Search Results: Fashion from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

New York: Doric Publishing Co., Inc. 1980.. 1980.. Very good. - Quarto [14-1/2 inches high by 10-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in decorative wrappers. The binding is very lightly bumped & rubbed with a light crease to the bottom corner of the front wrap. 94 & [2] pages. Black- and-white illustrations with numerous fabric samples tipped in. A few of the samples are lightly creased where corners have come unglued. Very good. <p>This issue is subtitled on the cover "Designers Preview the Elegant Eighties" and contains around 34 fabric samples.

(Mansfield, CT: Maurizio Martino), circa [1994]., [1994].. Fine. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in silver between red rectangles on spine. xxxix & 911 pages. Fine. <p>Limited reprint edition of 250 copies. The bibliography was originally published in 1939.<p>Edited by Helen Grant Cushing. Assisted by Adah V. Morris.

(New York): Bottega Veneta, (1995).. (1995).. Very good.. - Small quarto [approximately 7-3/4 inches high by 7/78 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The binding is slightly bumped. The rear wrap is rubbed & soiled with a mailing label & a small red sticker. 31 pages with an order form & a catalog-request form bound in. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good.
A catalog for the firm's designer leather goods.

(Milano: Edizioni Conde Nast), (1992).. (1992).. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11-1/4 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed with a crease to the top corner of the rear wrap. 208 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. The top corners of a few rear leaves are lightly creased. Very good. <p>A handsomely illustrated report on the history, economy and arts of the Italian city of Carpi, the hub of the Emilian fashion industry. The text is in Italian with a four-page English summary and English translations of sections of the text.

Storrs-Mansfield, CT: Maurizio Martino Publisher, n.d. [circa 1990s].. n.d. [circa 1990s].. Fine. - Octavo, rust brown cloth titled in gilt. xvi & 645 pp.; and ix & 840 pp. Illustrated with facsimiles. Near fine. <p>Reprint, limited to 150 copies, of the 1896-1905 Berlin edition.<p>More than 5,000 works are listed. In addition to costume books, the catalogue includes works on hygiene, aesthetics, laws relating to clothing; criticism and caricature.

(Edison, NJ): Chartwell Books, Inc., (1997)., (1997).. Very good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide], gray cloth in a dust wrapper. The corners of the front cover are slightly bumped. There is a small area of dampstaining to the bottom edge of the dust jacket's rear panel. 160 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good.

New York: M. Heminway & Sons Silk Co., Manufacturers of The Pure Dye Knitting Silk, 1886., 1886.. Good. - Small octavo, 7-3/8 inches high by 4-7/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in peach wraps titled and illustrated in black on the front and rear covers. The front edge of the covers and the head and tail of the spine are slightly chipped. There is a stain from an early sticker to the top of the rear cover with calculations penned at the bottom of the rear cover. 44 pages plus [4] pages of ads for the company's silk and thread, with occasional textual illustrations. The pages are creased. Good. SCARCE.

New York: Clothing Designer Co., Inc., 1925., 1925.. Fine. - Small quarto, 10-3/4 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide, Softcover bound in printed brown wraps backed with tan cloth tape. Title & 32 pages mimeographed in blue ink from a typed ms. & printed on one side only as issued by the author. Illustrated with 10 black-and-white patterns. Near fine.

Roma: Egon Furstenberg, 2001.. 2001.. Very good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EGON FURSTENBERG - sc Small folio [12-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide]. The contents are laid into a cream stiff-paper case titled in gray on the front panel. The case is very lightly bumped with the edges of the panels slightly darkened. 2 sheets of stiff cream- colored paper printed in gray. On the verso of the first sheet is a drawing of a model in a full-length gown reproduced in gray with Furstenberg's printed signature. The second sheet is printed on one side only. Near fine. <p>Inscribed in Italian by Egon Furstenberg on the slipcase and signed "Egon".<p>The first sheet lists all the designers and staff involved in preparing the collection and show. The second sheet presents a commentary on the collection. The text is in Italian.

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott, (1960).. (1960).. Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with the extremities darkened. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with a piece out of the top edge of the rear panel & another out ofthe tail of the jacket spine. 255 & [1] pages. Full-page & textual illustrations in black & white by Burmah Burris. There is light offsetting to the endpapers from the dust jacket. Good in a fair dust wrapper. <p>First edition.

Paris: Chanel, 2008.. 2008.. Very good. - Small folio [approximately 14 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide], softcover. The contents are laid into a folding pictorial cover sheet. The cover sheet is lightly bumped with a small, light stain to the bottom edge of the front panel. Unpaginated. The unbound contents are printed on folding sheets of glossy paper. Profuse illustrations in color and black & white. Near fine. Mobile Art was a joint project of Chanel and Zaha Hadid Architects. Hadid was asked by Karl Lagerfeld to design a mobile art pavilion inspired by one of Chanel's signature creations, the quilted bag. The pavilion or mobile art container was to house an admission-free exhibition which would tour throughout Asia, the United States and Europe and involved twenty-one international artists.This publication marked the opening of the Chanel Art Container in Hong Kong in February 2008. Included are photographs by Terry Richardson, Karl Lagerfeld, Olivier Saillant, Stephan Crasneanscki and Camille… Read More

(Milano): Electa Editrice, (1982).. (1982).. Fine. - Quarto, off-white cloth titled in black, in a dust wrapper, housed in a natural cardboard case. The case is lightly rubbed with a small stain to the bottom edge. 207 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in black & white & color. Fine in a very good slipcase. <p>A study of costume design in Italian opera from the premier of "Rigoletto" in Venice in 1851 to the creation of "Tosca" in Rome in 1900.

London: George G. Harrap and Company Ltd, (1951).. (1951).. Very good. - Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & soiled with its spine darkened. Its top edge is roughed with a tear to the head of its spine and a tear with a small piece out to the top edge of its rear panel. 28 pages plus 69 illustrations in black & white and color. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>From the library of Cora Ginsberg with her signature on the front endpaper and the front panel of the dust wrapper and her address label on the rear pastedown. Cora Ginsberg was an art dealer and consultant in antique textiles. She worked with her husband Benjamin Ginsberg at his family's antique firm Ginsberg & Levy, and later at his new firm Benjamin Ginsburg Antiquary. After his retirement, she opened her own gallery called Cora Ginsberg, Inc.<p>This book is a title in the series "Costume of the… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, (1989)., (1989).. Very good. - Quarto [12 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in folding pictorial wraps. The top corner of the rear cover is bumped & creased. Its top edge is slightly darkened with a tiny black mark. 160 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. There is a small black mark to the front endpaper. Very good. First edition.The evolution of the swimsuit from the 19th century to the present day, its design and manufacture, the psychological and social roots of swimsuit styles and their appeal.

New York: Clothing Designer Co., 1925., 1925.. Fine. - 12mo [5 inches high by 3 inches wide], softcover bound in printed brown wrappers with a vignette ad in black on the rear wrap. 64 pages. Illustrated with numerous tables. Near fine. "Prepared for the Garment Trade by Harry Simons Technical Editor of The Clothing Trade Journal".Rare. WorldCat locates 2 copies.

(Tokyo: Toshiro Kuze/ Graphic-sha Publishing Company Limited, 1987).. 1987).. Very good. - Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 10 inches wide], softcover bound in printed white wraps, in a dust wrapper. The wraps are very lightly bumped. The dust jacket is lightly soiled with its top edge slightly creased & a small piece out of the head of the jacket spine. There is a glue stain on the front panel where a price-sticker has been removed. 81 & [2] pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white drawings & photographic illustrations in black & white and color. Very good. <p>The text is printed in English and Japanese.

Orange, Mass.: The New Home Sewing Machine Co., circa [1900].. [1900].. Good. - An 11-5/8 inch high by 13-1/4 inch wide sheet with 8 panels which folds down to 5-3/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide. Descriptive text and 11 illustrations depict the various models of sewing machines offered for sale by the company. The brochure is soiled with some dampstaining and there are tears at the folds.

(New York: Printed by The International Press 1957).. 1957).. Good. - Oblong quarto, black-and-white pictorial wraps spiral bound with red plastic. The wraps are soiled with the corners lightly creased & with an ink name on the front wrap. There are 2 tears to the plastic binding. 36 numbered pages & pages [1A]-27A. Full-page illustrations, including architectural plans & drawings in black-and-white & color. Good. <p>A proposal to revive the flagging New York City garment industry and to relieve traffic congestion by building a World Fashion Center in Manhattan.

(New York: Paralledge Corporation), (1930).. (1930).. Good. - Small quarto [7-7/8 inches high by 6 inches wide], softcover bound in art-deco style green & tan wrappers stapled into outer art deco printed wrappers. The outer wrappers are lightly bumped & chipped with their edges a bit darkened & with a tiny chip out of the tail of the spine. 24 pages. illustrated with drawings & patterns in green, white & black. There is a tiny dent to both the outer & inner rear wrap with a lighter dent to the top margin of each page. The contents are very good. <p>A promotional brochure explaining Paralledge's marking device which can solve distortions in fabric which arise in the manufacturing of garments and which can lead to these garments being rejected as "crooked" or "twisted".<p>Rare.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, (1974).. (1974).. Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is chipped & very lightly soiled with a tear to the head of its spine & several pieces out of its top edge. [viii] & 266 pages. The top edge & fore-edge are very lightly foxed. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.<p>The former publisher of "Women's Wear Daily" and "Harper's Bazaar" James Brady writes an "irreverent, opinionated and irresistible account" of fashion and fashion journalism.