Search Results: Costume/Fashion from M & A Simper Bookbinders

Huntsville, Alabama: Martha Pullen Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. 1878048007 . 304 pages, Detailed sewing instructions for French sewing by machinefrom beginning to advanced.Detailed antique sewing instructions never before recorded.Design chapters using actual antique garments with suggestionsfor adapting them to today's garment styles.Examples of antique garments and new garments with theantique detailing.Clearly illustrated in black and white in great detail.Forty-eight pages of gorgeous colour photographs showingantique and new French sewn garments.Designed to appeal to the beginning seamstress who has nevermade an heirloom garment and to the advanced heirloomseamstress who is waiting for clear details on lace shapingand designing.; 290 x 220mm .

London: Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. xii, 243pgs, 4 coloured illustrations, 48 monochrome illusts; 3 small closed tears to dust jacket.; 220 x 140mm .

Australia: Angus & Robertson. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0207169292 . With many illustrations and diagrams in colour and b/w, The Art of Knitting liberates art from the gallery walls by translating it into wearable art knits. With brilliant colours and vibrant ideas 19 knitwear designers have interpreted the paintings of some of Australia's greatest artists such as Fred Williams, Margaret Preston, Sidney Nolan, Charles Blackman, Sally Morgan, Brett Whitely. A very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; 310 x 230mm; [viii], 240 pages .

London: Odhams Press Ltd.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. No author or date stated but would guess at 1950's, With colour frontispiece and 15 other plates, many line drawings and patterns throughout, a very good copy. ; 215 x 140mm; 576 pages .

New York: Harpercollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. 0062323776 . With photographic illustrations, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 240 x 160mm; xxx, 376 pages .

Le Livre De Paris/Hachette. Very Good. 1976. Laminated Boards. 456pp; numerous illustrations; 240 x 205mm .

London: Adam & Charles Black. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. 0713603704 . This reprinted edition with "Glossary of Laces", with 303 line illustrations by Cecil Everitt and Phillis Cunnington. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 240 x 155mm; viii, 284 pages .

Wien: S. Czeiger. 1895. First Edition. Originally issued in 25 wrappered parts folio size, housed in 2 book folders with decorative front cover boards, containing 870 pages with 102 full page colour plates by Rudolph von Ottenfeld of soldiers in uniform, uniforms and weapons of the Austrian Army covering the period 1700 to 1867, plus many other illustrations in the text. THIS SET IS LACKING PART 13 consisting of pages 403 to 442 and 5 plates leaving a total of 98 plates. The plates and text are in near fine condition, the book folders the folio's are housed in have some marks especially the rear board of folder 1. The work of Rudolph von Ottenfeld is considered to be the most accurate depiction of the Austrian Armies of the 18th and 19th Centuries and stands amongst the top ten of Uniform books and is without a doubt the definitive study of the Austrian Army. Very heavy set, please ask for postage quote. Digital images supplied on request. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

Mulhouse: Editions TH. De Dillmont. Very Good+. N.D.. Hardcover. Pagination - xviii, 787, 63 unpaginated, 10 pages contents at rear, with 16 full page colour plates and many (1171) figure illustrations, cover has some discolouration to top corne of front board, black and gold DMC endpapers, a very good copy. ; 160 x 110mm .

England: EP Publishing. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1975. Hard Cover. xxii, 295pp; illustrations, usual library stamps. ; 220 x 140mm .

London: Sir Isaac Pitman. Good. 1928. Hard Cover. xvi, 164pp; (40, covers have paint spots mainly to upper board, usual library markings, otherwise good internally. A Handbook dealing with proportion, construction, pose and draping of the adult and child figure with numerous illustrations.; Ex-Library; 240 x 160mm .

Richmond: Slattery Media Group. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 1921778598 . With colour photographs throughout, a presentation copy to Sandra ? Signed by five people including the Author, socialite Lillian Frank, Milliner Kim Fletcher and 2 others, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; 295 x 260mm; 192 pages; Signed by Author .

Garden City: Doubleday & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. With 12 colour plates and many other illustrations, front endpaper hinge has split but is holding well, dustjacket has wear and a large chip from bottom of front panel, the jacket is now proctected in a loose fitted sleeve, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. A guide to Sewing, Knitting, Embroidery, Crocheting, Rug Making, Tatting and Netting, Needlepoint, Smocking, Quilting, Weaving, Machine Embroidery, Sewing for Home in 1959; 265 x 185mm; xiv, 498 pages .

North Sydney: Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 1742755607 . With illustrations in colour and black & white, birthday gift inscription to previous owner on half tile page otherwise a fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 240 x 185mm; xxxii, 333, [51] pages .

London: Offices of "the Christian Million". Very Good+. 1892. Hardcover. With many illustrations, title on spine has faded, a very good copy. ; 245 x 180mm; iv, 764 pages .

New York: Dover Publications. Very Good. 1973. First Edition Thus. Paper Back. 0486229122 . A reprint of the 1908 classic with complete patterns & sewing instructions for more than a dozen costumes, with 57 illustrations, 93 pages.; 215 x 140mm .

London/New York: Samuel French. Good. 1901. Original Wraps. 109pp; b/w sketches & photographs, grey wrappers, tears to spine ends.; 185 x 125mm .

London: Studio Vista. Near Fine. 1997. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 0289801710 . With colour illustrations throughout, a very good copy. Postage will be reduced for this book. ; 245 x 190mm; 192 pages .

London: Jacki Small. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 1906417660 . A fantastic collection of more than 20 timeless designs, based on original patterns, a fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 260 x 220mm; 144 pages .

New York: The Vendome Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0865650853 . With a forword by Brooke Astor, With photographic illustrations, Previous owners gift inscription on verso of front endpaper otherwise a very good copy in a very good dustjacket. ; 350 x 275mm; 128 pages .