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1932 · Best.-Nr. 790A5 — London: George G. Harrap & Co. 1932. First edition. Cloth. Good. 15" by 11" . Gratiane de Gardilanne; Elizabeth Whitney Moffatt. An extensive volume exploring the costumes of Holland with some beautiful coloured plates reproduced by lithography. A limited edition. An extensive volume illustrating the national costumes Holland the first limited edition of five hundred and twenty copies the present volume out of series. A fascinating work looking at an important aspect of cultural identity. With an introduction and explanatory letterpress by Alma Oakes an expert on European costume. Illustrated with fifty beautiful bright studies reproduced by lithography in full colour from the works of Gratiane de Gardilanne and Elizabeth Whitney Moffatt. Collated complete. Ex-library. In a library full cloth binding with a library label to the spine. Externally sound with some shelf wear and minor chipping some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. A touch of edge wear. With a library bookplate to the front pastedown and barcode sticker to the front free endpaper inscribed to the front free endpaper BN 705401.2. With library stamps to the front blank page title page and its verso and the occasional leaves. With the occasional professional repair to the gutters. Internally firmly bound The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with fifty beautiful bright studies reproduced by lithography in full colour from the works of Gratiane de Gardilanne and Elizabeth Whitney Moffatt. Collated complete. Good George G. Harrap & Co. hardcover