History of Popular Costume in Egypt; Tarikh al-azya' al-sha'biyah fi Misr
Egypt: Dar al-Maarif, 1959. Wraps. 11 x 8 inches, wraps, 64 pp. plus b/w plates. Good to very good with some wear and rubbing to wraps, tanning to pages. Text in Arabic.
Fashion
Salvatore Ferragamo, The Art of the Shoe, 1927-1960
Florence: Centro Di, 1987. First edition. Paperback. 1987, First Edition, Softcover. Illustrated exhibition catalog. Captions in English and Italian. 263 pp. Illustrated throughout. Very Good. Light fading and shelfwear to the covers; clean contents; sound binding. 5 postcards from the exhibition are laid-in.
Fashion: The Century of the Designer, 1900-1999
Cologne: Konemann, 1999. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1999. Quarto, thick hardcover in dust jacket, 655 pp., heavily illustrated (much in color), clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket, light rubbing to the tips of the book's covers, edgewear to the dust jacket including creasing, tearing.....
I. Magnin catalog for Christmas 1981
San Francisco: I. Magnin, 1981. Wraps. Wraps, 13 x 9.5 inches, wraparound cover by Sendak. Very good with some light wear and creasing to covers, contents very good. 62 pp, illustrated in color. Fun catalog!
Social New York Under the Georges, 1714-1776; Houses, Streets and Country Homes, with chapters on Fashions, Furniture, China, Plate and Manners
New York: D. Appleton, 1902. Hardcover. 1902. Hardcover, thick 8vo., blue cloth, gilt title. 407 pp. Very Good+ copy, no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked text; profusely illustrated. Minor wear to spine ends. Owner's bookplate at front pastedown; front inner hinge just starting.
Social New York Under the Georges, 1714-1776; Houses, Streets and Country Homes, with chapters on Fashions, Furniture, China, Plate and Manners
New York: D. Appleton, 1902. Hardcover. 1902. Hardcover, thick 8vo., blue cloth, gilt title. 407 pp. Very Good copy, no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked text; profusely illustrated. Minor wear to spine ends, though spine is rubbed and the gilt titles are almost unreadable. Owner's bookplate at front pastedown; Inner hinges.....
The New Kimono
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd., 2011. First edition. Illustrated paperwrap, 127pp. 16.
Ten / 10 Magazine: International Fashion and Beauty - Issue 21, Winter 2006
London: ZAC Publishing Ltd., 2006. Wraps. Magazine. Illustrated wraps. Folio. 280pp. Illus. Very Good+. Light general shelfwear.
Fascinating Toppers: Book Number 208
New York: Spool Cotton Company, 1944. Paperback. 1944. Paperback, 4to. in illustrated wraps. 15pp. with illustrations. Good. Soil to wraps. One inch tear in the side through all contents. Despite, contents remain clean and readable. Sold 'As-Is'. Shawls, hat-pins, and other knitted women's head wear, with crocheting instruction.
Festive Stoles and Blouses
New York: Spool Cotton Company, 1952. First edition. Paperback. 1952. Paperback, 8vo. in illustrated wraps. 15pp. with illustrations. Good. Soil and rubbing to wraps, soil to extremities of pages. Contents detached entirely front wraps, but still intact and readable. Fashionable 'Mad Men' style knit blouses and shawls, with crocheting instructions.....
Fashion Theory, The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture; Volume 15, Issue 1 ; March 2011
Oxford: Berg Publishers, 2011. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 2011. Softcover, 127 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, light wear to the tips and edges of the covers including some creasing at the tips.
Peterson's Magazine of Literature and Fashion, Volume XV, January to June, 1849
Philadelphia: Charles J. Peterson, 1849. Hardcover. Bound volumes of 6 issues of this monthly, from January 1849 to June of that year, 220 pp., also bound in is another 250 pages of what appear to be additional and longer articles from the magazine. Numerous plates, some beautiful and well preserved.....
Easy to Make Hats, Scarves, and Accessories
New York: The Spool Cotton Company, 1943. Paperback. 1943. Wraps, 8vo. measuring 7.5 by 11 inches. 15pp. with illustrations. Good+. Soil and rubbing to wraps. Bending to rear wrap, and foxing to upper edge of contents. Remains overall clean and readable.
The Mystery and Lure of Perfume
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 1927. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in purple cloth. 247pp. frontis, illustrated. Very good. Boards sunned, offsetting to endpapers. Contents unmarked.
Rock Style
New York: Universe, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 2000. Hardcover. Folio. Still sealed in original shrinkwrap. LIKE NEW.
Colt Shoes: Foot Balance and Imperial
Boston: Colt Shoes Inc., 1945. Paperback. 1945. Paperback, oblong 8vo. in spiral bound wraps. 58pp. with illustrations and a stapled in letter from the president of Colt Shoes to shoe sellers. Very good. Light staining to upper edge of a handful of pages, otherwise clean and unmarked. A catalogue for.....
Film Noir Style: The Killer 1940s
Pittsburgh: GoodKnight Books, 2020. Hardcover. Black cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto [8.75" x 11.25"], illustrated in b&w. Book has hint of rubbing to front board, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ gently rubbed.
Uomo Book Moda no. 28 Fall/Winter 2011-2012; Book Moda no. 111 Fall/Winter 2011-2012
Milano: Publifashion, 2011. Wraps. 2 issues, both 11 x 8.25 inches, wraps, about fine, 355 & 358 pp, lavish fashion magazines, texts in Italian & English.
Rave, No. 22
London: George Newnes Ltd, 1965. Original Wraps. British rock magazine with a special interest in the Mod scene. 62pp. Scads of fab photos. Articles feature Manfred Mann, Dusty Springfield, Eric Burdon, Sonny & Cher, Donovan, Mod fashions, etc. Very Good+. Mild shelfwear, rubbing to spine, rear wraps creased.
Krizia
Milan: Leonardo Arte, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1995, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto, 295pp., illustrated in color and b&w. Book fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ near fine with mild rubbing, in protective mylar wrap. THIS LARGE, HEAVY BOOK WILL REQUIRE.....
Pollyhester
Dublin: Threads/Lilliput Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Verity! First edition, 2008, hardcover with illustrated paper boards, quarto, 152pp., illustrated in color. Book near fine with slight lean to spine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Pollyhester: The Second Fashion Fable
Dublin: Threads/Lilliput Press, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Verity + laid in handwritten note! First edition, 2014, hardcover with illustrated paper boards, quarto, 159pp., illustrated in color. Book near fine with mild lean to spine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Dictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier Francais de l'epoque Carlovingienne a la Renaissance, Premiere Partie, Meubles
Paris: Bance, 1858. Hardcover. 1858. Volume 1 only, Meubles (Furniture), of a 6 volume set. Hardcover, blue library buckram with the original wraps bound-in. 437 pp., plus ads. Complete with 7 color chromolithograph plates and other illustrations. Occasional foxing throughout. Library marks only on the exterior and endpapers.
Dictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier Francais de l'epoque Carlovingienne a la Renaissance, Tome Quatrieme J-V
Paris: Morel, 1873. Hardcover. Volume 4 only, J-V of fashion. Hardcover, quarter leather. 506 pp., plus ads. Complete with 3 color chromolithograph plates and many other illustrations. Occasional foxing throughout. Library marks on the exterior, title page and endpapers.
Collection of Imported Model Gowns, Fall and Winter, 1925-1926, W. J. Birmingham
New York: W. J. Birmingham, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 1926. Hardcover, folio (11 x 14 inches), original blue cloth. 30 full-page illustrations, in b&w. Library bookplate on the front pastedown; small sticker on the fly leaf (with withdrawal stamp); small ink stamp to the lower margin of only one plate.....