The Shell of the Old by Ian Bedford weaving hammer and mallets

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edge and shelf-wear

stapled paperback with two-toned illustrated cover

but the strength of the story lies in the telling

Valerie Steele examines the construction of glamour from nineteenth-century fashion through the golden age of Hollywood and beyond

The Shell of the Old by Ian Bedford weaving hammer and malletsThe Shell of the Old by Ian Bedford Rigby, 1981 [First Edition], ISBN 0727014811, hardcover, dust jacket Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing to edges and corners, no inscriptions, dust jacket shows a little edge and shelf wear (see photographs) "It is the centenary year in Carrietown, a shipping and mining port in north eastern Australia. Unless, like the Aborigines, you were born in this country, you needed a