Aussig, C.S.R. C. Wolfrum, 1938. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 16 page catalogue. 34.5 x 27 cm. Each page with a mounted color lithograph illustration printed recto only, of a woman attired in a dress, suit or coat, with an array of mounted fabric samples in various sizes and colors accompanying..... More
Paris: Delarue, 1850. Original Wraps. 272 pages in text. 15 x 10 1/2 cm. 25 numbered full-page plates (some double-paged), plus 32 supplemental plates numbered A-Z, AA-FF, with additional plates and illustrations within the text - all in black and white. Text in French, interior clean, initial decorated letters, Glossary..... More
Np: Np, ca 1950. First edition. Spiral Bound. 22 unnumbered leaves. Oblong folio, 25 x 36 cm. Numerous watercolor pen and ink illustrations, pencil and charcoal, and tipped-in designs [nine are tipped-in fabric samples]. Fashion manuscript by a young Coos Bay, Oregon student. She includes skirt, blouse, and sleeve designs..... More
Paris: Editions Nilsson, (1925). First edition. Hardcover. 12 page introductory text in French. Folio, 40 x 30 cm. 56 tipped-in plates on board stock are autochromes in photogravure. Wear at backstrip extremities. More
New York: Conde Nast, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 101 (8) pages. 30.5 x 25 cm. Limited edition, copy 522 of 1500 signed by Arthur Elgort, and also inscribed "N.Y.C. Dec 84 To Julie with love and friendship, Arthur." Elgort worked for a number of fashion magazines including British Vogue, American..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989. First edition. Leather Bound. 240 pages. Folio, 36 x 27 cm. Limited edition, copy 635 of 1000 produced exclusively for Dyansen Galleries signed by Erte. 156 illustrations -- 74 in color and 82 in duotone. Index of Works. Index. Erratum slip. Presents a broad survey..... More
Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1972. Erte. First edition. Hardcover. 181 pages. 35 x 23 cm. Voluminously illustrated with full-color, tipped-in plates; excellent lithographic reproductions. Text by Roland Barthes with an extract from Erte's memoirs. Translation by William Weaver. Foreword by Sal and Eric Estorick. Chronology by Erte. Printed under the..... More
Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1972. Erte. First edition. Hardcover. 181 pages. 35 x 23 cm. Voluminously illustrated with full-color, tipped-in plates; excellent lithographic reproductions. Text by Roland Barthes with an extract from Erte's memoirs. Translation by William Weaver. Foreword by Sal and Eric Estorick. Chronology by Erte. Printed under the..... More
Stockholm: Johan Horberg, 1827. First edition. leather_bound. 137 pages. 27 1/2 x 22 cm. Forty-seven hand-colored engraved plates with tissue guards, plus hand-colored vignette title, and two engraved plates of music. Grafstrom, poet and historian wrote the text, and Forssell made the engravings. Index. List of Plates and errata. Costumes..... More
Paris: Aux Bureaux Du Journal Amusant Des Modes Parisiennes de la toilettte de Paris et du Petit journal pour rire, 1867. Wraps. 24 pages. 24 x 33 cm. Images printed recto only, presenting mythological feminine dress, Gallic-Roman and ending with 1830 Restoration attire. There are twenty full page hand colored..... More
New York: Donna Karan, 2000. First edition. Cloth. One page seductive note by Donna Karan. 32 x 25 cm. Twenty-seven full page color photographs. Handsome, over the top fashion show without the walkway, and scarce. Lovely copy. More
Paris: Xavier Haverman, 1926. Mary, Eduard Marte. Stiff Wraps. 35 pages. 23 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 67 of 200 on Arches Paper (total edition of 275). This, one Marty's earliest works contains 14 full page etchings. The artist, famous for his Art Deco fashion designs was one of..... More
Prato: Ditta Ruggero Benelli, ca. 1900. First edition. Hardcover. 27.5 x 13 cm. Salesman's sample advertising display for Super-Iride, 48 dyed sample mounted, eight panels bound accordion style, each panel as noted previously, folds out to approximately 40 inches when displayed. Color plates mounted on first and last panels with..... More
Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 189 pages. 35 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 739 of 3000. Voluminously illustrated with full-color, tipped-in plates; excellent lithographic reproductions. Printed under the direction of Franco Levii on hand made paper made at Fabriano in the Pietro Miliani papermill. Text in..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842. Hardcover. 114 & 275 pages. 33 x 27 cm. First published 1796 with 143 plates. New edition with 153 hand-colored engravings. Strutt was an English engraver, and writer on art. BRUNET Vol. 5, p.566, noting earlier edition. BRYAN Vol.5, p.138. DNB notes, "Although the amount..... More
Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 328 pages. 28.5 x 20.5 cm. Illustrations by Pierre Vidal, 20 eaux-fortes hors texte with tissue guards. Also, a plethora of tipped-in process head and tail pieces, vignettes, and hand-colored plates. Original illustrated wrappers in Art Nouveau style by Leon Rudnicki bound-in..... More