Description
James Laver - Ties. The Book of Public School Old Boys, University, Navy, Army, Air Force & Club Ties Book - 1968
Applied art, Collected works, Fashion, History, Illustrated, Reference works, War history - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket - Book
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Rare Book
London. Seeley Service & Co. Ltd. 1968. First edition. Green cloth-bound hardback backed with a red cloth spine, dust jacket. 96 pages. 27 hors texte colour plates. 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). 0.8kg. . English. Very good, in very good dust jacket;
A charming reference book on the quintessential British tradition of the old school tie. The book illustrates and describes some 750 ties from universities, public schools, armed forces and clubs. There is a useful identification table and the fashion historian James Laver provides a history of the tie. The colour plates have a pleasing graphic quality.
Hardcover, 96 pages
Published 1968 by Seeley Service
Lot details
- Object
- Book
- Number of Books
- 1
- Subject
- Applied art, Collected works, Fashion, History, Illustrated, Reference works, War history
- Author/ Illustrator
- James Laver
- Book Title
- Ties. The Book of Public School Old Boys, University, Navy, Army, Air Force & Club Ties Book
- Condition
- Very good
- Publication year oldest item
- 1968
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Language
- English
- Original language
- Yes
- Publisher
- Seeley Service
- Binding/ Material
- Hardback
- Extras
- Dust jacket
- Number of pages
- 96
- Dimensions
- 26×20 cm