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

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

Horvat, Frank & Catherine Join-Dieterle
De La Mode & Des Jardins: Au Musee Galliera
Paris: Paris-musees / Imprimerie nationale Editions, 1997

First edition. Small folio. 203 pp; profusely illustrated with color photographs; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, crisp, unmarked copy; jacket glossy & bright with no wear. Presenting an historical review of botanical and floral motifs in French fashion while exploring parallels between general principles of textile and garden design, this catalogue features a multi-part text along with photographs of nearly 100 garments and fashion accessories from the museum's collection dating from the late 17th century to the 1990s, including pieces by Chanel, Lanvin, Balenciaga, Cardin, Dior and Saint Laurent.
Inventory number #013217

Bell, Quentin
ON HUMAN FINERY
NY: A.A. Wyn, 1949

Octavo. 134 pp; 4 color & 12 monochrome plates. LIght blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. VG
Inventory number #013192

LePape, Claude & Thierry Defert
FROM BALLETS RUSSES TO VOGUE: The Art of Georges Lepape
NY: Vendome Press, 1984

First American edition. Folio; 175 pp.; 296 illustrations from photographs & drawings, including 136 in color; bibliography. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has light wear to spine ends, short edge tear, faint dampstain at top corner of back cover. "A well-illustrated monograph on the enduring illustrator whose distinctive style helped define art deco. Lepape's work appeared in leading fashion magazines--most notably pochoir prints for "La Gazette du Bon Ton" and Vogue covers--as well as in advertisements for leading couture houses and costume designs for
Inventory number #012992

Horst
SALUTE TO THE THIRTIES
NY: Studio/Viking, 1971

Quarto. 192 pp; 162 b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, several edge tears. Foreword by Janet Flanner, photographs by Horst and by George Hoyningen-Heune, notes on the plates by Valentine Lawford.
Inventory number #012899

Beaton, Cecil
THE GLASS OF FASHION
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1954

Early printing of first edition. Octavo. 397 pp; numerous pen and ink drawings by the author; index. Publisher's black cloth, lacks jacket. VG+, a tight, solid copy, old gift inscription dated Dec 25, 1956 on half title page.
Inventory number #012818

Cowles, Fleur, Editor
FLAIR Magazine, March 1950 Issue
NY: Cowles Magazines, 1950

First edition. Small folio. 124 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations, several fold-outs and bound-in booklets. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, spine intact.
Inventory number #012814

Cowles, Fleur, Editor
FLAIR Magazine, May 1950
NY: Cowles Magazines, 1950

First edition. Small folio. 122 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations, several fold-outs and bound-in booklets. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, spine intact.
Inventory number #012812

Settle, Alison
ENGLISH FASHION
London: Collins, 1948

First edition. Octavo. 47 pp; 8 color & 23 b/w illustrations. Illustrated boards in dustjacket with identical image. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket has light wear to toned spine with tiny nicks to backstrip.
Inventory number #012797

Segal, William C., publisher
GENTRY. Number Eighteen, Spring 1956
Philadelphia, PA: Reporter Publications, 1956

Quarto. 111 pp; illustrated throughout in color and b/w, some inserts and folding plates. Paperback. Very good, spine lightly rubbed. Complete.
Inventory number #012470

Onassis, Jacqueline
IN THE RUSSIAN STYLE
NY: Viking Press, 1976

Quarto. 184 pp; 8 pp of color photographs & hundreds of b/w illustrations; bibliography. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; light wear to covers.
Inventory number #012265

M. Wile & Company's KAMPUS KLOTHES
Easton, PA: Quiri & Messinger, 1913

6.75" x 5". [16] pp, 15 b/w illustrations. Printed wrapper with color illustration on cover. VG, short tear to one page, slightly rubbed. The drawings show models at horse race, golf course, in automobile, fishing, playing tennis, at beach, baseball game, etc.
Inventory number #012110

Fraser, Antonia, Angus Stewart, Bridget Riley et al
JEAN MUIR
Leeds: Leeds Art Galleries, 1980

Quarto. 32 pp; profusely illustrated in b/w & color. Stapled paperback. Near Fine, a clean, a unmarked copy. Announcement for 1981 exhibition at the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, laid in. Published to coincide with the opening of the exhibition 'Jean Muir' at Lotherton Hall, May 1980. Text by Antonia Fraser, Angus Stewart, Bridget Riley, Jean Muir, Claude Brouet, Marylou Luther, and Beatrix Miller. Jean Muir (1928-1995) was a British fashion designer.
Inventory number #011987

Samaras, Lucas & Kim Levin
SAMARAS: RECONSTRUCTIONS AT THE PACE GALLERY. November 29, 1979 - January 5, 1980
NY: Pace Gallery, 1979

Oblong octavo. unpaginated; b/w and color photographs; list of one-man shows; bibliography. Paperback with French fold covers. Very Good to Near Fine. Slight rubbing to covers.
Inventory number #011843

Ridley, Pauline
FASHION ILLUSTRATION
NY: Rizzoli International, 1979

First American edition. Octavo. 3 pp; 48 color plates. Paperback. Near Fine. Introductory text by art and design historian Pauline Ridley, followed by 48 color plates with fashion designer, date, and illustrator identified, and a brief description of clothing. Collection of French fashion illustrations from the early 20th century, culled from the pages of period journals such as Gazette du Bon Ton, La Guirlande, Le Gout du Jour, and Art, Gout, Beaute. Artists and designers represented include Brunelleschi, Barbier, Mourgue, Lepape, Poiret, Iribe, Lelong, Molyneux, Patou, Doucet and many others.
Inventory number #011831