fashion
JUDY'S TEEN-TOPICS / Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1952
Framingham, MA: Dennison Manufacturing Co., 1952. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Single sheet folded in horizontal thirds [6pp.] Mild toning; light edgewear. Very good. Halloween issue of this monthly guide for girls of the early 1950s; the publication was equal parts part social training manual, craft project suggestions, and advertisement for.....
DISCO DANCING TONITE: Clubs: Dances: Fashion: Music
(London): Octopus, (1979). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Photographic wraps. Very good plus. Light touches of edgewear, hint of a crease to one corner. Two price stickers to front cover. Interior crisp, bright, and clean throughout. Binding sound. 80pp. Popular disco guide for a British audience. Illustrated throughout in color photographs.....
PUNK: Chaos to Couture
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2013). First Edition. Hardcover. Square 4to. Publisher's black boards with text in white. Clean, bright and tight. Fine. Catalog for the Met Costume Institute's exhibition on punk fashion, featuring essays from punk stalwarts Richard Hell and John Lydon, profusely illustrated with archival images.....
[Salesman's Sample Book of Sacramental Vestment Textiles]
[Saint Etienne]: [Les Succrs de G. Bochard], [ca. 1935]. 4to. Commercial burgundy board scrapbook. String-tied with matching silk braid. 10.5” x 8” approx. containing sixteen card-stock leaves mounted recto and verso with 92 original silk sample swatches. Three black-and-white photo illustrations of finished patterns also mounted within. Mild wear and.....
CINDY CRAWFORD'S BASIC FACE: A Makeup Workbook
New York: Broadway Books, (1996). First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Wire-bound in metallic paper boards. SIGNED by Crawford at half-title. Lower corner of front board bumped. Light spine lean. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. 108 pp. Step-by-step guide to basic skincare and makeup. A collaboration with makeup artist Sonia.....
DRESSES I'VE MADE (Since May 9th, 1948) [Dressmaking Scrapbook]
[Deshler, OH]: [1948-1994]. String-tied album (12'' x 14.5'' approx). Moderate bumping and wear to edges and corners. 16 construction-paper leaves with fabric samples and pattern clippings mounted recto and verso, with notes in pencil, followed by 17 blank leaves. Very good plus. Meticulous record of a home sewer's completed garments.....
MASON SHOES: Fall and Winter 1952-1953 [Cover Title - Illustrated Product Catalog]
Chippewa Falls, WI: Mason Shoe Manufacturing Co., (1952). First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 4to. Color illustrated wraps. Mild handling wear. Faint creasing to wraps. Overall sound, clean. 112pp. An illustrated wholesale catalog of leather mens and ladies footwear and outerwear from the Mason Shoe Manufacturing Company of Chippewa Falls, WI. Generously.....
GLAMOUR [Magazine] of Hollywood - Vol. 1 No. 1, April 1939
New York: Conde Nast, 1939. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Publisher's wraps. Mild edgewear and with some splitting to wraps at spine. Mild toning to page edges. Very good. 132pp. The inaugural issue of GLAMOUR magazine, "The Hollywood way to Fashion, Beauty, Charm." A style magazine focused on Hollywood stars, now.....
FASHION WITHOUT TEARS, OR, CLOTHING THE CAREERIST ON A BUDGET
Pittsburgh, PA: Joseph Horne Co, [Circa 1940s]. First Edition. Wraps. Small booklet measuring 5.25" x 6.25" approx. in original wraps. Rust spot to front wrap from paperclip and spots from staples at rear, with some foxing. Interior clean and bright. Very good. Booklet issued by Joseph Horne department store containing.....
WOMEN AT WORK: Efficient Cogs in America's Victory Machine / THE BUSINESS GIRL DRESSES FOR LOVE-FOR MONEY:Young Executive and Her Secretary Plan for Fall [Two Department Store Pamphlets]
Pittsburgh, PA: Joseph Horne Co., [Circa 1940s]. First Edition. Wraps. Two pamphlets, each a single sheet folded to 7" x 9.5" approx. Mild edgewear; faint creasing to "Women At Work." Near fine and very good plus, respectively. Two World War II-era department store programs for working women's fashion events at.....
WARNER'S RUST PROOF CORSETS
New York, Chicago and San Francisco: Warner Brothers Co., 1919. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled in original wraps printed in black and orange. Significant damage to lower portion of wraps and at spine. Mild toning. Good only. With typed letter from Warner Bros company regarding catalog. 63pp. Corset catalog, with.....
[Archive of Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels of Women's Fashion]
np [New York?]: [ca. 1955]. 18 large completed (plus 6 smaller) loose portraits executed in pen & ink with watercolor or guache on paper. Large works all approx. 19" x 12"; smaller 12.5" x 9". With a large 17" x 12" spiral-bound artist's notebook containing eight additional color studies, plus.....
THE 18TH AMOS PARRISH FASHION SELLING CLINIC: Spring and Summer 1937
New York: Amos Parrish and Company, 1937. First Edition. Wraps. 9" x 12" approx. brad-bound in wraps. 154 leaves, printed in black and green, primarily recto only. Many with additional fold-outs. 108 fabric samples glue-mounted throughout. Some creasing, chipping and mild soil to wraps. Interior generally fresh and bright. Some.....
WHOLESALE JEWELRY CATALOG: Number 12 1956-1957 [Cover Title - Illustrated Product Catalog]
Washington DC: Advance Watch and Jewelers Supply Company, (1956). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Printed card wraps. Side stapled. Outer wraps moderately worn. Overall clean, sound. An illustrated product catalog from the Advance Watch and Jewelry Supply Company, wholesale suppliers of men's and women's jewelry and watches. Lines offered include Anson.....
TREND SKETCH PORTFOLIO OF "Wool Work" AND "Naked Wool" DESIGNS BY MEMBERS OF THE LOS ANGELES FASHION GUILD - Spring 1968 [Cover Title]
Los Angeles: The Wool Bureau, 1969. First Edition. Side-stapled yello stiff printed 4to. wraps. Offset duplciated. Mild wear, soil, a couple of unobtrusive stains. Very good overall. [28]pp. plus covers. Program for a Los Angeles fashion show sponsered by the Wool Bureau and featuring reproduced sketches from many California design.....
NET MAKING
(New York): Emerson Books Inc., 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue boards in illustrated dust jacket. Very good in like DJ. Jacket toned and rubbed with a bit of foxing to rear. Top edge of pages foxed. Interior clean, bright throughout. Binding sound. 136pp. A charmingly illustrated guide to netmaking, with instructions.....
[Nineteenth Century Louis Vuitton Trade Card]
Paris: A. Alexandre [Printer], [ca. 1885]. Color lithograph printed on thin card in the shape of a travelling trunk, 3.5" x 5" (irregular) approx. Verso printed in black on white, repeating the address information in English for Louis Vuitton’s Paris and London stores which are given in French on front.....
[Nineteenth Century Louis Vuitton Trade Card]
Paris: Imp. Hauducoeur [Printer], [ca. 1893]. Lithograph printed in light blue and black on thin card. 3.25" x 4.5" (irregular) approx. Verso blank. Very light stain at left edge, otherwise in fine condition. A rare and early trade card from Louis Vuitton, the pale aqua checkerboard background of which alludes.....
[Fashion Salesperson's Ephemera from the The Melville Company]
Cincinnati, OH: The Melville Co., [ca. 1944]. Folio card folder. Containing more than a dozen pieces of sales and business forms, as well as 50 different paper advertisement sheets, each measuring approximately 11 1/2" x 8 1/2". All full-color with lithographed illustrations and mounted fabric samples of apparel from the.....
BREAK DANCING
Cresskill, NJ: Starbook / Sharon Publications, 1984. First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Wraps. Original vintage price sticker to front cover. Light edgewear and scuffing, with a few small corner creases. Very good plus. Break dancing history, method, and technique, generously illustrated throughout with photographs, some in color. Traces the popular.....
THE MAN OF FASHION: Peacock Males and Perfect Gentlemen
New York: Thames and Hudson, (1997). First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket mildly edge-worn with touches of shelf-wear. Cloth fresh. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. 208pp. A celebration of flamboyant men's style throughout history, referencing vernacular subcultures, sport, gay culture, high fashion and photography.....
[Original 1970s Woman's Biker Club Denim Jacket]
(Maryland): [ca. mid-late 1970s]. Blue Wrangler "No Fault" denim jacket, size 36. With name ("Chan") and zodiac sign (? - "Pisces") embroidered in yellow above each breast pocket. "Metronettes" and "Md." enbroided in matching color to back of the jacket, above and below a period Honda motorcycle patch. Generally fine.....
[Original Handmade Artist's Book of Collages & Assemblages]
New York: 2008. Hardcover. 4to. Spiral-bound boards. Near fine. Twenty four (24) leaves of black cardstock, plus covers. All surfaces covered with two- and three-dimensional elements. Appears complete. Traces of dust or rubbing to covers, else clean and unmarred inside and out. A rich series of collages and assemblages with.....
PARRJEKTIF: stanbul'da Stil Pe inde / PARRJECTIVE: Style Hunting in Istanbul
Istanbul: Mavi ON5, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Plush blue cloth boards with blindstamped titles and printed wraparound band. About fine overall. SIGNED by Parr at title page. Clean, crisp throughout. 132pp. A collection of photos by the renowned Parr taken in Istanbul, most focusing on fashions found in the.....
DR. MARTENS
AirWair Limited, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Square 4to. Black cloth boards in photographic dust jacket. Mild edgewear and rubbing. Very good plus or better. Cultural history of Doc Martens, heavily illustrated throughout. With an introduction by John Peel.