Resultados de búsqueda: Design / Fashion & Costume from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2008. 193 pages, illustrations, photographs; 23 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy. Fashion model hired by Coco Chanel.. SIGNED. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., 1979. 1 volume, illustrations; 22 cm. Sale 681. PB Eighty-Four. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Property of Various Owners, Including The Estate of Margaret Kurtz, et al. 455 lots. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Sotheby's, 2004. 72 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Sale 1741; held Tuesday, April 20, 2004. Firm binding, clean inside copy. 504 lots.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

New York: Sotheby's, 2005. 76 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Sale 1763; held Tuesday, December 6, 2005. Firm binding, clean inside copy. 519 lots.. 1st.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1973. x, 149 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Published in 1902 under title: Modern Design in Jewellery and Fans. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. CONTENTS: Modern French jewellery & fans, by Gabriel Mourey; Modern British jewellery & fans, by Aymer Vallance; Modern Austrian jewellery, by W. Fred; Modern German Jewellery, by Chr. Ferdinand Morawe; Modern Belgian jewellery and fans, by F. Khnopff; Modern Danish Jewellery, by Georg Brochner.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art; Indiana University Press, 1981. 72 pages, illustrations; 19 x 22 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, May 22 to August 16, 1981. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps lightly soiled. Expected browning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong. Collectible.

New York: Viking Press; A Studio Book, 1972. Cloth, 248 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Topstained yellow. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards, age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Style; The evolution of design; The artist-jeweler; Technique; Discovery; The collections; Value.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Collectible.

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1990. Cloth, 208 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Foreedges bumped. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Colourful and sometimes complex textiles are still produced in many parts of the world using only the simplest tools and equipment. This book focuses on eight areas of special interest - Navaho weaving in North America; bedouin textiles in the Middle East; West African narrow-strip weaving; Indonesian textiles; 'kasuri' resist dyeing in Japan; inlay weaving in Nepal; brocaded motifs from Guatemala; and Peruvian tapestry weaving - and describes the fibres used, the methods of spinning and dyeing, the types of loom and the techniques of weaving. Examples of the best textiles from each area are supplemented with numerous photographs of spinners, weavers and dyers at work, and diagrams showing how the various effects are achieved. As well as providing students and anthropologists with a… Leer más

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1987. Cloth, 328 pages, [2] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 28 x 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First American edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Oblong. Collectible.

New York: Blue Rider Press; Penguin Random House, 2013. 268 pages; 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "After nearly a lifetime spent in the Industry, author and fashion insider Simon Doonan is ready to let you in on a little secret: his peers in this multibillion-dollar industry are just as nutty as the denizens of your local loony bin. In The Asylum, an unabashedly hilarious collection of autobiographical essays, Doonan, the creative ambassador for Barneys New York, tells the real-life stories of glamorous madness and stylish insanity. Doonan has witnessed models unable to work for fear of ghosts, gone deep-sea fishing with a couturier pal and his jailbird companion, and watched Anna Wintour remain perfectly calm while the ceiling fell--literally--in the middle of Fashion Week. Once you start looking, he says, youll notice telltale signs of lunacy everywhere. Style insiders see patterns and trends in everything; they suffer… Leer más

Milan: Leonardo Arte, 1986. 163 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Text in Italian and English. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Pushkin State Museum of the Figurative Arts, Moscow, July 22 to September 15, 1996. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Secaucus, NJ: Wellfleet Press; A Quarto Book, 1990. Cloth, 192 pages, illustrations (some colour); 34 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket toned, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "This is the dramatic story of the Ballets Russes during the Diaghilev years - its artistic triumphs and financial vicissitudes, its influence on Western fashion, intellectual and artistic thought and, above all, on dance which was revitalized by the brilliance of the Russian performances. The company Diaghilev assembled and then managed with his unique combination of ruthless determination, charm and artistic genius comprised some of the greatest dancers and choreographers - Fokine, Pavlova, Karsavina, Njinsky, Massine and Balanchine - who were given scores by great composers such as Ravel, Stravinsky and Debussy. Costumes and scenery were designed by painters like Bakst, Benois, Picasso… Leer más

London: Victoria & Albert Museum; Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, 2012. 128 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 30 cm. Exhibition Catalogue. Photographs by David Hughes. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top right corners lightly bumped. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "This unique and groundbreaking book presents dynamic and interpretive photographs of 60 years of British ballgowns and includes designs by Alexander McQueen, Bellville Sassoon, Bill Gibb, Erdem, Gareth Pugh, Stella McCartney, and Zandra Rhodes. The specially commissioned photographs by fashion photographer David Hughes are supplemented by essays exploring the ballgown as a particularly British garment, with designers, clients, and occasions unique to Britain. Britain's traditional social season of debutante parties, private balls, weddings, and charity events has long provided fashion designers with opportunities to create… Leer más

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2002. 181 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Bill Blass is an American legend. From the moment he arrived in New York from his native Indiana, a kid of seventeen with good looks and charm, he was determined to be a success in fashion. Today Bill Blass is a brand as much as an enduring symbol of American taste and style, his clothes setting a standard of upper-class American cool that other designers would follow. Yet very few designers are so connected to their times, so rich in wit and experience, as to be able to tell their personal story with any authority. Bill Blass was at the intersection of American fashion and society for fifty years. He was the first designer to break out of the shabby backrooms of Seventh Avenue and be welcomed into the chic drawing rooms of New York the first to put his name on a variety of products, including… Leer más

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. 96 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Remainder spray/tail edge. Stated First Edition.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Bucks.: Shire Publications Ltd., 1980. 32 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Shire album, 57. Firm binding, unmarked. Inside wraps lightly soiled. CONTENTS: History of Beadwork; Beadwork Techniques; Places to Visit; Further Reading.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 1998. 72 pages, colour illustrations; 30 cm. Exhibition held 6 June to 9 August 1998. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1998. ix, 132 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Traces the evolution of the beauty pageant. Well-illustrated with photos, postcards, ephemera. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Montreux, Switzerland: Arabesque, 1989. Cloth, 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 x 31 cm. First published 1978. Revised Edition. Near fine. Gently browsed, clean copy. Dust jacket, with a closed tear/back cover, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong.

London: V&A Publications, 2015. Cloth, 176 pages, illustrations (chiefly color), portaits; 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Examines in exquisite detail, spectacular jewelled and enamel objects, drawn from a single private collection, and to explore the broader themes of tradition and modernity in Indian jewellery. Highlights include a rare jewelled finial from the throne of Tipu Sultan, Mughal jades and a stunningly carved dagger owned by Shah Tajan. Featuring 100 objects, this book examines the origins of these precious artefacts from the treasury of the Mughal emperors and the courts of Hindustan. The author also looks at the influence that India had on avantgarde European jewellery made by Cartier and other leading houses and concludes with contemporary pieces made by JAR (hailed as the Faberge of our times) and Viren… Leer más