Clark, Judith
SPECTRES: When Fashion turns Back
London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2005

First edition. Quarto. 167 pp; profusely illustrated in color & b/w. Black cloth-backed illustrated boards. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; covers clean with no wear. Published to coincide with the groundbreaking exhibition 'Malign Muses,' initiated by ModeMuseum, Antwerp, and later on view under the title 'Spectres' in the Victoria and Albert Museum's Contemporary Space. Details of historic dress and images of 19th-century fairground architecture lead into the work of contemporary designers such as Viktor & Rolf, Maison Martin Margiela, Veronique Branquinho, Hussein Chalayan, and others.
Inventory number #013653

Riley, Robert
GIVENCHY: 30 Years
NY: The Galleries at FIT, 1982

Octavo. 52 pp; color & b/w illustrations throughout. White paperback. VG, text clean & unmarked, binding tight; covers show minor soil. Exhibition held at the Fashion Institute of Technology, May 10 - October 2, 1982.
Inventory number #013652

Sotheby's
NOTHING TO WEAR
NY: Sotheby's, 1998

Quarto. 195 lots, all illustrated with color photographs; index of designers; bibliography. Paperback. VG+, a clean, unmarked copy. Essays by Carrie Donovan and Miss Satin. An eclectic sale of apparel, accessories (hats, luggage, handbags), fashion drawings & photographs, beachwear, and 1960's fashions for the "It Girl." Results laid in.
Inventory number #013646

Christie's
VINTAGE COUTURE. South Kensington, 29 November 2012
London: Christie's, 2012

Quarto. Not paginated. 91 lots, each lot illustrated with color photographs. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy, minor soil on back cover. Results laid in.
Inventory number #013645

ENCENS No. 17. Maison Martin Margiela
Paris: , 2006

Quarto. 142 pp; b/w photographs throughout, some color. Text in French; printemps/ete 2006 section in French & English. Illustrated wraps. Near Fine, a clean unmarked copy, covers have minor edge wear. This issue features a 49-pp insert on Maison Martin Margiela from 2000-2006. Also articles on Rick Owens, Gisele Vienne, Pascal Rambert, Raf Simons & Bertrand Lavier. Published twice a year since 2002, Encens is focused on fashion as artform from the perspective of designers rather than trends. The magazine investigates new forms of dressing from past to present with probing interviews, extensive use of photography and vintage, and dynamic layout.
Inventory number #013644

Garnier, Guillaume & Bruno Villien
Pierre Balmain, 40 annees de Creation
Paris: Musee de La Mode et Du Costume, 1985

Quarto. 263 pp; profusely illustrated in color & b/w. Text in French. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; top corner gently bumped, spine & back cover lightly soiled, light edge wear. Catalogue for a retrospective exhibition of the work of Pierre Balmain (1914-1982).
Inventory number #013643

Head, Edith & Jane Kesner Ardmore [Signed by both authors]
THE DRESS DOCTOR
Boston: Little, Brown, 1959

First edition (stated). Octavo. 249 pp; 8 pp of b/w photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, former owner address label on front free endpaper, else an unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has a few tiny holes at top edge of front panel, small rubbed area on spine, light wear at top of spine, covers evenly toned. SIGNED by both authors on blank page opposite copyright page.
Inventory number #013640

Schiaparelli, Elsa
SHOCKING LIFE
NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1954

First American edition. Octavo. 254 pp; 4 color plates; b/w illustrations, tailpieces by Christian Berard. Black cloth with pink lettering on cover & spine in dustjacket. VG+/VG+, binding has slight lean, previous owner name on front flyleaf, else a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has light wear to spine ends, spine lightly rubbed; overall a handsome copy. This edition includes illustrations and photographs by Berard, Drian, Picasso, Vertes, Cecil Beaton, and Man Ray.
Inventory number #013639

Shorr, Mimi, Editor
Body Covering: [catalog of an exhibition] April 6-June 9, 1968
NY: Museum of Contemporary Crafts, 1968

Octavo. 48 pp; b/w photographs & other illustrations. Stapled wraps with die-cut figure of body, surrounded with green & orange wavy lines - very Sixties design. Edited by Mimi Shorr, designed by Emil Antonucci.
Inventory number #013596

Fifth Avenue Association
Fifty years on Fifth, 1907-1957
NY: Fifth Avenue Association, 1957

First edition. Quarto. vii, 162 pp; illustrated with b/w photographs; bibliography; index; section of ads. Paper-covered boards, illustrated endpapers. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers show light wear to extremities. Celebrating fifty years of the Fifth Avenue Association, the book is divided into three sections - History of Fifth, Fabulous Fifth, and Vistas from Fifth. It includes a list of the directors of the Fifth Ave Association in 1957.
Inventory number #013511

McGarvey, Elsie S.
The Delights of Fine Fashion: Costumes from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1979

Quarto. [32] pp; fully illustrated with 22 full-page color photographs. Stapled wraps. VG+, a clean, unmarked copy; minor rubbing along spine, gentle bend to upper corner.
Inventory number #013498

Vreeland, Diana & Stella Blum
AMERICAN WOMEN OF STYLE An Exhibition Organized by Diana Vreeland
NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975

Oblong octavo. [36] pp; numerous b/w illustrations. Paperback. Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; covers with no wear. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by Diana Vreeland for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan. "This is not a dress show. This is an exhibition to project, through the beholder's imagination, a vision of ten American women of style." DV. The women are Elsie de Wolfe, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, Mrs. John W. Garrett, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Isadora Duncan, Mercedes de Acosta, Irene Castle, Millicent Rogers, and Josephine Baker.
Inventory number #013497

Coleman, Elizabeth Ann
Of Men Only: A Review of Men's and Boys' Fashions, 1750-1975
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1975

Oblong quarto. 32 pp; profuse color photographs. Stapled wraps. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; minor edge wear. Published for the exhibition of the same name at the Brooklyn Museum, September 18, 1975 - January 18, 1976. Publisher's slip laid in.
Inventory number #013496

Lane, Gertrude B., editor
Woman's Home Companion. Volume 62, Number 4, April 1935
Springfield, OH: Crowell Publishing, 1935

Small folio. 154 pp; profuse b/w & color illustrations. Paperback. VG, old price on cover, else clean & unmarked copy, spine missing but held by clear tape at top & bottom, front cover lightly soiled. Cover design by Maud Tousey Fangel. The issue contains Part II - Lucy Gayheart by Willa Cather, Part 1 - Shining Windows by Kathleen Norris, and the conclusion of Rennie Peddigoe by Booth Tarkington. Also Mrs. Roosevelt's Page, a monthly column.
Inventory number #013488

Weill, Alain
PARISIAN FASHION: La Gazette du Bon Ton, 1912-1925
Paris: Bibliotheque de L'image, 2000

First edition. Small quarto. 189 pp, roughly 85 color illustrations. Text in English, French and German. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Inventory number #013443

Martin, Richard, editor
Textile & Text, Volume 13, Number 1
NY: Fashion Institute of Technology, 1990

Octavo. 51 pp; numerous b/w photographs. Stapled wraps. VG, a clean copy, top of spine gently bumped.
Inventory number #013420

Ephemera
KID GLOVES 1897
New York: P. Centemeri & Co., 1897

5.25" x 3.25". 20 pp illustrated with 3 b/w photographs. Order form & envelope laid in. Stapled wraps. VG, a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #013396

Sembach, Klaus-Jurgen
STYLE 1930: Elegance and Sophistication in Architecture, Design, Fashion, Graphics, and Photography
NY: Universe Books, 1972

Small quarto. 175 pp; 8 color & 118 b/w plates; biographies; notes on the plates. Paperback bound in printed wrappers. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers show light edgewear.
Inventory number #013358

Battersby, Martin
THE DECORATIVE TWENTIES
NY: Walker and Company, 1969

First edition. Quarto. 213 pp; 210 illustrations, some in color; notes on illustrations; list of source books; index. Green cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows minimal surface wear, slight toning at top edge. An illustrated survey of the interiors & furnishings, fashion & textiles, decorative & applied arts in France, England and America during the 1920s.
Inventory number #013330

Cowles, Fleur, Editor
FLAIR Annual 1953
NY: Cowles Magazines, 1952

First edition. Folio. 229 pp; profusely illustrated in color & b/w, with many gatefolds & cutouts. Decorated red cloth with cutout in front board. Near FIne, a crisp, unmarked copy; original glassine jacket, edges chipped. A compilation of subjects -- art, fashion, culture, travel, gardens, music, personalities, etc. Published in book form in answer to the many queries Cowles received as to when/if the magazine would resume publication. It was the first and only annual published.
Inventory number #013277