New York: The Butterick Publishing Company, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. green moire cloth. v, 255 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine sunned, cloth foxed and stained, chafing to extremities. Age toned to interior. More
Koln: Beilage zur Halpaus 4, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to (large). Burgundy decorative wrappers with soldier's uniform on front cover, 28pp.[Text in German] Illustrated with small, tipped in colour plates.Complete. Shelf number on upper title-page, and writing on front inner cover. Spine worn, with 1" chip on spine head, else..... More
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
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
Soft cover. 4to. N.d., [ca. 1940s or 50s?] Black card covers, plastic comb binding. 26 ff, printed to recto only. Half-tone illustration. This fashion book presents the service uniforms and a variety of civilian uniforms of Great Britain. 0. More
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. 0. More
New York: The Jno. J. Mitchell Co., 1886. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Fifth edition. Revised, enlarged, and improved. Orig. green pebbled cloth. Floral endpapers. 131 pp. B&W illustration. Incomplete, lacks pp. 49-70. Rubbing and wear to extremities, damp stain to tail edge of rear board. Spine tilted. Some..... More
Paris: Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, 1896. Hardcover. 18mo. Collection Polychrome. Half burgundy contemporary leather with new cloth spine, orig. label laid down, marbled paper boards. Recently professionally rebacked. Marbled endpapers. Lacks original illustrated wrappers. 20 pp., [95] pp. colour illustrations. Spine cocked. Rubbed to extremities, bumped to corners, some fatty..... More
London: John Murray, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Orig. tan cloth. 134 pp. 54 figures. Spine tilted and darkened, some chafing to extremities, bumping to spine ends, a few small stains to cloth. Light foxing to interior. More
Philadelphia: After Six Formals. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 7.5" x 10" [ca. 1973 per inserted price list brochure at rear]. Three ring binder. Colour illustrations. About fine. 0. More
Toronto: Babayan's Limited, 1925. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (tall). Black pictorial cloth, 80pp. Illustrated. With card from Babayan's Galleries (Toronto , Canada) salesman's card laid-in. Some discoloration from stains on upper front board, with some spine and edge wear, else very good in original, unclipped but chipped d/w at upper..... More
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
![Item #015645 Cosmetics: Science and Technology [3 Vols]. M. S. Balsam, Edward Sagarin](https://minotavrosbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/015645.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1735535817)
New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1972. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Plum cloth, spine lettered in silver and purple, xvii, 605pp; ix, 691; ix, 787pp. Bookplate on front pastedown, with owner name written above. Boards somewhat scuffed, with bruising on spine ends, esp. at bottom foot of..... More
London: B.T. Batsford, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green paper boards. 96 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine slightly tilted. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, age toned, lightly edge worn with some creasing. More
Exeter: Webb & Bower, 1982. Elgee, Cecil. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy paper boards. 79 pp. Colour illustrations in text. About fine. More
Saint Amad Montrod, France: Filipacchi, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 190pp. Illustrated throughout. Tight, fine in d/w. Fashion tribute to the 1980s in which "creations of major designers such as Azzedine Alaia, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Yves Saint Laurent, Issey Miyake and Thierry Mugler..." More
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. russet cloth. vi, 281 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Edge toned to interior. Dust jacket is price clipped, chafed, bumped and creased to extremities, a few short open tears, chipping to spine ends. More
London: The National Trade Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Textile Machinery Series. Tan cloth, viii, 136pp. Frontispiece, plus in-text illustrations and photographs; bookplate on ff/ endpaper. Cloth a bit faded, else fine in a fine, unclipped d/w. Practical manual on operating textile machinery..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. New edition, revised and enlarged. Green and burgundy paper boards. 239 pp. [4] colour plates, 44 B&W illustrations. Light bruising to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, age toned to flaps, lightly bumped to extremities. This, Quentin..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. tan cloth. xv, 688 pp. B&W photos in text, colour frontis. Fabric photographs by Nat Messik. Spine tilted and darkened, rubbing to extremities, age toning to interior. More
London: Peter Owen, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. teal cloth. 240 pp. B&W illustrations. Spine slightly sunned, light damp staining to edges of text block. Edge toned to interior. Dust jacket is age toned, rubbed, a few creases to edges. More
![Item #014331 Abbigliamento e Costume Nella Pittura Italiana [2 vols]. Ferruccia Cappi Bentivegna](https://minotavrosbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/014331.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1702570307)
Roma: Carlo Bestetti, Edizioni d'Arte. Hardcover. 4to. 1962 & 1964. Pictorial paper boards. Rinascimento: xxii, 368, [8] pp. index. Barocco - Impero: xxvii, 372, [8] pp. index. Fully illustrated, some folding illustrations. Rubbed to extremities, spines slightly darkened and rubbed. In custom burgundy cloth-backed slipcase. 0. More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1956. Deans, Mariel. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue paper boards. 255 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine sunned and tilted. Bruising to corners, wear to lower rear corner. More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. purple cloth. With 11 plates in half-tone and 83 illustrations in line by the author. Dust jacket is chipped to spine head, lightly edge worn, a few short closed tears, rubbed to..... More
[Toronto?]: Birks Jewellers, 1966. Soft cover. 9.5" x 9.5" Orig. illustrated wrappers, staple binding. 72 pp. Colour vintage advertisements. Business card of Douglas H. Riley stapled inside front cover. Light rubbing to edges, else fine. More