Costume And Textiles from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

London: V & A Publishing Ltd., 2012. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Black hardcover with title in white on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 240pp. Many colour illustrations. The Ambassador Magazine was a trade magazine renowned for… Read more about this item

London: B.T.Batsford Ltd., 1968. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First published in English in 1965, this is a copy of the 1968 second impression. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear, and an old sellotape repair to small tear and base of front of jacket. Not price-clipped.… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions Herscher, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. NB: Text is in French throughout. Maroon hardcover with title in white on spine and front cover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with a hint of sunning to spine and general light shelfwear.… Read more about this item

Mulhouse, France: Editions Th de Dillmont S.a.r.l./D.M.C. Book. Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated, but c. 1920. NB: Text is in French throughout. Oblong octavo. Softcover. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and soiling to covers, and slight reading wear to pages. Small blue notation to top right of title page. Paper front cover is… Read more about this item

Mulhouse, France: Editions Th de Dillmont S.a.r.l./D.M.C. Book. Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated, but c. 1920. NB: Text is in French throughout. Oblong octavo. Softcover. Stapled booklet. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers, and slight reading wear to pages. Cover paper on spine is split one inch from base. Very small… Read more about this item

Mulhouse, France: Editions Th de Dillmont S.a.r.l./D.M.C. Book. Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated, but c. 1920. NB: Text is in French throughout. Oblong octavo. Softcover. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and soiling to covers, and slight reading wear to pages. Twenty colour plates of beautiful period cross-stitch designs..

Mulhouse, France: Editions Th de Dillmont S.a.r.l./D.M.C. Book. Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated, but c. 1920. NB: Text is in French throughout. Oblong octavo. Softcover. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and soiling to covers, and slight reading wear to pages. Foxing to title page, endpapers and occasionally within the book. Paper front cover… Read more about this item

London: The Quilters' Guild, 1987. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Card-covered stapled catalogue. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 48pp. 59 colour illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of 59 traditional and contemporary quilts held by The Quilters Guild at the Royal Institute of… Read more about this item

London: Sotheby & Co., 1968. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Fair to good, covers have general shelfwear with some loss to the laminate at the edge of the front cover where it meets the spine. Internally contents clean and fresh. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 80 plates, several in colour, the majority in… Read more about this item

London : Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maroon hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound. Inscribed on the half-title and dated May 1984 by the author and his wife Sally to the previous owners. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a… Read more about this item

London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1988. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Light foxing to half-title. Some faint occasional cockling to pages. 270pp. 158 illustrations, 111 in colour and 47 in duotone. This book was originally published… Read more about this item

Seoul, Korea: The Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum at Sookmyung Women's University, 2004. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Card covers with dustjacket. Condition: Very good with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. 259pp. plus 2pp. chronology. Many colour plates. This catalogue was produced to… Read more about this item

Seoul, Korea: The Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum, 2005. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Text is in Korean, Chinese and English. Softcover. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Many colour illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of east Asian textiles, organised to celebrate the first year of the Chung… Read more about this item

London: The Conde Nast Publications Ltd., 1974. Book. Good. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers, light creasing to spine. Two inch vertical tear where lower left hand side of front cover meets the edge of spine. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 190pp. Includes articles on Liza Minnelli, Christopher Isherwood and… Read more about this item

Nacogdoches, Texas: Stephen F.Austin State University Press, 2013. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Terracotta colour cloth with title in bronze gilt on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 152pp. Many colour illustrations. Distaffs are simple tools used… Read more about this item

London: Ebury Press, 1997. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Signed by Kaffee Fassett and dated 2002 on half-title. The ink from the signature has transferred slightly to the inside of the front cover. Binding sound. 192pp. Many colour illustrations. Renowned designer Kaffe Fassett… Read more about this item

Zurich and New York: Edition Stemmle, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Navy hardcover with title in white on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 159pp. 185 colour illustrations. This book displays the complete collection of textiles of the 1920s… Read more about this item

London: James Pearsall & Co., Ltd. and The Old Bleach Linen Co. Ltd.. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NB: One issue only (Part.41). Dark green buckram with beige buckram spine. Possibly privately bound. Undated, but c.1930. Condition: Very good, with slight shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. Light foxing to fore-edge of textblock. This bound… Read more about this item

Wardown Park, Luton: Luton Museum & Art Gallery, 1958. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Card covers. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners address label on reverse of front cover. 51pp. 17 b/w plates and several b/w diagrams within text. This handbook deals with the cottage industry of pillow lacemaking in… Read more about this item

Beijing: The Foreign Languages Press, 1988. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers, and some scuffing to rear cover. Light "handling creases" to a few pages due to the quality of the paper. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 157pp. Many colour photographic illustrations. This picture book, in six parts,… Read more about this item