Milan: Franco Maria Ricci, 1982. Limited First Italian edition. Hardcover. 1/6000. Folio. 219, [5]pp. Original black moire cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, and color illustration pasted to front board. Decorative endpapers. Book housed in its original black cloth slipcase, with printed title pasted on spine. This... More

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1978. Third printing. Hardcover. Folio. XX, 373, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over red cloth with gold and black lettering on spine. This remarkable work approaches the study of Indian costumes in two ways. First it examines the general history of the costume, the tools and... More

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1974. First American edition. Hardcover. Oblong octavo. 143, [1]pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over photographic paper covered boards. Frontispiece. This remarkable work is the perfect introduction for everyone interested in quality ceramic craftsmanship. It is profusely illustrated with 7 tipped-in color plates and numerous b/w... More

London: Cox & Sons, ca. 1868. Third edition. Hardcover. 8vo. iv. 63,40,18pp. Gilt and black decorated maroon cloth. Discoloration, staining and rubbing to boards. Head and tail of spine chipped. Corners bumped and worn. Wear to edges. Red page edges. Bookplate of previous owner to inside of front board. Lower... More

London: V & A Publications, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 176pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Photo-illustrated half-title and title page. Illustrated with numerous color photographic reproductions, this remarkable volume deals in depth with Indian textiles in the ikat technique. It is based on... More

London: The Studio Publications, (1956). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 96pp. Red cloth with black lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. The author stresses that whatever the elements of book jacket design - typography, photography, pattern, pen and ink sketch or full color illustration - the artist's own integrity... More

New York: Abbeville Press, 1986. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Folio. 319, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over purple cloth, with gold lettering on spine, and blind-stamped lettering on front cover. Color frontispiece. Superbly illustrated with hundreds of color photographic reproductions, this remarkable work depicts garments such as coats, jackets, and... More

Woodbury, NY: Barron's, 1980. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 149pp. Black cloth with white lettering. DJ has some slight yellowing on the top edge as do all the edges throughout the book. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color photographs and b&w drawings. Near fine condition. More

New York: Foreign Publications, Inc. (1926). Hardcover. Ex-library. Originally published in 20 parts in two portfolios. Ours incomplete with part 9 of vol. I & parts 12-20 from vol. II. Each part in original color-illustrated wraps, all resting in single blue cloth portfolio with illustrated paste-down and string ties. Each... More

Paris: Editions Nilsson, [ca. 1920]. [Loose pages without binding] Vol. 19 of 20 of a portfolio on the historical costumes of China, Egypt, Greece, Italy, France, India, the Latin countries, et al. 8 text pages [pp. 245-252], followed by 10 plates, as issued for this volume. Magnificently illustrated full-page captioned... More