Doris Langley Moore — Pandora&Apos;S Letter Box

London, Gerald Howe, 1929. First edition. Hardback. A signed limited edition work by Doris Langley Moore, advising the reader on how to lead a fashionable life. A limited edition of two hundred copies bound in parchment, this being numbered ninety two.Signed by the author to the limitation leaf.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A charming discussion on how to lead a fashionable life, by one of the first and most important female fashion historians, Doris Langley Moore.Moore also wrote biographies on Lord Byron and his daughter Ada Lovelace, and founded the Fashion Museum in Bath.With in-text illustrations by Georgiana Frost. In the original publisher's paper covered boards, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, generally smart. Spine and extremities are a little sunned. Light spots to the boards and spine. Boards are bowed. Scattered spots to the endpapers. Dust wrapper is edge worn, with loss to the head and tail of the spine, and tears to the spine. Spine is a little age-toned, only a few small marks to the wraps, including some spots to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Georgiana Frost. Very Good/Good.