Search Results: Fashion & Costume from Terra Australis Books

Poole,Dorset,UK: Blandford Press, 1980. Jacket has general wear to edges and some fading to spine. Foxing to minor title page. 128 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Traces the history of the fashionable body shape from ancient Egypt to 1980. . Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana University Press, 1989. Usual library marks. Fading to spine. 270 pages with b/w illustrations. Provides both illustrations and written descriptions of styles worn in everyday life and suggests ways of adapting them to stage use. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London, United Kingdom: Bracken Books, 1989. Jacket has fading to spine. 217 pages with 85 colour plates. Offers a wealth of source material to students of costume and professional designers. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A.: Martha Pullen Co, 1990. Jacket has large chip and tear to rear. 299 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Designed to appeal to the beginning seamstress who has never made an heirloom garment and to the advanced heirloom seamstress who is waiting for clear details on lace shaping and designing. How to make heirloom clothing from around the turn of the century. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good (minus). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: V & A Publishing, 2014. 144 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: V & A Publications, 2002. Usual library marks and wear. 160 pages with colour illustrations. Retrospective of the work of Gianni Versace, one of the 20th century's most innovative and enigmatic designers. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Boolarong Press, 1985. General wear to edges of jacket. Foxing to early and late pages. Previous owners stamp to rear endpaper. Signed by the author on the minor title page. 69 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Covers the huge variety of fans gathered in Australia through the years together with their specific usages, some of which are extremely rare and unusual. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Boolarong Press, 1985. General wear to edges of jacket. Foxing to title pages. Previous owners name to front endpaper. 69 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Covers the huge variety of fans gathered in Australia through the years together with their specific usages. Covers fans of Australia and the Pacific in detail. . Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: V & A Publishing , 2012. Minimal library marks. 128 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Photographs By David Hughes . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

London, United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1998. Jacket has minor tear at top of spine. 80 pages with 13 colour and 43 b/w illustrations. The most famous French model of the 1950's. Part of the Fashion Memoir series. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Royston,Hertfordshire,UK: Eagle Editions, 2000. 144 pages with colur illustrations. A dazzling investigation into women's most intimate apparel, celebrating the ever changing styles of lingerie throughout the century. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: B.T. Batsford, 1989. Usual library marks. 160 pages with b/w illustrations. From the swaddling bands of the 17th century to the T shirts of the 1980's this book looks at childrens's clothes in their wildest possible context, relating them to changes in adult fashion, to new theories of childcare, and to new manufacturing methods. At the same time, it pays close attention to the garments themselves, examining when they were worn, and by whom, how much they cost, how they were made and cared for, and what their wearers thought of them. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London, United Kingdom: B T Batsford Ltd, 1990. Illustrated laminated boards. Usual library marks. 64 pages with over 100 detailed colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

London, United Kingdom: B T Batsford Ltd, 1996. Illustrated laminated boards. Usual library marks. 64 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

London, United Kingdom: B. T. Batsford Limited, 1987. Usual library marks and wear. 64 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London, United Kingdom: B.T. Batsford, 1988. Illustrated laminated boards. Usual library marks and wear. 64 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

London, United Kingdom: B T Batsford Ltd, 1989. Illustrated laminated boards. Usual library marks. 64 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

London, United Kingdom: B.T. Batsford, 1983. Usual library marks and wear. 70 pages with 158 line drawings and 4 colour plates. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London, United Kingdom: B.T. Batsford, 1984. 96 pages with 8 colour and 79 b/w photos. Looks at the origin and structure of the various types of fan - fixed, feather, brise and cockade - and at the numerous forms of decoration used on them. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: B.T. Batsford, 1979. Usual library marks. 96 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Includes details on Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian, Hebrew, Ancient Greek and Roman costume. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.