Various Publishers. Approx. 550 octavo and quarto skillfully hand colored plates depicting the latest fashion trends primarily out of Paris for women and children. The plates date from 1819 through the 1890’s and are in fine condition housed in sleeves bound in four albums. The steel engravings, largely from the Victorian era, appeared in a variety of publications, including, but not limited to, La Mode Illustree, Journal des Demoiselles, Petit Courrier des Dames, Le Follet, Graham’s Paris Fashions, Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine, Harper’s Weekly, Le Moniteur de la Mode, Peterson’s Magazine, Frank Leslie’s Lady’s Magazine, Godey’s Fashions and Miroir des Modes. More about HAND-COLORED 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH AND ENGLISH FASHION PLATES

Bloomington, IN: James A. Rock & Company, 1977. First Edition. 8vo., 163 pp., VG/VG; DJ, spine black with white lettering, black and white pictorial front cover with white lettering; mild shelfwear to DJ (e.g., bumping to head and tail of spine and corners); price uncut "$13.50" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; black cloth boards, faded green lettering to spine (text barely legible), yellow and black pictorial endpapers; very mild bumping to head and tail of spine, cocking to spine; bumping to corners of boards, slight cocking to boards, fading to top edge of boards; age-toning to text-block; very mild age-toning/staining to top edge of endpapers; interior clean; frontispiece; "FIRST EDITION, May 1977" stated to copyright page; No. 213 out of 250 numbered copies stated to limitation page; shelved Case 6. More about CORSAGE: A BOUQUET OF REX STOUT AND NERO WOLFE

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1961. First Edition Thus [1 of 2000]. 8vo., purple and black pictorial DJ, small purple cursive lettering to spine; VG/VG; very mild wear to DJ, "$3.50" to front flap, DJ protected by mylar; black cloth boards, silver lettering/decorative motif to spine; slight cocking to spine, mild wear to boards, very slight superficial material loss to bottom-edge of front board and towards top margin of back board; age-toning/wear to text-block; INSCRIBED by Derleth to ffep; 1 of 2000 unnumbered copies stated to limitation page; LP consignment; shelved Case 8, Dupont. More about THE REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS [INSCRIBED]

Washington, DC: The Textile Museum, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 302 pages; VG; Spine is yellow with black lettering; binding has minimal wear at the top and bottom of the spine; pages clear; shelved front table. More about COLORS OF THE OASIS: CENTRAL ASIAN IKATS

Paris: Societe Bibliophile, circa 1849. First Edition Thus. Octavo; modern full green buckram cloth with black cloth spine title gilt; collation: "Courtes Chroniques Pour Les Costumes Francais" Cost. Fr. Tom. IV. pp 1-320: [ending with the table of materials contained in the fourth volume]; "Histoire De France." T. II. pp 82, pp 646-692; following the text are 159 plates numbered consecutively 1-159, covering the XVII through XIX centuries and the reigns of Louis XVI through Louis Philippe. Text contents show moderate foxing; plates are generally very good; some with minor foxing; a few trimmed at top edge; a few with well-rendered hand color. A volume made to condense a portion of a greater set. Previous owner's annotation reads "Not in Colas or Hiler." [Spine; black title label gilt on green buckram cloth]. More about COSTUMES FRANCAIS DEPUIS LOUIS XVI JUSQU'A NOS JOURS, EXTRAITS DES MONUMENTS LES PLUS...

New York: HarperCollins, 2001. First Edition, Second Printing. large 4to., 288pp.; VG/VG; in white cloth boards with white translucent dust jacket; lettered in black on spine, fuzzy through dust jacket; mild shelfwear; INSCRIBED on ffep by Vera Wang; interior clean; shelved front table. More about VERA WANG ON WEDDINGS [SIGNED]

New York: Rizzoli, 1986. First U.S. Edition. 4to., 248 pp., VG-/VG-; DJ, black spine, thin white lettering: mild wear to DJ, light age-toning to margins of covers, creasing to top of hinge, very mild water staining to bottom margin of back cover near ISBN, covers protected by mylar; tan cloth boards, gold lettering: very mild bumping to corners, mild water staining to tail and bottom right-hand corner of back board at hinge; interior clean, with numerous photographic plates; shelved Front Table. More about THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ART OF HOYNINGEN-HUENE

New York: Benjamin Blom, 1969 [1904-1910]. Second Edition Reprint. large 8vo., VOL. 1 [HISTORIC DRESS IN AMERICA: 1607-1800, 401 pp., 3 pp. unpaginated], VOL. 2 [HISTORIC DRESS IN AMERICA: 1800-1870, 454 pp., 2 pp. unpaginated], VG; black cloth boards, decorative gold title blocks with black lettering; bumping to head and tail of spine; wear to boards, mild liquid stain to top edge of front board, cocking to boards, bumping to corners; mild age-toning/wear to text-block, small brown-black stain to bottom of fore-edge; bfep stuck to back paste-down, interior clean, contains many black-and-white illustrations of early American clothing and style; shelved Fashion. More about HISTORIC DRESS IN AMERICA [2 VOLS. IN 1]

London: William Miller, 1812. Octavo; pp 52, 130 plates; VG-/no-DJ; vellum spine with gilt text to red and black bars; gilt design to spine; this volume only; boards show slight soiling to exterior, light wear to edges; text block has some foxing to first and last few pages, light foxing throughout text; marbled endpapers; previous owner's name to title page. More about Costume of the Ancients, Volume I

1988. Large Quarto; VG/VG-; Black spine with pink text; Dust jacket has slightly sunned exterior edges & spine with moderate rubbing on rear but otherwise clean and undamaged; Cloth has very slight shelf wear with clean, strong and intact panels; Text block shows light wear on exterior edge with unmarked pages and tight binding; pp 199. Russian text. More about Folk Arts and Crafts in Udmurtia

Seattle, WA: Thames and Hudson in association withe Seattle Art Museum, 1993. first edition assumed. VG+/VG+. 4to inviolet cloth. DJ is orange and black, title on spine in orange and white on blue. Boards have light general shelf and edgewear; corners are bumped and a couple of small dents along bottom edge. DJ has light edgewear. Binding strong and edgges clean. 197 pp. Shelved in Fashion. More about BEYOND THE TANABATA BRIDGE

Wilmington, NC: Cameron Art Museum, 2007. Quarto; pp 345; VG-/paperback; black spine with yellow and white text; covers have only light wear to exterior; minor wear to edges; text block shows light wear to exterior edges; profusely illustrated; frontispiece; interior clean. More about Between Taste and Travesty: Costume Design by William Ivey Long

New York: Homes and Meier Publishers, Inc., 1985. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG-; spine green with pale yellow lettering; dust jacket clean, some edgewear, some foxing inside the jacket concentrated along the edges, no marks or writing; boards strong, clean, minimal edgewear; textblock clean, foxing on fore edge, musty odor, minor stains on back pasteboard, free of highlighting/underlining. pp 216. More about Dress Eighteenth-Century Europe (1715-1789)

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. First edition. Thin octavo. VG- in VG- dust jacket. Light yellow spine with red and black lettering. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Covers and dust jacket panels clean. Binding strong. Text of pages clean. Small remainder mark to bottom edge of text block near the spine. 160pp, with 146 black and white illustrations. More about DRESSING UP: TRANSVESTISM AND DRAG: THE HISTORY OF AN OBSESSION (SIGNED)

Istanbul: Middle East Video Corp. 1986. First Edition. Quarto; pp 175; G/G; tan spine with brown text; dust jacket shows slight rubbing cloth; small chips to corners; cloth has slight wear to exterior; slightly splayed boards; text block has slight wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; pictorial endpapers; interior clean. More about Historical Costumes of Turkish Women

Sydney: Powerhouse Publishing, 1997. First. Quarto; VG/no-DJ paperback; yellow spine, red/black text; cover has minor shelfwear; textblock has faint age toning to exterior, otherwise clean; pp 111. More about Evolution & Revolution: Chinese Dress, 1700s ~ 1990s

London, Great Britain: Quarter Books Limited, 1985. na. tall, oversize Qto. VG/VG. tall glossy black DJ spine with gold titles and smaller white author above and below mid-spine, tiny ivory publisher just above foot. enlarged gold metallic lettering in bold lowercase characters aside the illustrated half. edgewear and surfacewear moderate. clipped front inner flap. large black clothbound HB, neat with gilt-stamped titles. large boards a simple even black hue, extremities neat. fep/ffep are partly illustrated. text introduction followed by a large gallery of more than 150 color photos on dark black. generally read, neat interior with outer edges alike. 158 pp. ISBN# 0704325365. More about TATTOO

Paris: Editions Assouline, 1997. First English Edition. Quarto; unpaginated; G/Fair; black spine with gold text; dust jacket shows moderate rubbing to exterior; several chips to edges; cloth has light sunning to exterior; text block shows slight wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More about Oro Plata: Embroidered Costumes of the Bullfight

Leningrad: "Khudozhnik RSFSR" 1981. Quarto; pp 202; VG-/G-; white spine with black text; dust jacket has slight rubbing to exterior; some chips to corners; 2.5 inch chip to rear tail edge; cloth has slight wear to exterior; slightly bowed boards; text block shows slight wear to exterior edges; red endpapers; profusely illustrated with may photographs; interior clean; Russian and English text. More about Folk Art of the Russian Federation [from the Ethnographical Museum of the Peoples of the USSR]

Beverly Hills, CA: Julien's Auctions, 2013. Small Quarto: VG/no-DJ paperback: Black and gold spine with gold and white text: Covers are clean with some mild scuffing, general shelfwear, binding solid: Textblock is clean: Book is an auction catalogue of items from the estate of William Travillla: 187 pp. More about Icons and Idols: Fashion

Guatemala City: Ixchel Textile Museum, 1976. First Edition. Quarto; pp 274; VG-/Fair; black spine with ivory text; dust jacket has several tape mends to edges, chipping to corners, slight rubbing to exterior; cloth has light sunning to exterior, strong boards; text block has light toning to exterior edges; interior clean; English and Spanish text; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More about Maya de Guatemala: Life and Dress

New York: Thames and Hudson, Inc., 1998. First U.S. Edition. Quarto; pp 192; G/G; black spine with white text; dust jacket has slight wear to exterior; light stain spots inside dj; cloth has minor scratches to exterior; slightly splayed front board; text block shows light stains toward fore edges of pages; staining spots to exterior fore edge; frontispiece; profusely illustrated. More about Woven Crafts: Indian Textiles in the East

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1857. Octavo; pp 864; G+; dark brown leather spine and fore corners, gilt text and small beige to spine; ex-library; boards have heavily rubbed corners, slight sun faded spine, wear and scratches to exterior of panels; text block shows darkening to exterior, previous library's book plate to front pastedown, shadow toning to fore corners of first and last page, light pencil to title page, remnants of library label to last page, residue of pouch to rear pastedown;. More about Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume XIV, December, 1856 to May, 1857

Chicago, IL: Hardy Marks Publications, 1993. Hong Kong Printing. Qto. VG/ - no DJ. light yellowing to off white glossy wraps spine has black titling centered. graphic in color centered and framed by enlarged black titling. illustrated inner flaps. interior section filled with color images, text detail. fore-edge and tail have mild stain marks, no transference to the interior sheets.116 pp. ISBN# 0945367120. More about EYE TATTOOED AMERICA

Germantown, MD: Sign of the Hook Books, 2002. Quarto; pp 372; VG/VG; dark blue spine with orange text; dust jacket has light wear to exterior; cloth has light wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows light wear to exterior edges; interior clean; pictorial endpapers; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More about A Passion for the Creative Life Textiles to Lift the Spirit