read More >>

Fashion Classics from Carlyle to Barthes

Fashion Classics from Carlyle to Barthes

Author: Michael Carter
ISBN: 9781859736012
Format: Hardback
$220.00

Provides an interpretative overview of the idiosyncratic writings of eight theorists whose work has profoundly influenced...  Read More >>

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