[Rarebooks] Selection of Books on Fashion

Thu Jan 1 14:04:31 EST 2004

See all our books on FASHION at-
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Here is a selection-

*  Armstrong, Nancy. "FANS. A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE". London; Souvenir Press: 
1984. A standard guide for the fan collector, dealing with the various 
types of fans and identifying them, and with much information for the 
collector. More of a collector's guide than her earlier 
history.   Hardcover. 7"x9.5", 174 pages, 40 color and 49 b&w 
illustrations, dj. A copy with just a little internal soil, in a fine 
jacket. [00421] $60.00

*  Ashdown, Mrs. Charles H. (Emily Jessie). "BRITISH COSTUME DURING XIX 
CENTURIES (CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL". London; Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.: 
nd (ca.1970). A facsimile of the 1910 edition. A very well illustrated 
survey of dress in Britain over 19 centuries, to 1820. Ashdown was a 
lecturer on costume and Medieval head-gear. Hardcover. 6.5"x9", xiii + 376 
pages, loaded with b/w illustrations and plates, plus 8 color plates. A 
very nice copy. [04445] $50.00

*  Barker, T.C. "THE GIRLDERS' COMPANY -A SECOND HISTORY". 
London:1957.  Hardcover. 6"x9", 186 pages, 13 b&w plates; a fine copy bound 
in royal blue half-leather with raised bands and gilt scroll decoration, 
and the arms of the Company gilt-impressed on the cover. [10930] $125.00

*  Charles, Ann & Roger DeAnfrasio. "THE HISTORY OF HAIR. AN ILLUSTRATED 
REVIEW OF HAIR FASHIONS FOR MEN THROUGHOUT THE AGES..." New York; Bonanza 
Books: 1970s. Illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings and 
reproductions of prints, paintings and sculpture. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 287 
pages, b/w illustrations, dj. Light soil to the jacket; bookplate. [03401] 
$50.00

*  Holthaus, P.D. "WANDERINGS OF A JOURNEYMAN TAILOR THROUGH EUROPE AND THE 
EAST, DURING THE YEARS 1824 to 1840. Translated by William Howitt". London; 
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman's:1844. 3rd edition. An interesting 
travelogue, dealing mostly with the author's various adventures and the 
people and things he encounters. The life of a traveling tailor was not an 
easy one.  Hardcover. 4.5"x7", 286 pages, portrait frontispiece; old 
quarter leather and marbled boards, covers scuffed. [10263] $135.00

*  Houston, Mary G. "ANCIENT GREEK, ROMAN AND BYZANTINE COSTUME & 
DECORATION". London; Adam & Charles Black: 1963. 2nd edition, 2nd ptg. 
First published in 1931, this rapidly became a classic text on ancient 
costumes. Meant for professionals such as costume designers as well as art 
students and amateurs, the text and illustrations explain and illustrate 
the evolution of ancient costume as well as its design and details. 
Hardcover. 7"x9.5", 182 pages, 8 color plates and 183 b/w illustrations in 
the text, dj; a little light wear, jacket with a few chips. [04897] $50.00

*  Kaufman, William. "PERFUME". New York; E.P. Dutton: 1974. A beautiful 
coffee-table book about perfume and perfumery and perfume containers from 
ancient to modern times -the perfect gift for the perfume enthusiast. In 
typical picture-book style the text and illustrations meander from place to 
place, but in a thoroughly charming and delightful way. A wonderful 
study.  Hardcover. 14.5"x10.5", 200 pages, packed with b&w and color 
illustrations, dj; light wear. $85.00

*  Moore, Doris Langley. "THE CHILD IN FASHION". London; B.T. Batsford: 
1953. Doris Moore owned one of the finest collections of vintage 19th and 
20th century English fashions in private hands, and she showcased it in 
several books featuring noted society women and in this case children, 
wearing her clothing in vintage-decorated surroundings. Her models for this 
book included Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave. Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 102 pages, 52 
b/w plates and a color frontispiece; jacket. A little light wear, jacket 
with a little wear, inscription on endpaper; but a nice copy. [03052] $65.00

*  Morris, Edwin T. "FRAGRANCE. THE STORY OF PERFUME FROM CLEOPATRA TO 
CHANEL" New York; Charles Scribner's Sons: 1984. 1st Edition. From the 
scented barges of Cleopatra to the courts of Napoleon to Coco Chanel, this 
is the complete story of perfume. Perfume expert Edwin Morris takes the 
reader from the fragrant fields of lavender and Spanish broom to the shiny 
perfume counter at the department store. Hardcover. 7.5"x9.5", 304 pages, 
b/w illustrations, dj. A near fine copy with a small name on the endpaper, 
in a near fine, price-clipped jacket. [02832] $50.00

*  Smythe, W. Dumville. "AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF 
GIRDLERS, LONDON". London; printed at the Chiswick Press:1905.   Hardcover. 
6"x9", 287 pages, several line illustrations. [12779] $125.00

*  Uzanne, Octave. "L'EVENTAIL". Paris; A. Quantin: 1882. Don't let 
anything else I write persuade you that this is anything but a serious 
scholarly study of ladies' fans from ancient times into the 19th century. 
But you know that Octave Uzanne's books, illustrated by Paul Avril, are 
much more than mere texts. They are astounding, explosive explorations of 
the techniques of book decoration and the use of decorative elements, from 
the restrained yet exuberant rococo decorative page-borders to the 
fascinating vignettes and scenes that perch and strut, like plumed 
peacocks, on many of the pages. They are perfect examples of Victorian, 
fin-de-siecle Paris, the Paris of writers and artists and cafes and Pernod 
and Absinthe and the Moulin Rouge and glorious debauchery by moonlight. 
Uzanne's books do not so much explore history as sinuously curve their way 
around and through it.  7"x11", 143 pages, illustrated throughout by Paul 
Avril. Bound in the original printed-silk-over-card covers, with the 
brilliantly-decorated paper covers bound-in. The silk covers have been 
expertly rebacked; there is some wear and a little soil; the cloth ties are 
partially broken; internally there is a minor amount of soil. [29696] $300.00

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