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. 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. 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
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition stated, full number line Black paper boards with gold lettering to spine. viii, 343 p.p., [8] p.p. colour photographs. Dust jacket has a few scuffs and bumpes to extremities, some light chafing to rear, else fine. Versace: the..... 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Second impression. Orig. red cloth. Illustrated endpapers. vii, 343 pp. Illustrated by the author. Spine shaken. Damp staining and rubbing to edges. Staining to tail edge of text block. Dust jacket is price clipped, soiled, sunned (worse at spine), chipped to..... 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
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
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Pimsler, Alvin. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter black cloth, blue paper boards. xv, 204 pp. B&W illustrations. Spine tilted, rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket is price clipped, edge worn, chipped to spine ends, some creasing to edges, rubbing..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. black cloth boards with blind tooled device on upper front cover, vi, 245pp. Illustrated. About fine in d/w, Jacket worn with small stain on lower rear cover. A guide to hand made oriental rugs, their quality and value. More
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
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1923. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Eighth Printing. Green illustrated cloth, xxiii, 265pp, plus index and excerpt. Light rubbing to edges, otherwise fine. A history of clothes and fashion throughout the centuries. More
London: Crosby Lockwood, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Orig. brown cloth. 176 pp. With 172 drawings. With Metric Supplement to Dress Pattern Designing & More Dress Pattern Designing in envelope pocket to front pastedown. Dust jacket is age toned, chafed to edges, a few short tears. More
Switzerland: Breitling SA, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8.5" x 8.5" Teal paper boards. 95 pp. Colour photography throughout. One scuff to rear board. Fine condition. More
Switzerland: Breitling SA, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8.5" x 8.5" Teal paper boards. 95 pp. Colour photography throughout. Light scuffing to boards, else fine. More
Gravenhage: Nederlandsche Maatschappij van Schoone Kunsten, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Foliio. Original cloth-backed boards, title lettered on front board, spine unlettered, 168 pp., with [41] engravings by Henry Brown after drawings by important Dutch artists as well as numerous in-text illustrations, including head and tail pieces and illustrated initials. Foxing..... More
New York: The Illustrated Milliner Company, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Orig. brown cloth. 190 pp. Spine tilted. Rubbed to extremities. An emphatically practical, perfect and complete course, detailing the most Modern Processes of Mastering the Art of Millinery. More