Fashion East: The Spectre That Haunted Socialism, Bartlett, 2010, Fine w/DJ

Fashion East: The Spectre That Haunted Socialism
ISBN:
0262026503
Author:
Djurdja Bartlett
Publisher:
The MIT Press
Release Date:
2010
Seller Category:
FASHION
Qty Available:
1
Condition:
Used: Excellent
Sku: 01515
Notes: A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, First Edition, First Printing, 4to, 11 1/2" x 8 1/4." First Printing: printer's key beginning with "10" and ending in "1" on copyright page. Black cloth-covered boards in a red paper dust jacket. Silver-foil lettering on book spine. Black-and-white lettering on dust jacket spine. Covers pristine and intact, binding tight. Dust jacket pristine and intact. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed mylar sleeve. Pages likewise pristine and intact. Replete with illustrations in black-and-white and color. 326 pp., including illustrations, Notes, References, and Index. Incisive monograph about fashion trends of Eastern European socialist regimes in the twentieth century. Excerpt from front flap: "Bartlett outlines three phases in socialist fashion, and illustrates them with abundant images from magazines of the period: postrevolutionary utopian dress, official state-sanctioned social fashion, and samizdat=style everyday fashion. ... Bartlett traces the profess of socialist fashion in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, and Yugoslavia ...." Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping.