The Unfashionable Human Body
Gardeny City, NY: Anchor Press, 1974. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 281 pp., [8 pp. references, index, photo credits]. B&W illustration in text. Covers age toned to extremities, creasing to spine. More
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Laundering
Philadelphia: L.R. Balderston, 1918. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Third revised edition. Orig. green cloth. Chafing to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. More
Uniforms of the British Army
London: Hugh Evelyn, 1962. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 9.5" x 14.5" Orig. stiff card covers, grey cloth spine. Unpaged. [6], XX plates with facing illustrations. Spine tilted. Wear to cloth at spine ends. Dust wrapper is sunned to spine. In protective Brodart cover. More
Children's Wear Design
New York: Fairchild Publications, Inc., 1972. Torre, Rosemary. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. red cloth. xv, 268 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine tilted, lightly bumped at ends. Dust jacket is price clipped, chipped to extremities, sunned to spine with four small perforations, some general soiling. More
The Importance of Wearing Clothes
New York: Hastings House, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter white cloth, blue cloth boards. xv, 349 pp. With 300 B&W illustrations in text. Cloth lightly soiled and foxed. Light wear to spine head. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned, lightly soiled, chipped to spine head, a few short..... More
Costuming for the Theatre
New York: Crown Publishers, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. tan cloth. x, 150 pp. Spine tilted. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, worn to extremities, damp stain to tail edge of rear cover. More
Costume Throughout the Ages
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1938. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Second edition, revised, 5th impression. Orig. blue cloth, silver lettering. xv, 360 pp. Colour frontis., 210 B&W illustration in text. Spine darkened and slightly tilted, damp stain to front joint, chafing to extremities. Interior slightly age..... More
Park Manor Clothes Limited Catalogue
Philadelphia: Graphic Fashions. Soft cover. 10" x 14.5" N.d., [ca. 1940s?]. Black card covers, metal coil binding. 20 ff. Colour illustrations. Some rubbing to rear covers. Soiling to verso of final leaf. More
Women in Uniform Through the Centuries
London: B.T. Batsford, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper boards. 160 pp. B&W photos and illustrations in text. Spine tilted, slight sunning to extremities, light bruising to upper corners. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned, light bumping to extremities. More
20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Orig. maroon cloth. 441 pp. Bruise to fore edge of front board. Illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket is slightly toned, a few scuffs. About fine overall. More
The Mode in Hats and Headdress, Including Hair Styles, Cosmetics and Jewelry
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Revised edition. Full red cloth boards. xiv, 348 pp. B&W illustration by the author. Light bumping to spine ends. Spine slightly shaken. Small spot of wear to tail edge of rear board. Dust jacket is price clipped, edge worn, rubbed to covers..... More
Textile Printing and Dyeing
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8" x 8.25" Full blue paper boards. 188 pp. Fully illustrated in B&W. Spine titled, damp staining to tail edge, soiling to turn-ins at top edge. Interior damp stained to tail edge. Dust jacket is price clipped, damp stained to tail..... More
The Setts of the Scottish Tartans, With Descriptive and Historical Notes
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1974. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. blue cloth. xiii, 154 pp. Colour illustration. Publisher's errata label laid down to title page over Shepheard-Walwyn, London publication info. Chafed to extremities. Some creasing to upper corners of a few pages. Dust jacket is sunned, edge worn..... More
Costume Design and Making: A Practical Handbook
London: A. & C. Black, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Full blue paper boards. 158 pp. [8] plates. B&W illustrations and diagrams in text. Spine slightly tilted. Dust jacket is price clipped, bumped and sunned to extremities. More
Index to Manmade Fibres of the World
Buxton and London: Textile Business Press, 1970. 4th Edition. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 176 pp. Bookmark bound in. Rubbing to covers and extremities. Damp stain to rear joint, bumping to corners. Interior age toned. More
La Belle Assemble, Being Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine, Addressed Particularly to the Ladies. Vol. IV--New Series. From July 1, To December 31, 1811
London: Printed for J. Bell, 1811. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Half brown cloth, marbled paper boards. Previously rebound. 376 pp. Illustrated with [19] B&W plates, [9] folding sheets of music, and [9] colour plates of women's fashionable gowns. Spine slightly tilted. Interior is foxed. About fine. Containing poetry, essays, and..... More
Bankside Costume-Book
London: Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co. Hardcover. 18mo. N.d., [ca. 1900]. Orig. green cloth gilt titles. xii, 174 pp., ads. B&W illustrations in text + frontis. of Henry VIII. Light chafing to extremities, spine sunned, rubbing to spine, bumps to spine ends. Ownership stamps and inscription to ffep. More
Fabric Painting and Dyeing for the Theatre
New York: Drama Book Specialists, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full blue cloth. xiv, 176 pp. Fully illustrated. Spine tilted. Ink gift inscription to ffep. Dust jacket is edge worn and rubbed. More
Fancy Dresses Described; or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls
London: Debenham & Freebody, 1884. 4th Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Fourth edition. Orig. green cloth, gilt titles. vi, 168 pp. [16] chromolithograph plates, 64 half-tone figures to [16] plates. Spine tilted, cloth rubbed, some wear to extremities, spine cocked. Binder's ticket of Wyman & Sons..... More
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