Norah Waugh, Corsets and Crinolines, B.T. Batsford 1954, Good hardcover

Waugh, Norah, Corsets and Crinolines, London: B.T. Batsford Ltd 1954, English, Good hardcover 4to, 9 ¼” x 12”, 176 pp.

Blue boards w/ gilt title & banding to spine, edgewear, dings, bumping to tips, foxing & spotting affecting front & rear free endpapers, textblock edges, & some interior pages, price sticker to front free endpaper, in Good pictorial dust jacket w/ wear, rubbing, spots, & minor tears. First edition of an important reference work which has been reprinted into the 1990s. Profusely illustrated w/ plates and diagrams covering hoops, bustles, whalebone, crinolines, and every aspect of the history and craft of corsetry. Appendices & glossary of terms included at rear.