Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2015. Garcia, Philippe. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A beautifully produced history of the Parisian company Pierre Frey, with text by Serge Gleizes and photographs by Philippe Garcia. English language edition, second printing. Printed in Italy. Slightest shelf wear to the bright jacket, glossy white covers, 240pp. 12.25.....
To?kyo? Shoseki, 1988. Hardcover. Lacking the dust jacket. Slight scuffs to bright orange covers. Beautifully illustrated with 159 glossy pages. 12 x 8.5"
Los Altos: P'Nye Press, 2005. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Frederica Postman and Bonnie Stone's handmade mixed media statement on fashion, incorporating stories, histories, fabrics, tassels, ribbons and much else. Comb binding in case/purse with leather glove. Number 32 of 60 copies, signed by Postman and Stone. Minor wear to the edges.....
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Third printing of Le Corbusier's account of himself, his work and philosophy, richly illustrated with photographs and drawings. From the jacket: " This book is not merely by and about Le Corbusier -- it is Le Corbusier." Ex-library. Two small tape.....
Roan Press, 2010. Soft cover. Soft cover tribute to Joanna Newsom. Slight shelf wear to covers, interior clean and unmarked. [vi], 177pp. 8.5 x 8.5"
Jenkintown Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED first edition collection of Liudmila Kondakova's portrayals of Paris. Inscribed on title page. Slight shelfwear to jacket, red cloth covers, 144 bright glossy pages. 14.5 x 11.5". As a large, heavy book this order may incur additional shipping charges.
London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd., 1948. Hardcover. Fourth printing of 1948 of Stein's study of her friend Picasso. As the jacket promises, "Picasso's artistic career is here interwoven with the story of his life in a manner that could have been achieved by no other writer but Miss Stein. The result.....
Harry N. Abrams; Aurora Art Publishers, 1982. Hardcover. A study of the artist Ivan Yakovlevich Bilbin, with, as the front flap promises, "195 illustrations, including 98 plates in full color": "This edition covers all aspects of Bilibin's work -- book illustration and easel drawing, illustrations for Russian fairy-tales and bylinas.....
Chronicle Books, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A beautifully photographed and extensively researched work on the wardrobe of Frieda Kahlo, begun after the unsealing of her personal dressing room. From the jacket: "Frida Kahlo brought the same rule-breaking genius and eye for vivid color to her personal appearance that she did.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. Hardcover. A classic work on hat making from 1925, offering to provide the amateur with a working knowledge of the "practical and technical principles of millinery", promising that "any home girl or woman with average good taste and judgment can very quickly learnto copy.....
London: Macmillan and Co., 1880. Hardcover. 2 Volumes. The second, expanded and improved edition of Glichrist's biography of Blake, posthumously completed by Anne Gilchrist with the assistance of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and others. The publisher's blue cloth covers with gilt-stamped design, adapted from Blake's sketch by Frederic J. Shields, are.....
London: Printed for Dan. Brown at the Black Swan; Tho. Bennet; D. Midwinter; Tho. Leigh; R. Wilkin, 1699. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The first English translation of 'De l'art de la verrerie' offers detailed instructions for the making of glass, crystal, enamel, jewels and mirrors, guiding readers through different techniques for.....
Disparo Editorial, 2006. Hardcover. Hardcover in transparent jacket, celebrating the influence of Spanish culture on the history of fashion. Text in Spanish, with English translations pp. 167-185. Slight scuffs to the transparent jacket, with noticeable bumping to the upper corners. 186 bright, glossy pages, including two foldout spreads. 13 x......
Austib: Univ of Texas Press, 1991. Finn, David. 1st Edition. Hardcover. From the jacket: "The art of the most creative and powerful sculptor of the late Middle Ages, Claus Sluter, is presented in text and pictures in this book. This Netherlandish master, born around the middle of the fourteenth century.....
Thames and Hudson, 1987. Hardcover. A gorgeous reproduction of Barbara Johnson's album recording her clothing in the eighteenth century, with supporting essays on the historical contest, textiles, fashion engraving, prints, trips to the theatre, and transcripts of the accounts of costs. From the unclipped jacket: "Barbara Johnson followed fashion closely.....
Hatje, Kunst- u. Architektur-Verlag(Hatje/Cantz Verlagsge5Gerd Gerd, 2002. Hardcover. German-language study of the work of the acclaimed sculptor. Near fine in jacket, blue cloth covers, 312 glossy unmarked pages, with slightest toning to the page edges and upper edge of jacket flaps. 12 x 9.75". As a large, heavy book this.....
Ermitage London, 1997. Hardcover. From the slipcase: "Between 1889 and 1913 Nicholas II, Grand Duke and Heir to the Throne, later Tsar of Russia, painted his jewellery in a small album as a record of his collection. His watercolours of more than 300 items -- some of which were created.....
Moscow Galart Publishers, 1994. Hardcover. Large, bilingual work on the jewelery collections of the Moscow Historical Museum, lavishly illustrated, very good in a very good jacket, now in mylar. From the preface: "The ornaments shown in the illustrations are products of different historical periods ranging from the sixteenth to the.....