Costume: Fanciful, Historical and Theatrical
London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. Hardbound. Decorated publishers cloth. 259 pp., color and bw plates. More
London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. Hardbound. Decorated publishers cloth. 259 pp., color and bw plates. More
Paris: Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2009. Softcover. Black and illus. wraps, French flaps, 280 pp., many color illus. Text is in French. Issued in conjunction with a 2009 exhibition that considers the realm of courtly costume among the royalty of Europe across a century and a half..... More
London: Drama Book Specialists, 1972? Softcover. Dark brown & illus. wraps, 76 pp., many drawings and patterns. Offers dozens of patterns for dresses that Englishwomen wore during this time period. Includes line drawings of finished products, a metric conversion chart, and a bibliography, in addition to the graphed-out patterns. Think..... More
New York: Drama Book Specialists, 1972, 1975. Reprinted. Softcover. Spiral-bound, honey brown & illus. covers, 88 pp., many drawings and patterns. Offers dozens of patterns for dresses that Englishwomen wore during this time period. Includes line drawings of finished products, a metric conversion chart, and a bibliography, in addition to..... More
London, England: The National Trust (distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams), 1996. Hardcover. Light grey cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; 320 pp.; 270 bw and color figures. An extensive look at the social aspects of dress in British society from 1500 to 1914; Includes discussion on the..... More
London, England: Academy Editions, 1974. Blue wraps. 112 pp. 20 color, 98 plates. More
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1971. Softcover. White wraps with bw illustration and black lettering; 61 pp. text followed by 16 pp. bw photographs; with other bw illustrations within text. Exhibition catalogue of 446 items, described; includes errata page. More
Bologna: Damiani Editore, 2006. Hardcover. BW-photographic boards with bronze page edges, clear plastic dust jacket with bronze lettering. 189 pp. Mainly color illustrations. This text presents a collection of Vivienne Westwood's shoes from 1973-2006. More
New York: Abrams, 2005. Hardcover. White boards with black lettering in black hardshell slipcase with white lettering. 278 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Inntroduction by Laurence Benaïm, translated from the French by Susan Pickford. Includes bibliographical references. More
London: Harrison and Sons, 1903. Hardbound. Burgundy boards with gilt lettering and design, 103pp, 9 color and BW plates. Edition for Thresher and Glenny, Military and Civil Tailors and Outfitters. Published as a requirements guide for formal and everyday dress at the court of H.R.H King Edward VII. Eight plates..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2003. Softcover. Neon pink wraps with bw cover photo and white spine lettering. 320 pp. Color and bw images throughout. Visual feast of a catalogue from the consummate fashion exhibition, held at the PMA from Sept. 2003 to Jan. 2004 and at the Musee de..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2003. Hardbound. Pink cloth covered boards with white lettering along the spine, color illustrated dustjacket with pink lettering, 320 pp., color and bw illustrations throughout. "Shocking! explores the Italian-born designer's career from its modernist beginnings in the 1920s and its connections with Surrealism to the..... More
New York / New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2011. First edition, First Printing. Hardbound. Brown cloth with attatched holograph to front cover, silver embossed title along spine with MMA symbol at base of spine. 240 pp., profusely illustrated with color and bw plates. Reportedly published..... More
Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1973. First printing. Softcover. Black & illus. stapled wraps, 36 pp., BW illus. and diagrams. Looks at a variety of traditional dress and costume, with analysis of construction. Based on the collection at the Royal Ontario Museum. Covers: Garments from loom lengths without sewing; The beginning..... More
London, England: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1926. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth. 463 pp. 100+ bw, 61 color plates. Six-page introduction, very interesting discussion of styles through English history from 1066 onward, with lovely drawings, paintings, and explanations by the author. More
Firenze (Florence), Italy: Centro Di, 1984. Softcover. Black & illus. wraps, 174 pp., 145 BW illus. Text is in Italian. Issued in conjunction with a 1984 exhibition exploring the costume and dress of 17th-century Umbrians, as depicted in art of the period. With four thematic essays. The annotated and illustrated..... More
Arendal, Norway: Innoventi as, 2007. Softcover. Black illus. glossy wraps with grey lettering and spine; 423 pp. with profuse illustrations throughout. An extensive look at the designs of Nordic artist Myrvold, whose work is described as abstract, elegant, and edgy but whose designs are rooted in her background in fine..... More
Paris: Colas, 1933. Hardcover. In Red buckram slipcase. Quarter-bound with marbled cloth boards and leather, spine missing but replaced with glued red buckram, protective DJ of red buckram. 1411 pp. plus 69 pp. of tables and an index. A very heavy book. In French. Title continues as " Description des..... More
New York: The Brooklyn Museum / Thames and Hudson, 1989. Softcover. Cream & color illustrated wraps with white lettering; 207 pp. with sumptuous photographs in bw and color. Issued in conjunctin with an exhibition that "not only focuses on the House of Worth, but also compares and contrasts the couture..... More
Iceland: Nordic House, 2014. Hardcover. Gray buckram covered boards with illustration and black lettering. 256 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Portraits. Catalogue of an exhibition from March to June, 2014. "Europe's most exciting and groundbreaking fashion designers come from its Nordic countries, are well-connected in international networks, and enjoy impressive commercial..... More
Newton Abbot: Latimer Trend and Company, 1970. Hardcover. Navy cloth, green ill. DJ. 220 pp. Profuse bw plates. Comprehensive history of the umbrella including Egypt, China, India, Africa and Europe. More
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1921. Softcover. Cream decorative wraps with black lettering and library tape at spine; 36 pp. with 4 bw photographs;. Listings of 691 items in the exhibition; original drawings mentioned in title are not in catalogue. More
Woodbridge, Surrey: Antique Collectors' Club, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Silver cloth with gilt lettering. Blue and illustrated dust jacket, white spine with black lettering. 311 pp. Hundreds of BW and color plates. "Chatelaines are decorative and useful waist-hung items which re-create the concept of the medieval chatelaine or lady of..... More
Warsaw: Museum of Warsaw, 2019. Hardcover. Polish language text. Green cloth boards, black title lettering. 351 pages : illustrations. More
Barcelona: Editorial "Orbis" 1936. Hardbound. Cream colored portfolio 28 pp., 101 (of 110) hand-colored plates present. Text is in Spanish. The color plates are significant in their usefulness and utility if working on dating and provenance for artworks. Missing the following plates: 11, 26, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38..... More