Have replied off-list to all who have been kind enough to respond to my query.
Julian Wilson
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In a message dated 10/6/2007 10:35:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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The first costuming book I ever had was _The Pictorial Encyclopedia of
Fashion_, by Ludmila Kybalova et al. (It's a translation.)
That is the book we used as the text in our college class, back in
Dress in 18th century Europe 1715-1789. by Aileen Ribeiro. Amazon Uk have
it.
Bjarne
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Subject: [h-cost] Request for 18th
REPLIED - WITH MANY THANKS - OFFLIST.
JW
Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dress in 18th century Europe 1715-1789. by Aileen Ribeiro. Amazon Uk have
it.
Bjarne
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At 06:31 PM 10/6/2007, you wrote:
These are not cheap books (most of them anyway) but they are some of
the best for the period. Amazon.com carries most of them, but not
always at the best price.
My favorite place for buying books like these is http://www.abebooks.com
Sometimes the prices
In a message dated 10/7/2007 4:02:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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My favorite place for buying books like these is http://www.abebooks.com
For out of print books, it is the best! It is actually a clearing house of
many, many (I don't know HOW many) individual
For finding books online, also try
http://used.addall.com/
http://www.addall.com/
http://www.bookfinder.com/
These are also meta-searches that trawl through lots of peoples'
inventories.
Melanie Schuessler
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http://used.addall.com/
http://www.addall.com/
I've had several disappointments with addall. Got all excited and then the
book wasn't available after all. Never had that happen using abe.
Ann
Interesting. I've had that happen on both, and I would think the
incidence would be the same for both, as they're both simply
searching through other peoples' inventories. I don't think addall
or abebooks has any control over whether people actually have the
books they're listing.
It's
ABE and Alibris are services various booksellers, and even random
individuals, can join to sell books; they pay ABE and Alibris for this
service. I looked into the terms of both a couple of years ago when my
mother died and left me her large personal library (most of which,
however, is still
On Sunday 07 October 2007, Melanie Schuessler wrote:
Interesting. I've had that happen on both, and I would think the
incidence would be the same for both, as they're both simply
searching through other peoples' inventories. I don't think addall
or abebooks has any control over whether
Dangerous Liaisons ISBN# 9-780300-107142 (I'm not sure if the 9 is part
of the number. The others are the ones under the barcode, the 9 is to the
left of the barcode.) This is a book with photos of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art's display of 18th century fashions, set on dummies doing what they
I took most of the following info out of the entries I maintain to put
for book and magazine article bibliographies, etc.
* Fukai, Akiko, Tamami Suoh, Miki Iwagami, Reiko Koga, and Rii Nie. The
Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute: Fashion: A History from the
18th to the 20th Century.
Greetings to another resident of Insulae Draconis :)
I really like the book What Clothes Reveal
http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Clothes-Reveal-Williamsburg-Decorative/dp/0300095805/ref=sr_1_1/203-4570731-7562354?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1191705583sr=8-1
It is focused on 18th c American
julian wilson wrote:
As a Christmas Present, my Lady and I would like to give our grand-daughter a couple of
profusely-illustrated reference books about 18th C. Fashions as starters for
a personal reference library for her new interest.
These are not cheap books (most of them anyway)
As a Christmas Present, my Lady and I would like to give our
grand-daughter a couple of profusely-illustrated reference books about
18th C. Fashions as starters for a personal reference library for her
new interest.
Is it a start of a library, or a start in constuming/reenactment?
, October 6, 2007 5:24 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Request for 18th C Costume Book recommendations
To: Historical Costume
Greetings to another resident of Insulae Draconis :)
I really like the book What Clothes Reveal
http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Clothes-Reveal-Williamsburg-
Decorative/dp/0300095805
Yes, I forgot about that one!
Fran
Beteena Paradise wrote:
Greetings to another resident of Insulae Draconis :)
I really like the book What Clothes Reveal
My assumption (maybe I should have asked) was that for a gift book, the
givers often want something that looks lavish; and that most costumers
seem to start out with eye candy/inspiration. And they never quit
_liking_ eye candy, but after a while they additionally want more
detailed
In a message dated 10/6/2007 6:41:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I would like to give our
grand-daughter a couple of profusely-illustrated reference books about
18th C. Fashions as starters for a personal reference library for her
new interest.
You say she is
The first costuming book I ever had was _The Pictorial Encyclopedia of
Fashion_, by Ludmila Kybalova et al. (It's a translation.) I bought it
from a remainder house for $1 or something, by mail, when I was 15 or
16. I thought it was incredibly cool. My parents had been buying me
Victorian
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