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Paris. Centre Georges Pompidou, Centre De Creation Industrielle
Vingt-Cinq Ans d'Elegance a Paris 1925-1950
This is a very good softcover copy in a lightly chipped glassine wrapper. Completely clean inside and out. Glassine chipped mostly away on the spine. Text in French. This book looks at French haute couture during the second quarter of the 20th century. Lavishly illustrated with tipped-in color plates and black & white illustrations including photogravures of artistic and fashion personalities of the era. Many photographs of Paris fashions of the period. Original designs by Christian Berard for Schiaparelli, and the theater. Section on surrealism and fashion. Full page color plates by Dufy, Benito, Berard, Dior and Gruau. The last section is reserved for full-page color and black & white ads, including works by Cassandre, Vertes, Berard, etc. 14" high X 10.5" wide 111 pages + 50 pages of advertisements. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Boehn, Max Von
Das Empire. Die Zeit, Das Leben, Der Stil
This is a very good hardcover copy in light brown decorated cloth with only light wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in German. 8 color plates and about 360 black & white engravings of both men and women's fashions during this period. Divided into three sections: the times, the life and the style. 10" high X 8" wide, 432 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Marcuson, Alan
The 1994 Hali Annual. Carpet & Textile Art
This is a fine softcover copy in the typical stiff, glossy card covers with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased. With a dozen articles and reviews. Profusely illustrated in color. 12" high X 9" wide, 247 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Maresova, Sylva
Czech Stage Costumes/ Le Costume de Tcheque de Theatre
This is a good only softcover reference copy of this scarce exhibition catalog. Covers and first and last pages faintly stained, this affects some images. This catalog was produced to accompany the exhibition of Czech stage and theatrical costume at the Prague Theater Institute in 1972. Brief introductory text in English and French. Brief notes on the 40 costume designers whose work is in the exhibition. Black & white illustrations on almost every page. About 75 pages. 13" high X 6" wide.
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Dilley, Arthur Urbane
Oriental Rugs
This is a very good softcover copy in stiff dark gray card covers with almost no wear. Very clean inside and out. This is a trade catalog from a carpet merchant in Boston. Short introductory text. Illustrated in black & white. A review from the Boston Transcript May 28, 1909 issue tipped-in to the front endpaper. 8.5" high X 6" wide, 80 pages. Map. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby Parke Bernet
Fine Oriental Carpets and Textiles
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby Parke Bernet in Hong Kong at the Furama Hotel on November 26, 1979. Sale code: "ROSEBUD". The sale consisted of fine Oriental carpets and textiles, including Persian Serafian Esfahans, Silk Ghoms, Turkman Bokharas, Russian Caucasian rugs, a silk Hereke carpet, Indian needleworks, Chinese needleworks and rugs, Dragon robes, Kossu, and Japanese robes and needleworks. 188 lots in the sale. All illustrated, some in color. Price estimates sheets included, no prices realized sheets. 10" high X 7" wide, 107 pages.
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Koch-Mertens, Wiebke
Der Mensch und seine Kleider, Die Kulturgeschichte der Mode im 20. Jahrhundert Band 2 Only
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Volume 2 only, of this 2 volume set. Completely clean inside and out. Slight bump to lower rear corner of text block, 2 repaired tears, to front corner and back edge of dust jacket. Volume 2 covers the modern period in men's fashions, from the 19th through the 20th centuries. Text in German. Thousands of illustrations, in color and black & white. Illustrations on every page. Bibliography. Index. 12" high X 8" wide, 423 pages. Heavy item, foreign shipping extra.
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Maiassova, N. A.
La Broderie Russe Ancienne
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. First few pages have short creases to top right corner. Text in Russian with summary in French at the end. Illustrated throughout with 56 full page color plates, and many smaller, thumbnail size color illustrations in the text. Covers Russian medieval embroidered religious weavings from the 14th century to the 17th century. Beautifully printed color photographs. Plate list with full information in French. 14" high X 11" wide, 34 text pages + plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Jekyll's Ltd.
Second Exhibition of 16th-19th Century Oriental Carpets and Rugs
This is a very good softcover copy in the original printed wrappers with a color plate tipped on to the front cover. This is an English trade catalog (with prices) from the late 1920's. There are 436 catalogued Oriental carpets and rugs. Also Spanish rugs, Aubusson, Peru loom embroidered fabrics, etc. 3 full-page color plates tipped in + many black & white photographs of carpets. Maps. 11" high X 9" wide, 79 pages.This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Peter, Irmgard
Textilien aus Ägypten. Im Museum Rietberg Zürich.
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. Essay by Irmgard Peter. Catalog of the Museum Rietberg collection of Egyptian textiles. 123 examples catalogued and illustrated in black & white. Bibliography. 9" high X 8" wide, 110 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Hermann, Fritz
Teppiche aus dem Orient in der Sammlung Rietbergmuseums
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Text in German. Rietberg Museum exhibition catalog of Oriental rugs mainly from the collection of Robert Akeret. 61 works catalogued. Illustrated with 4 color plates + 57 black and white illustrations. Map. 9" high X 8" wide, 59 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Nabholz-Kartaschoff, Marie-Louise
Batik. Formen und Verbreitung eines Reserveverfahrens zur Musterung von Textilien
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum für Völkerkunde und Schweizerisches Museum für Volkskunde, Basel, in the winter of 1970-71. 32 plates. 8" high X 6" wide, 40 text pages + plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Museum of the Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous region (ed. ) and Group in Charge of the Exhibition of Cultural Relics (ed. )
The Silk Road: Fabrics from the Han to the T'ang Dynasty
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket and very good slipcase with embossed designs and printed titles. Completely clean inside and out. Small bump to upper right corner of text block, (does not affect images). (One small London bookseller's ticket on the front inside cover from an Oriental specialist). Text in Chinese. A two page English translation and list of captions to the plates is laid in, as well as an 8 page booklet in Chinese. About 55 color plates of textiles. 14" high X 11" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Tourliere, Michel
Michel Tourlière. Textes de Léon Gischia et de Michel Tourlière
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. (Laid in is a folded sheet with 4 pages of information in English about Michel Tourliere for an exhibition of Tourliere's tapestries at the Carlsan Gallery in Chicago in 1972. The Carlsan Gallery handstamp is also on the front cover and first page of this catalog). Illustrated in black & white, 13 images + 4 color plates. Exchange of letters between Michel Tourliere and fellow painter Leon Ghischia. 8" square. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Sawyer, Alan R.
Tiahuanaco Textile Design
This is a very good softcover copy of one of the early Museum of Primitive Art's exhibition publications. Essay by Alan R. Sawyer. Prepared to accompany the exhibition of Peruvian textiles in 1963. Illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 8" wide, about 15 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Hackenbroch,Yvonne
English and other Needlework Tapestries and Textiles in the Irwin Untermyer Collection
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Jacket rear cover has a chip. 182 illustrations in black & white and color. Examples of English work predominate, but also French, German, Swiss and American work as well. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 81 text pages + plates + 80 pages of notes and comments. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Constantine, Mildred;Larsen, Jack Lenor
The Art Fabric: Mainstream
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. The jacket is not sunned or chipped. Completely clean inside and out. Signed and inscribed by Jack Lenor Larsen to a collector, on the front endpaper. Illustrated in color and black & white. Thumbnail biographies of all the weavers. Bibliography. Glossary. Jacket in mylar protector. 14" high X 11" wide, 272 pages. Large heavy book. Foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Shurinova, R.
Coptic Textiles: Colleciton of Coptic Textiles State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Moscow
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket has a few repairs, but presentable, now in a mylar protector. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Russian. Catalog lists 244 works. 356 illustrations including 112 color plates. Fold-out list of plates. A major collection of Coptic textiles formed mostly in the late 19th century. 11" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Jacques, Renate
Deutsche Textilkunst in Ihrer Entwicklung Bis Zur Gegenwart
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket and glassine wrapper with just light wear. The glassine wrapper has a few chips. Very clean inside and out. Text in German. Standard survey of the history of German textile design. 225 black & white illustrations + 6 color plates. Index. 11" high X 8" wide, 319 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Borruso, Edoardo and Rossana Bossaglia
E. Frette & Co. Una Casa Monzese fra Ottoccento e Novecento
This is a very good hardcover copy bound in F.M.R.'s typical black silk cloth binding with a color plate tipped on the front cover. Covers have a few faint scuffs. Text in Italian and English. A history of the art nouveau textile producers E. Frette & Co. Limited to 1500 copies printed, of which this one is stamped 150 on the colophon (special limitation page). Lavishly illustrated with color plates. Lacking clamshell box. 12" square, 233 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Heritage Auction Galleries
Heritage Auctions Spring Luxury Auction May 3, 2011
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Heritage Auctions in New York on May 3, 2011. Sale number: 5073. There were 380 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Mostly fancy handbags from Chanel (25 pcs.), Hermes (75 pcs.), Prada, Bottega Veneta, Fendi, Marc Jacob, Judith Lieber (43 pcs.), Gucci, and many smaller makers. Also costume jewelry and lugguage by Vuitton. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 9" high X 8" wide, 266 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Ryndin, V. F., Kozlinskii, V.I., Berman, Elizaveta, Elena Kurbatova
Russkii kostium, 1750-1917 : materialy dlia stsenicheskikh postanovok russkoi dramaturgii ot Fonvizina do Gor'kogo / Russian costume, 1750-1917: materials for stage productions of Russian drama Fonvizin to Gorky (Volume I, II, III, IV, V).
This is a very good 5 volume hardcover set (complete) three volumes with dustwrappers, two without. All volumes very clean inside, no marks. The off white dustwrappers are tanned and have a few stains to the spine of the last volume only and several closed edge tears. Two volumes have faint tan stains to top page-edge not visible internally. All text in Russian. The set is edited by V. F. Ryndin. All drawings by V.I. Kozlinskii. Additional editing and text by Elena Kurbatova and Elizaveta Berman. This set covers Russian costume design for staged productions from 1750 to 1917. In other words from the beginning of Russian drama to the Russian Revolution. All volumes are illustrated with drawings similar to fashion drawings in French and German periodicals from the late 19th century. All volumes have some color drawings as well as black & white. All volumes also have some technical details to guide the costume designers making period costumes: some of the illustrations are like pattern designs for tailors. A spectacular resource. 12" high X 9" wide, 170 & 182 & 182 & 182 & 222 pages. The volumes were all published between 1960 and 1972. Volume 1: 1750-1830, volume 2: 1830-1850, volume 3: 1850-1870, volume 4: 1870-1890, volume 5: 1890-1917. Foreign buyers should expect extra postage. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Fashion Institute of Technology
Fortuny
This is a very good copy of this softcover exhibition catalog. Completely clean inside, and out. Spine not creased. This exhibition was shown at F.I.T. in New York and also at the Art Institute in Chicago. Several texts are reprinted here: Guillermo de Osma from his monograph, which came out a few years earlier, Phyllis and Fred Feldkamp from an article in Harper's Magazine. Also a short piece by Jean-Michel Tuchscherer, the Curator at the Musee Historique des Tissus de Lyon, and another short piece on manufacturing techniques Fortuny used by Gabriel Vidal and Odile Valansot. Bibliography. About 20 illustrations in color and black & white. There were 75 costumes and a number of textile samples in the exhibition. Exhibition checklist laid-in. 11" high X 7" wide, 36 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Alferj, Pasqale and Francesca Cernia
Gli Anni Di Plastica
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. No tears, chips or marks to the jacket. Completely clean inside. Text in English and Italian. Well illustrated sudy of early plastic, bakelite and other substances such as celluloid, phenolyic resin and the like. 139 objects in the catalog, many of them shown in color plates. Lots of jewelry, eyeglasses, purses, clocks, lamps, tableware and other things. Chronology. Bibliography. 10" high X 9" wide, 143 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Horsia, Olga & Paul Petrescu
Artistic Handicrafts in Romania
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dustjacket with light edge wear. Very clean inside and out. Signed and briefly inscribed by one of the authors, Olga Horsia, on the title-page and dated New York 1990. Also Dr. Horsia's business card laid in. Text in English. Sections on textiles, rugs and carpets, wall-hangings, lace, clothing and accoutrements of traditional dress, pottery, wood, baskets, leather, metal, glass, bone and horn and painting. Illustrated in color and black & white with 203 plates and illus. Maps. List of Romanian Folk Art Cooperatives and descriptions of their activities. (One six leaf section, so 12 pages, at the end is mis-bound upside-down. This is part of the captions to the plates and some text in the 'Prospects for the Future' section at the end. 8" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Gobel, Heinrich
Tapestries of the Lowlands
This is a very good hardcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. A few page corners toward the end in the plate section creased, otherwise fine. Illustrated in black & white. This is the 1974 Hacker reprint of Gobel's classic first published in 1924. 12" high X 9" wide, 97 text pages + plate section with 507 black & white illustrations + 24 page section of facsimile maker marks. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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American Art Association
The V. and L. Benguiat Private Collection of Rare Old Rugs.
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original gray printed boards, spine professionally restored. Light soil to boards, very clean inside. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at American Art Association in New York on December 4 & 5, 1925. 73 rare rugs and carpets assembled by Vitall and Leopold Benquiat over many years. Essay by Dana Carroll. 73 lots in the sale. 44 illustrations including 3 color plates. There are prices and buyer names written in for 8 lots in the second session. 14" high X 11" wide. A review from the Times newspaper, of the sale is laid in. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Koda, Harold
Extreme Beauty : the Body Transformed
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Extreme Beauty' at the Metropolitan Museum in New York from December 2001 to March 2002. This show examined some of the more creative and extraordinary fashions that have been produced around the world. From Masai beaded chokers to Jun Watanabe and John Galliano. Over 225 illustrations mostly in color with photographs, and some black & white reproductions of antique engravings, etc. 12" high X 9" wide, 168 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Montgomery,Florence
Printed Textiles. English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Bibliography. 11" high X 8.5" wide, 379 pages, 39 color plates and 428 black & white illustrations. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Penn, Irving, Noguchi Isamu, Nicholas Callaway
Issey Miyake
This is a fine hardcover copy in a very good or better dust jacket with only light wear. This is the GERMAN text edition. This copy has been signed in ink, by Issey Miyake, on the page facing the title-page, underneath the black silhouetted figure.Signed and briefly inscribed and dated 1988, in Issey Miyake's large distinctive hand. Originally prepared to accompany the exhibition in Paris at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in the fall of 1988. Foreword by Isamu Noguchi. Edited by Nicholas Callaway. All photographs by Irving Penn. Illustrated in color with 46 full page plates + a portrait of Issey Miyake in black & white + 46 smaller black & white photographs (reproducing the color plates) with information on each piece: materials, dare, etc. Biographical sketch. Statement by Miyake. 12" high X 10" wide. A beautiful signed copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Fotopoulos, Dionyssis
Athenian Fashions at the Turn of the 19th Century
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. A slight binding flaw, the first few endpapers are a little wavy. Text in Greek and English. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. Many vintage photographs and cabinet cards are used to illustrated the society life of Athens at the end of the 19th century. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. 12" square, 501 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Palais Galliera Musée de la Mode et du Costume
Japonisme Et Mode
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. This catalog was prepared to accompany an exhibition at the Palais Galliera Musée de la Mode et du Costume from April to August 1996. Introduction by Catherine Join-Dieterle, curator at the Musee de la Mode et du Costume. Essays by her and a dozen other scholars. Bibliography. Chronology of Japonisme. Illustrated in color and black & white. Exhibition checklist with 190 works catalogued and mostly illustrated. 13" high X 9" wide, 208 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Mower, Sarah
Oscar: The Style, Inspiration and Life of Oscar de La Renta
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with slight wear to the top of the spine and corners of the jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Lavishly illustrated with color and black & white photographs of the wealthy and stylish set that could have been in Slim Aaron's book A Wonderful Time. Similar guest lists. Many of Oscar de la Renta's most memorable gowns and elegant evening wear are here. Also many of the designer's drawings reproduced here. Lots of insider talk from John Fairchild, Diana Vreeland, C.Z. Guest, Anna Wintour, etc. Photographs by Irving Penn, Bert Stern, Steven Meisel, Harry Benson, Richard Avedon, Patrick Demarchelier, Helmut Newton, Francesco Scavullo, Arthur Elgort, David Bailey, Mario Testino, Annie Liebovitz, and Peter Lindbergh among others. Most of the images come from the Oscar de la Renta archive. 12" high X 9" wide, 194 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Mokuba Co. Ltd; Watanabe, Shoichi
Mokuba Ribbon Catalogue and Mokuba Passementerie Catalogue
This is a near fine softcover set of two Mokuba Catalogues with almost no wear (one catalog has a crease to the spine). One catalog is titled 'Mokuba Ribbon Catalogue' and has a date of 1995 in the preface. The other catalogue has the title 'Mokuba Passementerie Catalogue' and has a date of 1994 in the preface. Both catalogs fully illustrated in color. Lots of technical information. Large heavy books foreign postage will be extra. 13" high X 9" wide, 286 & 307 pages. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Cole, Kenneth
Footnotes
This is a very good hardcover copy without dust jacket as issued with just light cover wear. Signed by Kenneth Cole on the half title-page and dated 2003. Not inscribed, just signed in ink, with the typical phrase 'Watch your step'. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. Black silk 'shoelace' pagemark present. 11" high X 9" wide, 208 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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McMullan, Joseph
Islamic Carpets
This is a very good hardcovder copy in a very good dust jacket with only light wear. Signed and inscribed, by the author, Joseph McMullan, on the half title-page, and dated 1970, at the Metropolitan Museum. The Joseph McMullan Collection of Islamic Carpets was considered one of the finest private collections ever assembled. This book is a suitable tribute to that spectacular collection. The color plates are stunning. Many gate-fold plates. Foreword by Ernst J. Grube, Curator, Department of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum. Brief bibliography. 152 textiles catalogued in this book. 12" high X 9" wide, 385 pages. All illustrated, many in color. A few small flaws: two short closed tears to edges of the jacket, the inside blank front jacket flap is creased vertically. A beautiful signed copy of this important book. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Luis Barajas
Flaunt Magazine The Denim Issue Guess Thirtieth Anniversary
This is a near fine copy bound in denim cloth printed with a photograph of Claudia Schiffer, one of the first models for Guess Jeans. This 30th anniversary issue is full of die cut pages, pop-ups, a handkerchief, and other materials bound in. All of this is fine. 12" high X 10" wide, 292 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Dominque Fernandez, Patrick Mauries and Francois Nourissier
Moments de mode a travers les Collections du Musee des arts de la Mode
This is an about very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with light wear. Ghost of an inscription to the front endpaper. Otherwise completely clean. Text in French. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Musee des arts de la mode in Paris in February 1986. Preface Edmonde Charles-Roux. Photographs by David Seidner. Illustrated in color and black & white. 107 works in the exhibition. All illustrated. 13" high X 10" wide, 183 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Yves Saint Laurent; Hady Sy; Beatrice Dupire; Marie-Joe Lepicard
Yves Saint Laurent: 40 Years of Creation
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Illustrated in color and black & white with photographs by Nick Knight, Steven Meisel, Helmut Newton, Terry Richardson, Mario Sorrenti, Jeanloup Sieff, Juergen Teller, Patrick Demarchelier, and William Klein among others. 51 color photographs + 84 black & white photographs. List of plates with photographers, models, stylists and the publication the photograph appeared in. Beautifully designed book. Essays by a number of fashion writers. 13" high X 10" wide, 198 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Darmstadt
Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst 1901- 1976. 5 Volume Set
This is a near fine softcover 5 volume set with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and very clean outside. (All volumes have one neat signature of previous owner on the front endpaper). Spines not creased, bindings firm. Volume I: Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst. 78pp. Text in German. Essays by H. W. Sabels, D. Sternberger, J. Hermand, W. Hofmann, G. Mann, G. Reising, M. Müller, C. Pohl, G. Busch. Volume II: Kunst und Dekoration 1851-1914. 208pp. Texts by R. Schoch, H.M. Schmidt, G. Reising, S. Beeh-Lustenberger, W. Beeh, C.B. Heller, H. Georgen. Volume III: Akademie-Sezession-Avantgarde um 1900. 192pp. Texts by H.-G. Sperlich and H. Kleinstück. Volume IV: Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe. 232pp. Volume V: Die Stadt der Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt 1900-1914. Künstlerkolonie Mathildenhöhe 1899-1914. Die Buchkunst der Darmstädter Künstlerkolonie. 226pp.Texts by E.G. Franz, E. Wiest, A. Wolde, E. Huber, H.-G. Sperlich, H. Paris, B. Rechberg, H.J. Wystrach and K. Wölfing, C. Heelhaar, E. Zimmermann. Texts by Dolf Sternberger, Brigitte Rechberg, among many others. Bibliography. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white with hundreds of photographs. 8.5" square. A beautiful set. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Isaac Mizrahi
Isaac Mizrahi Presents, The Adventures of Sandee, The Supermodel or Yveesac's Model Diaries
This is a near fine softcover 3 volume set (complete) with just light cover wear. Completely clean. Illustrated in color throughout. Volume 1: Sandee Takes New York, 32 pages. Volume 2: Psandee's Pschic Adventure, 32 pages. Volume 3: You've Read the Book. Now See the Movie, 32 pages. 15" high X 10" wide. No slipcase. These books will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Andrea Pfister & Marie-Josephe Bossan
Andrea Pfister Trente Ans de Creations Thirty Years of Creation
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Text in French and English. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Musee International de la Chaussure in 1995. Essays by Marie-Josephe Bossan, Conservateur at the museum, and Jean-Claude Carriere. Illustrated in color throughout. 50 shoes from the the early 1960's through the early 1990's are all shown in color plates. Also several sketches of shoe designs in color. Several pages of testimonials from Roger Vivier, Anna Wintour, Ben Gazzarra, etc. 8" high X 10" wide, 122 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Venera Cvetkova Naslednikova
Istorija na balgarskija Kostjum
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with a little edgewear, a few small closed tears at the corners. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Bulgarian with summaries in English, French, Russian and German at the end. This book is a history of Bulgarian costume through the centuries. Illustrated throughout with black & white line drawings and color plates, drawings of the different types of clothing. No photographs. Yellow silk pagemark present. (This is the second edition, the first edition was published in 1969). 12" high X 9" wide, 144 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Lona Benney, Fran Black & Marisa Bulzone
The Color of Fashion
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. This copy has been signed in ink, by all three editors, Lona Benney, Fran Black and Marisa Bulzone, on the front endpaper. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed with 'Best Wishes'. Otherwise completely clean. Work by more than 100 top fashion photographers including Nick Knight, Walter Chin, Deborah Turbeville, Fabrizio Ferri, Albert Watson, Sheila Metzner, among many others. Illustrated throughout in color. First edition, first printing with full number line from 1 through 10. Card from Stewart, Tabori & Chang Marketing Department laid in. 13" high X 10" wide, 255 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Coddington, Grace
The Catwalk Cats
This is a fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Signed by the author, Grace Coddington, in ink on the title-page, just underneath the title. Briefly inscribed. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs and drawings of the author's cats. 9" high X 6" wide. A beautiful signed copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Deschodt, Anne-Marie
Mariano Fortuny, (1871-1949): Un Magicien de Venise
This is a fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with light wear to the back cover edges, looks fine now in a mylar protector. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Illustrated lavishly in color and black & white, illustrations on almost every page. Biographical sketch. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 248 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Oppenheim, Kristin
Die Primären Textilen Techniken der Neukaledonier und Loyalty-Insulaner.
This is a very good hardcover copy simply bound in dark green cloth with gilt titles. The boards are fine. Originally published by Brill as a large softcover, this copy was privately bound in cloth at some point. Very clean inside and out. Text in German. Illustrated in black & white with 103 drawings in the text + 4 plates + 2 maps. Bibliography. 13" high X 10" wide, 209 pages.Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Nakako Hayashi
Hanatsubaki Annual 1999 Nos. 583- 594
This is a fine softcover copy of the Japanese fashion magazine, Hanatsubaki, for the full year, 1999. January through December. Edited by Nakako Hayashi. Design and layout by Nakajo Design Studio. Illustrated both in color and black & white. Text mostly in Japanese, but each issue has title in English, and some section headings in English too. Each of the 12 issues first page is a fold-out color illustration, like a poster. Packed with interesting photographs of Japanese fashion at the end of the last century. 12" high X 9" wide, about 400 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Campana, P. Michele
Il Tappeto Orientale
This is a very good hardcover copy with a clear mylar wrapper with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. The tan cloth covers a bit sunned across the top of the front board and the spine. Red title letters still bright. Text in Italian. Illustrated in black & white with drawings of motifs in the text + 95 black & white plates + 56 tipped-in color plates. The black & white plates show carpets, tapestries and paintings with carpets in them. The color plates are almost all carpets from private collections in Italy, mostly from Milan, some from Lugano, Varese, London, Paris and churches in Transylvania. 13" high X 10" wide, 219 text pages + plates. A beautiful production printed by Arti Grafiche Fratelli Magnani in Milan for Edizioni Libri Artistici in September 1962. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Leveque, Jean-Jacques
La Demeure
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. Text in French and English. Essay by Jean-Jacques Leveque. This catalog gives a brief summary history (4 text pages) of the exhibitions at Galerie La Demeure in Paris until 1968. This gallery was well known for presenting contemporary tapestries and wall hangings by mostly French artists. Works by Mategot, Lurcat, Le Corbusier, Dom Robert, Borderie, Prassinos, Tourliere, Julien, Lagrange, Wogensky, Picart le doux, Saint-Saens, Singier and Gilioli. All these artists are represented with at least 1 tapestry illustrated in black & white. Also color photographs and b/w of the gallery with different exhibitions. 11" high X 8" wide, about 16 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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