Clothing, Costume, Fashion, Jewelry from JWMah

Munich: Prestel, 1999. (GER) Presumed 1st English language edition. No markings, Fine in Fine (-) dust jacket with tiny chip to lower corner of front panel. Hardcover, 192pp, index, 329 colour illus and 143 B&W illus. This book is organized into stylistic eras ranging from 7 to 14 years throughout the 20th century, but it does a great job… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Doubleday, 1985. (USA) 12 th printing of this edition. No markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket in mylar sleeve. Cloth hardcover, patterned end papers, 840pp, index, 90 photos in B&W and in colour. This is the definitive reference for jewelry makers of all levels of ability--a complete, profusely illustrated guide to design, materials, and techniques,… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Thames & Hudson, 2003. (USA) 1st paperback edition, No markings, Fine. Wraps with flaps, 192pp, index, 287 colour illus. From the cover flap: Embellishment with glittering substances is a worldwide and ancient practice. Traces of textiles and other artifacts decorated with gold were depicted in Assyrian bas-reliefs, frozen in the tombs of Scythian nomads, unearthed with the treasures of… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Melcher Media, 2009. (USA) 4th printing of the first edition. No markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket with very light rubbing to panel gloss. Boards, 176pp, index of brooches. There are over 200 colour photos showcasing the brooches and pins in this American diplomat's collection. Each piece seems to have a special… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Assouline, 2009. (USA) Presumed 1st edition No markings, tiny bump to lower croner tip of front cover, otherwise Fine in Very Good dust jacket with 1.25" closed tear to top edge of front panel near the head of the spine. Hardcover, 280pp, colour and B&W photos. From the jacket: From the outset, America was settled by individualists… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 2007. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover, 288pp, index, hundreds of colour photos of actual shoes, augmented with B&W illus. The book is organized chronologically. We start with the flt-soled shoes and the chopines of the 1600s, high-heeled running shoes of 2004. There is a chapter… Saber más sobre este artículo

Koln: Taschen, 2001. (GER) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, Fine. Flexible covers with flaps, 608pp, index, hundreds of colour and B&W photos including 1-D covers, photos and article excerpts. The year 2000 marks issue 200 and year 20 for i-D magazine. What better way to celebrate than make a book? As founder and editor-in-chief Terry Jones writes, "A cross between… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Harry N Abrams, 2000. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, Ownership stamp to the corner of the end paper, no other markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, 224pp, colour photos of people in indigenous costumes, ethnic clothing, protective outfits etc. This book is a personal and loosely anthropological photo essay full of costumes, clothes, faces, and cultures. The Tibors… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Phaidon, 2000. (UK) First edition Ownership stamp to corner of end paper, no other markigns, Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket withsoft crease to top edge of front panel near the spine. Hardcover, [192pp], collour fashion photographs. This book looks at contemporary fashion photographers' work, utilising the modern digital retouching to create "impossible images. It includes works by… Saber más sobre este artículo

Lausanne: Edita Lausanne, 1974. (SWIT) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, there is a tiny bump to the top edge of back cover, thus Near Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to panels; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Large-format hardcover, 315pp,map, 206 colour plates of famous jewels, 94 B&W photos. This coffe-table sized book took… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Rizzoli, 2013. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, slight easing of top corner tip of front cover, thus Fine (-) in Fine (-) dust jacket wiht the die-cut window in perfect order. Glossy boards, 160pp, Mostly colour fashion photos augmented with B&W photos. This book accompanied the exhibition at Somerset House in 2014. Isabella "Issie" Blow was… Saber más sobre este artículo

Seattle: Tailor-Craft, 1975. (USA) Edition not stated. No markings, Very Good in grey vinyl three ring binder.pages 1 to 40, with pages placed into vinyl page protectors and then in the binder, B&W figurd in text. This book aims to assist people in acquiring the hand skills pertaining to fine custom tailoring: Types of hand stitches: arrowhead, back stitch, bar… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris: Flammarion, 2013. (FR) 1st English language edition, No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 264pp, index, colour and B&W photos of fashion icons with observant and sometimes, catty, commentary. Foreword by Azzedine Alaia, the Tunisian-born couturier and shoe designer. . Armanet and Quin (husband and wife) are French Journalists. (3.5 JM HOZ 401/b1. 1st. Hardcover.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Old Greenwich CT: Cross, Hinshaw & Lindberg, 1968. (USA) 2nd printing. No markings, Very Good in Good dust jacket with wear to spine extremities and to corners of flap folds. Small faint spots to back panel of DJ. DJ ia in mylar sleeve. Red cloth, 113pp, index, line drawings showing pattern measurements . Contents: Fitting the well-dressed… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hull QC: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1995. (CAD) Presue 1st Candian edition. No markings, a touch of rubbing to lower edge of front cover, Very Good. Wraps, 134pp, colour photos of the kimonos with small explanatory pphotos. The text is in French and in English. Kubota was most famous for reviving and in part reinventing an otherwise… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cologne: Konemann, 2000. (GER) 1st printing. No markings, some page corners folded dosen and unfolded, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket with small edge tear to rear panel of Dj and a touch of rubbing to edges of Dj. Boards, 655pp,index, lots of B&W and colour photos and drawings. This is an excellent survey of 20th century fashion design… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office., 1960. (UK) 2nd printing (1969) Owner's tiny initial to corner of title page, bookplate to half-title, a brace of faint brownish spots to the back cover, otherwise about Very Good used copy. Wraps, 184pp, bibliography and sources. Lots of contemporary B&W illus showing gowns, evening dresses, ball dresses, promenade costumes, corsets, day dresses,… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: The Viking Press, 1976. (USA) 2nd printing of the First edition, No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, Cloth hardcover, 184pp, bibliography, lots of B&W illus and photos augmented with colour photos. Ths is a look at the furnoshings and clothing of the Russian aristocracy from 1700 to 1900. Jacqueline Onasis selected the illustrations which show objects d;art,… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Abrams, 1999. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. Owner's inscription to the half title, no other markings, about Fine in about Fine dust jacket with very slight rubbing to high parts of the dust jacket surface. Hardcover, 608pp, index, 1200 illustrations including 820 plates in colour, gatefolds and 50 maps and diagrams. The author researched this book for ten years;… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Rizzoli, 2007. (USA) 1st publication, No markings, a touch of rubbing to foot of spine, otherwsie Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 286pp, mostly colour photos augmented with B&W and colour illus. and photos. This book delves into the history of the tartan and its use in present day and traditional clothing, interiors, and design. A heavy book. (5.9… Saber más sobre este artículo