Fashion from Bazaar of Books

"The Technique of Bobbin Lace" by Pamela Nottingham. London: B T Batsford Ltd., [1987]. (First published in 1976, Twelfth impression in 1987). pp. 222, Index. 183 line drawings, 109 photographs, and 77 prickings. Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt title on spine (corners square, interior clean and unmarked). dj. (slight shelf wear). Very good+ condition.Size: 10" x 7 3/4" (25.5cm x 19.5cm).

"Art of the Embroiderer" by Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, Designer to the King, 1770. [Translation of L'art du brodeur, with a facsimile reproduction of the French original of 1770]. Translated and Annotated by Nikki Scheuer. Additional Notes and Commentaries by Edward Maeder. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Boston & London: David R. Godine, Publisher, [1983]. pp.… Read more about this item

"The Complete Book of Knitting" by Elizabeth Laird Mathieson. Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company, [1947]. pp. 287. many b. & w. illus. Hardcover, brown cloth with cream title on spine (pages foxed in margins, top corners bent & lower corners dented, dents to edge of front & back covers, some wear to top & bottom of spine,… Read more about this item

Yves Saint Laurent by Yves Saint Laurent and Diana Vreeland, Rene Huyghe, Pierre Berge, Paloma Picasso-Lopez, Marella Agnelli, Catherine Deneuve, Duane Michals, Pierre Boulat and Nicholas Vreeland. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publishers, [1983]. pp. 192. All of the Yves Saint Laurent couture designs shown in this book are described chronologically in the illustrated… Read more about this item