Paris: Journal des Demoiselles et Petit Courrier des Dames Réunies; Auguste Petit, 1880-1888. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated Three-quarter leather over purple cloth boards, with gold lettering on spine. Robert Florey's ex-Libris on inside of front board. A wonderful look at covers of two French fashion magazines: 2 color covers..... More
Tokyo: NP, ND. Hardcover. 64 leaves resting in cream stiff paper folding map with matching sturdy cardboard slipcase. Leaves additionally protected by silver paper folder and decorative parchment paper. Title gold-stamped on folder and on slipcase front and spine. 60 of the leaves are illustrated with various types of jewelry..... More
(東京) Tokyo: Oriental House Limited, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. (8) 246 (2)pp. Original illustrated dust jacket over light brown cloth with gilt stamped illustration on cover housed in cardboard box with black lettering on label of cover. Textured brown endpapers. Errata sheet laid in. "This book represents an..... More
東京 (Tokyo): 古今堂 (Kokondo/Kokindo), Shōwa 11 [1936]. Ex-library, limited edition. Hardcover. Folio (15 x 12 1/2"). [47] leaves. Original string-bound illustrated cloth with printed title laid on front cover. All paper edges gilt. Half-title and title in red and black lettering. Book housed in its original blue cloth portfolio, with..... More
New York: Foreign Publications, n.d. [ca. 1927]. Hardcover. 99 of 100 magnificently illustrated full-page, captioned hand-colored plates. 10 vol. in 1: 1) Gallo-Roman togas and tunics. 2) Monastic and Byzantine attire in the middle ages. 3) Capes and collars, renaissance. 4) Doublets and jerkins, Louis XIII and Louis XIV. 5) Refined taste of the French..... More
Danvers, MA: Mrs. Day's Ideal Baby Shoe Company, Inc., 1952. Fourteenth edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. Unpaginated. [8]pp. Original half silver over green paper covered boards. Tissue-guarded title page. Mrs. Day's trademark stamped on title. This scarce work is a condensed review of the results of a study undertaken by Mrs..... More
Chemnitz: NP, n/d. Softcover. Quarto. Original tan wraps with gilt-stamped company logo the label manufacturer Körner-Lauterbach and gray and reverse tan lettering on cover. Eight page fold-out illustrated with fifty-four color sample cards of advertisements (3 1/4 x 2 1/16") for quality stockings for women, mounted into gray frames. Produced..... More
Los Angeles: Guess? Inc., 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Signed "Georges, Maurice, Armand, Paul" on official commemorative card laid in. Folio. 240 (4])p. Original decorative paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine, in original photo-illustrated dust-jacket, gilt lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. Photo-illustrated title with red lettering. A retrospective..... More
Chicago: The Charles J. Stone Company/ Chas. J. Stone Co., 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 70pp. Original maroon buckram boards, with blind-stamped ruling and gilt lettering on the front cover. Decorative olive-colored endpapers. Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author in b/w, with facsimile signature. An anatomical guide designed for..... More
Paris: NP, 1924. First edition. Softcover. 18 plates in vibrant colors from various issues of the French art-deco fashion journal "Les Idèes Nouvelles de la Mode." Plates are resting in original wrappers (illustrated in pochoir) of issue No. 10 - 1924 (3 Annèe). The stunning illustrations are hand-colored pochoir plates..... More
London: William Pickering, 1843. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. 94 guarded plates, two of them double pages. Red cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Half-title with hand-colored color lithography. Title page in red and black with decorative initial and publisher's device. Intricate decorative and historiated color initials. These..... More
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Paris: Taride, n/d. Softcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Wrappers with black lettering and chromolithograph to front wrapper. Contains 17 full-page color chromolithographs, depicting uniforms of French and Russian soldiers (of the 19th century). Some of the plates are flat-signed by Armand Dumaresq, whose name doesn't appear on the front wrapper [which serves..... More
New York: Indian Exhibits Co., ND (ca 1910). First edition. Softcover. Small Oblong Octavo. Unpaginated, 16 leaves. Original illustrated, stapled wraps with black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Catalog for an exhibit of Indian blankets, baskets, beadwork, pottery and buckskin work, Indian and cowboy costumes for the stage..... More
Paris: Taride, n/d. Softcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Wrappers with black lettering and chromolithograph to front wrapper. Contains 17 full-page color chromolithographs, depicting uniforms of the Italian, German and Austrian army, here referred to as the "Triple Alliance": The Triple Alliance was a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy that lasted..... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 110, [2]pp. Uncut. Original gilt-stamped burgundy cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece. The author divides this striking volume nearly equally between gloves and shoes. Among the amazing gloves featured in this book are..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal les Modes Parisiennes, 1856. Softcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Original wrappers with gold lettering on cover. 12 stunning color steel-plate engravings by A. Portier. The plates show females with costumes worn in Paris in the 1850's. Each plate is protected by a tissue guard. The author Paul..... 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 1923. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 49-80pp. 48 loose plates, as issued. Original illustrated wrappers. Fascinating work containing the last 4 fascicules of a series of 10, dedicated to the history of French feminine costume from the Middle-Ages to the end of the Second Empire. This work..... More
New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1995. Limited edition. Softcover. 1/2000. Elephant folio. 11.5x16" Photo-illustrated multicolored cardboard sleeve, with lettering in yellow, blue, red, back and white on the covers. The sleeve houses loose leaves. This is copy #778 from of a limited edition of 2000 copies. "HYPE! was our parody of the..... More
Berlin: Franz Lipperheide, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 14pp, including title and index page. Period half-cloth over paper-covered boards protected by mylar jacket. Illustrated with hand-colored annotated chromolithographs of traditional costumes from 900 A.D. - 1834. Costumes shown are from Germany, Russia, Egypt, England, Austria, France, Spain, Italy, St. Helena..... More
NP: NP, 2005. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated, 19pp. text, 62 plates plus pages, 10pp. Original pictorial spiral bound wraps with blue lettering on cover. Self published book with text providing an overview of early purses and purse patterns covering purses from the 17th to 19th century with detailed list..... More
Tokyo: Heibonsha Limited, (1978). First edition. Paperback. Lg. Folio. 214pp. Original tan wrappers with attached pictorial dustjacket as issued. Scuffing and minor creasing to dj. Tiny closed tear to bottom edge of dj. Inscribed by Miyake in Japanese on half-title. Stunningly illustrated with color and b/w photographs by some of..... More
京都 (Kyoto): 芸艸堂 (Unsodo), 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Original green cloth with gold-stamped decoration on front board and title-label in red and black Japanese lettering laid on cover. Orange ribbon-tied binding in the traditional Japanese style. Fascinating catalogue of kimono and obi (sash) designs, produced with a combination..... More
Paris: Michel Avelin Éditeur, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 256 (1)pp. Original illustrated dustjacket, black lettering on spine, over blue cloth with blind-stamped decor on front cover. Color illustrated endpapers. Castelbajac is a Moroccan born fashion designer who was part of a small group along with Bernard Carasso and Issey..... More
New York: The Vendome Press, 2005. First American edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 207 (1)pp. Original black cloth with silver lettering on cover and spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket in color, black lettering on spine. Photo-illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. "Pierre Cardin has been at the epicenter of fashion for well over sixty..... More