Author: Miller Robinson, Fred
Title: THE MAN IN THE BOWLER HAT. His history and iconograhpy.
Description: Chapel Hill / London, The University of North Carolina Press, 1993. 1st edition 198 pp. cloth with dustjacket. By following the fortunes of a single item of fashion - the bowler or derby hat - Robinson unfolds a cultural history of modernism and modern life. In this innovative book, Robinson pursues the bowler’s intriguing history through an illustrated tour of art, literature, fashion, politics, and film up to the present day. With 52 b/w photographs / illustrations. 18 x 24 cm. Top edge spine /dustjacket bumped. Otherwise very nice and clean copy.

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