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London.: Andre Deutsch., 1963. 256pp, illustrations. With the bookplate of Edwin A. Dawes. Slight edge wear to the DW.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Houghton Mifflin, 1964. First Edition, First American ed. Hardcover. near fine/very good. NOT an ex library book. Clean pages. Dust jacket has some peeling on spine ends, no chips, price is not clipped.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1964, 1963 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Index, b/w plates, tan cloth-backed boards. Small scuff front end paper, very good; dust jacket price clipped, edgewear, very good..

London: Deutsch, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in an about Very good dustwrapper. Book bumped at bottom spine end and top edge of front cover, dustwrapper spine faded, dustwrapper lightly rubbed along top and bottom edges, dustwrapper back cover lightly browned. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Andre Deutsch 1st '63 . cancelled inscr to fep, wr to d/w edges + short trs o/w VG++/VG 450 gms.

Andre Deutsch,England, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. First Edition with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

Hardcover. Good. DUST JACKET WORN AND TORN Offered by the UK charity Langdon - working to support young men and women with disabilities.

London England: Andre Deutsch, 1963. Hardback. First Edition. Slight foxing to edge. Old sellotape marks to inside end covers. Couple of tears to D/J. Tiny piece of D/J. missing from top edge. Price clipped to D/J. It is the story of a life which is both dedicated and gay. It begins with his earliest childhood memories of a world that is now part of history, and takes us through the crisis of the first world war and the fivolity of post-war Oxford to his appointment as Assistant Kepper of the print Room of the Victoria and Albert Museum which marked the beginning of his career in the world of fine arts. Mr. Laver remained at the Victoria and Albert Museum for thirty-seven years, but his activites were far from being confiendd to the scholarly ambience of his daily work. It will be no surprise to those who know of his association with costume and the theatre to learn the details of his theatrical projects and his friendship with stars whose names are now legendary. This is the life of a man of… Read More

Andre Deutsch, 1963,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 256pp, illustrated, owner's name on endpaper, edges browned, text clean and sound, Good condition in frayed dustwrapper .

Contents appear as new, unopened, unread & unblemished in Fine Tan cloth covered Boards. DJ displays minimal surface/edge/wear, as shown.
KIRKUS REVIEW
A thoroughly civilized autobiography suits the life led by busy James Laver, a London gentleman of many accomplishments and acquaintances. We are treated to the early years at grandmother's house, when Gustave Dore's Don Quixote impressed, then move on to the influence of the mysterious, magnanimous L.D.H., who gave the author 1000 pounds on the condition that he use it to go Oxford. Oxford years, years at war when he first met Paris, sweep on to a twenty-seven year stint at the Victoria and Albert Museum in the Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design. Mr. Laver's duties there were somehow adroitly dovetailed with his activity in theatre-- his Nymph Errant starred Gertie Lawrence and was scored by Cole Porter. His own writings ranged from this novel-play to biographies of Whistler, Wesley, Nostradamus (for which he explored the wonder-worlds… Read More

London: Andre Deutsch, 1963. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A smartly bound first edition of this illustrated memoir from English art historian, James Laver. First edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and twelve plates. Collated complete. The memoirs of James Laver, an English author, critic, art historian, and museum curator who acted as Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings for the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1938 and 1959. He is remembered as an important and pioneering fashion historian who was described as "the man in England who made the study of costume respectable". Bound by R. W. & H. B. Bound in full brown crushed morocco with gilt. Externally, very smart with light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Bound by R. W. & H. B. Very Good Indeed