Np; [1940]: A-D Publishing Company. Octavo. 39pages and [21] pages. Illustrated. One of the elite publications for the movers and shakers in design, advertising, and all aspects of publishing. Besides the many fascinating caricatures of well-known personalities (e.g., Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Chaplain), there are hand mounted colored paper samples by..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1882. First Edition. Octavo. 388pp., (1)pp., author's ad for Aniline Colors, 24pp. publisher's catalog. Contains 176 mounted dyed samples of material within the text of the best American, English, French, and German processes for bleaching and dyeing silk, wool, cotton, linen, flannel, felt, dress..... More
New York; (1983): Simon and Schuster. First Edition. Quarto. 2nd printing. Inscribed by Christy Brinkley and Billy Joel (her new husband), dated 2-23-85. This book topped the New York Best Seller's list. 201pp. illustrated by Brinkley, photography by Alex Chatelain and research by Kathy Matthews. Christie shares everything you need..... More
[Audemars Piguet & Cle, Le Brassus, Switzerland. Nd/ca.2014]. Quarto. Only two recorded copy of this book (the Swiss National Library and BCU Riponne) 56p. Beautifully photographed with rich color of diamonds, rings, watches on some of the most beautiful models in the world. A rare English text item normally available..... More
[New York] Nd(ca. 1950): Martin Fabric Corp. Octavo. Signed by the author. 27 pages with pocket at the rear with 23 photographs primarily of women in dresses or purses made from the Martin line of Fabrics. Most of their work was in the American Textile History Museum Library which has..... More
New York(2007): Harper Collins. First Edition. Thick Quarto. 566 pages. index. Inscribed by the author dated 2007. Deborah Nadoolman Landis is herself a major costume designer for many films (The Blues Brothers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc.). This is the most important book on the genius the power of..... More
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Bangkok: Nittayasan Doeluk, 1997. 306 pages, chiefly full--page color illustrations. In Southeast Asia, the Thai and the Burmese perfected the preparation of silk. As early as the thirteenth century the Thai silk was being exported especially to the Malay Court where silk robes and dresses were worn since commoners were..... More
(New York, 1993): Metropolitan Museum of Art. Quarto. 31 pages, 37 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded), color illustrations with rich red panels cut with letters D V to house the collection. When it opened for the Costume Institute, the Metropolitan said that Diana Vreeland was one of the great..... More
New Haven; (2008): Yale University Press. Quarto. xi, 408 pages, rich color illustrations. Covering a period that witnessed the flowering of the Renaissance and the major expansion of the Italian silk industry. This volume examines the Italian silk fabrics depicted in paintings from Italy, England, and the Netherlands over the..... More
Ithaca, New York; (1948): Cayuga Press. Octavo. 3rd printing. signed by the author, 128 pages with 1276 button entries, color frontispiece, together with the three supplements, # I: 32 pages. # II: 51 pages, and # III: 79 pages with four pages with names of the major buttons. In addition..... More
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(Russia/San Francisco; 2010): Russian Fashion Museum/STS Holdings, LLc. First Edition. Quarto. Signed by Tatiana Sorokko on the title page. This book was published to accompany the Moscow inaugural exhibition of the newly established Russian Fashion Museum. It captures the highlights of Sorokko's extensive fashion career and collection. Lavishisly illustrated with..... More