Costume and Fashion

United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson, 1996. 112pp., with 263 illustrations in total, including 259 colour plates. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves crisp and clean, small line mark and erasure rub to title page. Art-illustrated (Double Tabby silk) card wrapper nominally edgeworn, with previous bookseller's sticker to inside front cover. "The designs of eighteenth-century woven silk in England and France exemplified skills acquired over two millennia . . . " The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, holds by far the most important and extensive collection of English silk designs in the world . Contained within is a 'treasure-house' of inspiration, as well as a captivating record for students of costume and textiles. Contents include: Introduction, The Plates, The Formation of the Collection, The Designers, Bibliography, Index of Colour Plates. Book weight approx. 600g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press, 1984. 208pp., printed endpapers. Unpaginated colour plate sections, plus intext b/white halftone plates, line-drawings and sketch-art, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Plain black boards undamaged. Subtle ex-library identifiers on colophon, and rear endpapers, else leaves clean. Art-illustrated ('Woman in a Grey and Red Dress', S.J.Gill, 1860s) loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn only. " . . . Marion Fletcher has traced, using paintings, photographs, drawings and sketches, what was worn from the time of Australia's early white settlers . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Note, Intro., 11 chapters, Glossary of Fabric and Costume Terms, Notes, Biblio., Index, more. Book weight approx. 1.25 KG. Buyers outside Australia: THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE CHARGES as it weighs over 1KG. ** Please email for quote. NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library Copy. more information

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Amsterdam/Brussel: Elsevier, 1985. 144pp., colour plate frontispiece, plus numerous colour and b/white halftone plates throughout, a mix of archival illustrations and contemporary modelling of costumes. Book clean and square. Spine firm, but lightly bumped on head and heel, plus a small impact puncture having no detrimental effect, else bumped foredge corners. Trivial specks on ffep., otherwise leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, with corresponding bumps and puncture as boards. An interesting book detailing regional tradtional costumes of Holland, with an emphasis on caps . . . Contents include: Prelims., Intro., Caps - Family Tree, How it all Began, Region-By-Region, Museums, Biblio. Book weight approx. 940g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. . First (English). Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Leichardt, N.S.W., Australia: Sandstone Books, 1998. 64pp., colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Gloss illustrated boards undamaged. Like-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edgeworn and scuffed. This stand-alone title in the 'Centuries of Style' series is a fascinating guide to Art Nouveau designs. It pays tribute to the movement's leading designers and is illustrated throughout with stunning examples of Art Nouveau craftsmanship. Contents include: An Introduction to Art Nouveau, Art Nouveau Jewellery in France, Non-Gallic jewellery, Art Nouveau Metalwork. Book weight approx. 385g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Thus. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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