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"Art of the Embroiderer" by Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, Designer to the King, 1770. [Translation of L'art du brodeur, with a facsimile reproduction of the French original of 1770]. Translated and Annotated by Nikki Scheuer. Additional Notes and Commentaries by Edward Maeder. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Boston & London: David R. Godine, Publisher, [1983]. pp. 192, Index. many b. & w. illus. plus 18 colour plates. Printed on Espel and Sun Fugue papers, by Nissha Printing Co., Ltd., Japan. Hardcover, quarter brick cloth with boards, title on cover and spine (corners square, title on spine bit faded, lightly soiled on boards, remainder mark on top edge, interior is very clean and unmarked). In an illustrated slipcase (shelf wear and scuffed, with 2 price stickers). Note: the first two photos are of the front and back of the slipcase.Very good condition.Size: 11 7/8" x 9" (30cm x 23cm)- book dimensions only.++PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book. Please contact us for a shipping… Read More

"The Complete Book of Knitting" by Elizabeth Laird Mathieson. Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company, [1947]. pp. 287. many b. & w. illus. Hardcover, brown cloth with cream title on spine (pages foxed in margins, top corners bent & lower corners dented, dents to edge of front & back covers, some wear to top & bottom of spine, raised lines on surface of front and back covers, interior is clean & unmarked). Good condition.Size: 10 1/4" x 7 3/4" (26cm x 19.5cm).

"The Technique of Bobbin Lace" by Pamela Nottingham. London: B T Batsford Ltd., [1987]. (First published in 1976, Twelfth impression in 1987). pp. 222, Index. 183 line drawings, 109 photographs, and 77 prickings. Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt title on spine (corners square, interior clean and unmarked). dj. (slight shelf wear).Very good+ condition.Size: 10" x 7 3/4" (25.5cm x 19.5cm).

Yves Saint Laurent by Yves Saint Laurent and Diana Vreeland, Rene Huyghe, Pierre Berge, Paloma Picasso-Lopez, Marella Agnelli, Catherine Deneuve, Duane Michals, Pierre Boulat and Nicholas Vreeland. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publishers, [1983]. pp. 192. All of the Yves Saint Laurent couture designs shown in this book are described chronologically in the illustrated survey beginning on page 89, as nos. 1-218; designs in colour are cited as colour plates 1-60, those in black and white as figures 1-218. Hardcover, navy cloth with gilt title on cover & spine (corners square, interior is clean and unmarked). dj., clipped (price sticker residue, crease at top of back cover, no marks or stains).Very Good+ condition.Size: 12 1/4" x 9 1/4" (31cm x 23.5cm)
Exhibition conceived and organized by Diana Vreeland. This book was published in connection with an exhibition at the Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from December 14, 1983, through… Read More