Search Results: Fashion from Carnegie Hill Books

NY: Crown Publishers, 1975. Quarto. 240 pp; 227 illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Edges of pages age toned, else very good in very good jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

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.. First Edition. Soft Cover. New.

NY: Reporter Publications, 1948. Folio. 155 pp; color & b/w illustrations; fabric samples tipped in; advertisers index. Paperback. VG Trade periodical. Articles in this issue include: the MMA collection of textiles, using apparel woolens in interior design, chinchilla, Christopher Marlowe, moths, block-printed cottons of Jouy, hand-weaving part I of III. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Reporter Publications, 1949. Folio. 124 pp; color & illustrations; fabric samples tipped in; advertisers index. Paperback. VG. may be missing a swatch or two. Included articles: portfolio of authentic district checks, portfolio of fabric fashions, loom hand-weaving part III. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Glitterati Inc, 2007. First printing. Quarto. unpaginated; full page color photographs and illustrations. Cloth in unclipped dustjacket. Near Fine in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on title page. Josie Natori is an American fashion designer.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. First edition. Quarto. 272 pp; color & b/w illustrations throughout. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, small black dot on bottom edge. Published to accompany a major retrospective of the designer's 50-year career, this volume features over 100 new photographs by such notables as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Horst, and Guy Bourdin, in addition to Blass's own sketches.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1984. First American edition. Quarto. 240 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows minimal edgewear. Review Copy - Publisher letter & five press photos laid in. Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) worked for Vogue for more than 50 years as photographer, fashion illustrator, social columnist, war correspondent, and travel writer. His photos offer an intimate perspective and social commentary on the lives of the rich and famous - Coco Chanel, Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Twiggy, Greta Garbo, Mick Jagger, Audrey Hepburn, Mae West, to name a few.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Paris: Chez Devambez, 1913. First edition. 10.25" high x 7.25" wide. 40 pp; 4 watercolor & 4 sepia plates w/ tissue guards of shoes & boots. Watercolors by Maurice Leloir. Text in French. Stiff printed wraps. Good condition. The sewn binding is tender, with most of spine covering missing; covers are lightly soiled. Some pages are uncut.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Maurice Leloir.

Granville: Musee Christian Dior, 2005. Quarto. 245 pp; full of color & b/w photographs & drawings. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. Published to accompany the 100-year anniversary exhibition of Dior's birth, which was held at Dior's birthplace in Granville, Normandy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

London: Pavilion, 1989. First printing. Quarto. 192 pp; illustrated throughout in color and b/w; bibliography. Cloth in unclipped dustjacket. Near fine in near fine jacket. former owner gift inscription on ffep. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982. Quarto. 64 pp; color & b/w illustrations; checklist of exhibition. Paperback. A fine copy. Introduction by Diana Vreeland. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Paris: Encens, 2011. Quarto. Not paginated. Profuse b/w photographs, some color. Text in French & English. Grey paper-covered boards. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; covers clean & unmarked. This issue features: Gerard Pipart, Mary McFadden, Deorah Turbeville, Zoran, Yvonne Sporre, Mako Yamzaki, Axl Jansen, Christa de Carouge, Comme de Garcons, Francesco Brigida, Hans Feurer, Issey Myake, Olivier Jacquet, Paolo Roversi, Peter Lindbergh, Samuel Drira, Sybille Walter, Takao Fujikawa, Toscani, Yohji Yamamoto, Yves Saint Laurent, and more - beautifully styled fashion shoots.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

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.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

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.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine.

London: Allan Wingate, 1952. First edition. Octavo; 118 pp; numerous b&w illustrations. Cloth in unclipped dj designed by Paul Hogarth. VG/VG- moderate sized chip to top of spine and closed tear to face of jacket, other minor dings and chips to top edge, still very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

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. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

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.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Random House, 2012. First printing. Quarto. 333 pp; well-illustrated with color & b/w photographs. Orange paper-covered hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy with tight binding; unclipped jacket with slight wear to bottom of spine. A memoir from Grace Coddington, Vogue's longtime creative director, and a former model.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Paris: Musee des Arts De La Mode, 1986. Large quarto. 232 pp; b/w & color illustrations; exhibition catalogue; chronology; bibliography. Text in French. Illustrated wrappers with folds. VG, text pp clean & unmarked; spine browned, small stain on front cover.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.