The Delineator December 1911 by George Barr Baker, Editor - 1911

Manchester: James Gee [circa 1870s]. (Mass market paperback) 60pp. Good to very good. Color illustrated card covers, 4 color plates. (Costume, Hats, Social History).

New York: By Prof. A. D'Alessio. Very Good. 1923. First Edition. Soft Covers. Rare magazine. Agostino D'Alessio Director of the Academy of Art Design was for many years a notable figure in the tailoring & designing trade. He established the New York Academy 1n 1903. Known for expertise with men's and boy's clothing. Contains drawings of women's & men's garments & fashionable patterns. Published January 1923. English & Italian text. Small stain on top edge. Rusty staples. Mended edge tear by spine head. Technical; Drawings & Patterns; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 26 pages .

Houghton Mifflin Co, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Collectible first edition, first printing of Polish born author Alexandra Orme's debut novel, Paris Original, a tale of a poor receptionist at one of the greatest fashion houses in Paris mingling behind the scenes with world class designers. Bound in black cloth with pink lettering to front and spine panels. Pictorial dust jacket included with $3.50 price intact. Per Houghton Mifflin's practice of designating first editions, a date of publication (1954) is stated at the bottom of the title page. Precedes the 1955 UK first edition. Orme's first book, the non-fiction Come's the Comrade, was a huge success and a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, but her star soon faded, and Paris Original suffered through a small first printing and even smaller second printing. Thus its scarcity, especially in the original, stunningly fashionesque dust jacket. Includes 10 1/4" x 7" copy of original 1954 Birmingham News review… Read More

Rizzoli, 2015-04-28. Hardcover. Good. 11x9x1. Unmarked. Text and full color photos free of highlighting, underlining or writing. Hardcover. Cover shows corner bump (right upper front). Dust jacket has some edge and shelf wear from use or storage but in overall good condition. Binding is in very good condition, solid, square. A currently OOP (out of print), rare, or hard to find book. 2018. Rizzoli. 4th printing. Ships in box, quickly and with care.

Metro, 2011-01-04. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 7x4x0. First Ed, Thus. Lovely book. Text is clean and unmarked, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Hard Cover. Dust jacket is clean and bright, light edge/shelf wear, a few small closed tears at edges (please see photos). Binding is in very good condition, square and solid. First Thus, English, Metro. Ships in box, quickly and with care.

Manchester: James Gee [circa 1870s]. (Mass market paperback) 60pp. Good to very good. Color illustrated card covers, 4 color plates. (Costume, Hats, Social History).

New York: By Prof. A. D'Alessio. Very Good. 1923. First Edition. Soft Covers. Rare magazine. Agostino D'Alessio Director of the Academy of Art Design was for many years a notable figure in the tailoring & designing trade. He established the New York Academy 1n 1903. Known for expertise with men's and boy's clothing. Contains drawings of women's & men's garments & fashionable patterns. Published January 1923. English & Italian text. Small stain on top edge. Rusty staples. Mended edge tear by spine head. Technical; Drawings & Patterns; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 26 pages .

Houghton Mifflin Co, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Collectible first edition, first printing of Polish born author Alexandra Orme's debut novel, Paris Original, a tale of a poor receptionist at one of the greatest fashion houses in Paris mingling behind the scenes with world class designers. Bound in black cloth with pink lettering to front and spine panels. Pictorial dust jacket included with $3.50 price intact. Per Houghton Mifflin's practice of designating first editions, a date of publication (1954) is stated at the bottom of the title page. Precedes the 1955 UK first edition. Orme's first book, the non-fiction Come's the Comrade, was a huge success and a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, but her star soon faded, and Paris Original suffered through a small first printing and even smaller second printing. Thus its scarcity, especially in the original, stunningly fashionesque dust jacket. Includes 10 1/4" x 7" copy of original 1954 Birmingham News review… Read More

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 survey beginning on page 89, as nos. 1-218; designs in colour are cited as colour plates 1-60, those in black and white as figures 1-218. Hardcover, navy cloth with gilt title on cover & spine (corners square, interior is clean and unmarked). dj., clipped (price sticker residue, crease at top of back cover, no marks or stains).Very Good+ condition.Size: 12 1/4" x 9 1/4" (31cm x 23.5cm)
Exhibition conceived and organized by Diana Vreeland. This book was published in connection with an exhibition at the Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from December 14, 1983, through… Read More

Rizzoli, 2015-04-28. Hardcover. Good. 11x9x1. Unmarked. Text and full color photos free of highlighting, underlining or writing. Hardcover. Cover shows corner bump (right upper front). Dust jacket has some edge and shelf wear from use or storage but in overall good condition. Binding is in very good condition, solid, square. A currently OOP (out of print), rare, or hard to find book. 2018. Rizzoli. 4th printing. Ships in box, quickly and with care.