New York: Bonanza Books, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Small, wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 96 pp. Illustrated in black and white. An excellent reference work on crewel embroidery, a popular art in England. Toning to board edges. A very good copy in clipped dustwrapper with everal small chips and tears..... More
London and Boston: The Medici Society, 1925. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound quarto. 15 pp of text followed by seven full-page color plates followed by 72 full-page black and white plates. In overall sound very good condition. Lacking any wrapper which may have been originally present. Quite a striking book... More
Berkeley: Burt Franklin, No Date. Reprint. Cloth. Three clothbound royal octavo volumes in identical green cloth bindings lettered in gilt. Issued without dustwrappers. Reprint edition. Originally published in 1907. 391, 566 and 365 pp, respectively. Handsome near fine condition for all three volumes. Volume III is comprised of biographical sketches..... More
Stoke-On-Trent: Royal Doulton Tableware Limited, 1978. First edition. Cloth. Thick clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 432 pp. Illustrated mostly in colour. A handsome very good clothbound copy in price-intact dustwrapper. Quite a useful reference work on this famed British ceramic maker. A large and heavy book... More
New York: Random House, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper and housed in a matching hard slipcase. 229 pp. With an introduction by Marguerite Duras. A lovely fine copy in dustwrapper. Light wear to the edge of the slipcase. A large and heavy book. Profusely illustrated... More
New York: Flaunt, No date. First edition. Cloth. Quarto. 292 numbered pages. Unusual and lavishly designed fashion magazine celebrating the 30th anniversary of Guess. Edited by Luis Barajas. Covers made out of denim cloth, frayed at edges. Glossy interior pages with pop-up features, die-cuts, fold-outs and other extravagent features. A...... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 324 pp. The history of everyday clothing. With 373 black and white illustrations. A lightly read near fine copy in photo-illustrated dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A somewhat large and heavy volume..... More
Hillsboro, OR: Beyond Words, 2000. First edition. Cloth. 4to. 211 pp. Lavishly illustrated history of the aloha shirt. This is from the special AUTOGRAPHED edition and comes in cloth covered slipcase. A fine cloth copy in dustwrapper, clipped at front flap. Slipcase shows a bit of scuffing. Uncommon ediition. Profusely..... More
Japan: Atorie, 1989. Later printing. Paperback. Square paperbound quarto.in glossy dustwrapper. Text in English and Japanese. Illustrated mostly in color. Unpaginated. A fine copy in plain white bound wrappers in very good illustrated paper dustwrapper. Price sticker to rear panel. This copy has been SIGNED by the artist... More
No Place: The Fashion Institute of Technology, 1989. First edition. Paperback. 4to. 32 pp. A fine copy in photo-illustrated wrappers. Published to coincide with the exhibition of Antonio's dramatic fashion designs. Illustrated in color and b/w. Brief introduction by Richard Martin. More
Italy: Edizioni G. Spinelli & C. Firenze, 1979. First edition. Cloth. Wide clothbound quarto with printed acetate wrapper. 371 pp. Foreword by Anna Piaggi. Text in English by Adriana Mulassano and photographs by Alfa Castaldi. Illustrated in black and white. A handsome very good copy in lightly worn acetate. A...... More
Paris and New York: Flammarion, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Square hardbound quarto in dustwrappper. 144 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white. A book on the symbolism and significance of hair. A lovely near fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 166 pp. Introduction by Diana Vreeland. With essays by Joseph Wechsberg, Helga Kessler and Dora Heinz among others. Book contains 130 illustrations of which 43 are in color. A near fine copy in burgundy cloth covers..... More
New York: Fashion Media Group, 2014. First edition. Paperback. Thick oversized paperbound quarto. The fourth issue of this Magazine devoted to modern fashion. Includes an article by Tom Ford, photos by Bruce Weber and others. Faint crease to spine, else a fine example. A large and heavy volume... More
New York and Japan: Nicole Times, 1995. First edition. Paperback. Oblong folio. Measuring nearly 15" long by 11.5" tall. Near fine condition in bound white printed wrappers. No text, just large full-page b/w photographs taken by Stephane Sednaoui of the latest men's fashion by Kobayashi. With large fold-outs... More
Japan: Haga Shoten, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. Thick illustrated portfolio of both color and black and white photographs of actor James Dean. Minor text in Japanese. A near fine copy in fine photo-illustrated dustwrapper. Fans of the actor will not be diappointed. More
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1970. Second edition. Paperback. Small oblong quarto. 223 pp. Stated second edition. Illustrated with dozens of black and white photographs from stills of the great Japanese director's movies. Text by Donald Richie. A very good copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers... More
Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Small oblong 8vo. A fine press book printed at the Gehenna Press by Harold McGrath on Nideggen and Fabriano blue and white paper. No text. Book contains illustrations of 16th and 17th century book decorations. Oblong patterned boards in fine condition. Lacking the..... More
Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1981. First edition. Cloth. Tall clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 202 pp. Text almost entirely in Russian. Illustrated in both color and black and white. A well-thumbed copy, but still in pleasing very good condition in dustwrapper. A somewhat large and heavy book. Additional shipping charges may apply..... More
Cambridge and Maryland: Tidewater Publishers, 1967. First edition. Cloth. Small quarto. 326 pp. Illustrated with dozens of photographs and architectural plans. About very good condition in navy cloth boards with some soiling to covers. Internally clean and tightly bound Price intact dustwrapper has a closed tear to front panel and..... More
New York: James Pott & Co, 1901. Reprint. Cloth. Two decorated clothbound volume set in thick paper dustwrappers. 326 and 314 pp, respectively. Illustrated with black and white photographs protected by onion-skin sheets. Volume One has some unfortunate staining to the page edges (not affecting the interior of the paper)..... More
London and New York: William Heinemann and G. P. Putnam's Sons, No Date. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound quarto. 256 pp. With numerous black and white photographs. Book is not dated, but from early part of the 20th century. A sound very good copy in pebbled red cloth binding decorated and..... More
Hartford: Tercentenary Commission, 1935. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound volume with printed paper label on the front panel. With 30 pp of text and descriptions of the photographs which follow. 273 black and white images of Connecticut furniture. Some light expected soiling to thick oatmeal cloth covers, else a handsome very..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., No Date (1929). First edition. Cloth. Hardbound 8vo. Presumed first printing (date not indicated on copyright page). 320 pp. Includes eight tipped on beautiful color plates plus 50 photographs and diagrams. A sound very good copy. Green cloth binding ruled and printed in black. No..... More
Wien: Prodomo, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Very tallStapled wrappers. 28 pp. Illustrated in both color and black and white. Text in German. A catalog published on the occasion of a 1987 exhibition in Wien. Text by Peter Teichgraber. General light wear to covers. A very good example. 9 1/2" wide..... More
