Search Results: Fashion from Exquisite Corpse, Booksellers

Swarovski AG, Liechtenstein, 2010. Book. New. Cloth. 144 pages. Hardcover, filled with full color glamourous photographs featuring the designs of some of the world's greatest fashion designers in their take on the "little black dress" and featuring black Swarovski crystals. Designers include Fendi, Diane von Furstenberg, Donna Karan, Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Valentino, and others..

Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2002. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 364 pages, with 215 illustrations in color. Hardcover monograph bound in paper covered boards remains in essentially new condition. Dustjacket, in the right light, shows the slightest degree of yellowing along the top associated with age, with light marks on the back. Now protected by a Mylar sleeve. Binding is tight and crisp, and interior is clean and clear of markings. Photographers whose works are represented include Guy Bourdin, Steven Klein, David Lachapelle, Robert Mapplethorpe, Bettina Rheims, and many more.

Editions P.A.U., Paris, 1992. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. Brown cloth binding in crisp, "new" condition, with blind stamping to the cover and gold stamping to the spine. Paper dustjacket in equally fine condition, additionally protected in new Mylar cover. 159 pages with text in French and historic archival pictures in black and white and color documenting the history of the ready to wear fashion line from the Weill House in Paris..

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston MA, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 320 pages. Hardcover exhibition catalogue, bound in illustrated puffy paper covered boards and issued without a dustjacket. There is a slight rippling to the pages that does not seem related to any moisture and might be inherent. English language edition, Catalogue reads from both directions, with texts in the center of the book, with hundreds of full color photographs by a range of artists including Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Anders Edstrom, Takashi Himma, Richard Prince, Collier Schorr, Cindy Sherman, Larry Sultan, Erwin Wurm, and many others. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held first in Boston from January 23-May 5, 2002, and subsequently at Fotomuseum Winterthur from June 15-August 18, 2002..

Scholar Book Publishers, 1980. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 324 pages. Folio sized hardcover bound in cream colored cloth and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Not dated in English, but possibly published c. 1980. Texts in Chinese, with a single paged English summary separately laid in. The binding is tight and crisp, with no interior markings. The dustjacket (now protected by a Mylar cover) is in equally fine condition with no tears or losses. Lavishly illustrated with large, full color drawings, photographs, and paintings, as well as a number of smaller black and white images that help even the non-Chinese reader to grasp the changes in style and ornament throughout the history of perhaps the oldest civilization of the world. The reader of Chinese will benefit from the great amount of text which presumably offers a scholarly context for the images (The English summary counted nine chapters, 160,000 words, and 834 illustrations, including 346 color photographs). Beginning with what looks to… Read More

University of Texas Press, Austin TX, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Wrappers. 240 pp., many illustrations some in color. First paperback edition. Some foxing to the inside boards, sticker adhered to the back cover from the bookstore it was purchased, otherwise fine. Numerous diagrams showing weaving techniques and stitches..

Lancaster-Miller Publishers Berkeley, CA, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Slim volume 72 pages with 64 illustrations 25 in color. Bibliography..

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Wrappers. 48 pages. Slim paperback exhibition catalogue. Texts in English. Mild shelfwear to the edges and corners with a slight vertical bend to the left side of the front cover. Else, the binding is tight, the spine uncreased, and interior clean and free of markings. Bound in stiff illustrated paper covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition held from February 23-May 8, 1988..

Victoria & Albert Museum Publications, London, 1995. Book. Fine Condition. Wrappers. 72 pages. Softcover book in crisp, tight, sharp, and essentially new condition. Spine is uncreased and interior is clean and clear of markings. Numerous black and white illustrations that accompany an excellent text, published to complement the opening of the V&A twentieth century galleries in 1992..

Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1982. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. 176 pages. Paperback exhibition catalogue, bound in stiff illustrated paper covers. Texts in English. Some shelf and handling wear to the covers, including some vertical creasing to the spine and a bend to the upper right corner of the front cover. There is some staining to the inside of the front cover. Else, the binding is tight and secure with no internal markings. Many illustrations 14 in full color. Developed in association with Brian Rushton. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held from October 16, 1982-January 16, 1983. Includes index to lenders, list of known clients, and bibliography..

Goliga Books, Tokyo, 2011. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 192 pages with 120 illustrations in color. Some staining in the gutter presumed to adhere the endpapers to the front and back boards. Introduction by Ivan Vartanian. Tim Blanks in Conversation with Manolo Blahník, Nicholas Kirkwood and Charlotte Olympia. Illustrated boards..

Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 1989. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 160 pages. Hardcover. Texts in English. Dustjacket is protected with a Mylar cover. Many black and white illustrations. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York November 1, 1989-January 27, 1990. .

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1986. Book. Good. Wrappers. 46 pages. Paperback exhibition catalogue, bound in stiff illustrated paper covers. There is a patch of sunning discoloration on the front cover and spine, with some shelfwear and associated rubbing to the covers. Else, the binding is tight, the spine uncreased, and interior clean and free of markings. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held from September 10, 1986-January 11, 1987..

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1995. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. First Edition.. Unpaginated (180 pp.), 154 photographs some in color. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover..

Flammarion, Paris, 1990. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. 64 pages. Softcover with text in French. Light wear, including rubbing, slight soiling and yellowing from age, to the stiff illustrated paper covers. Previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the inside front cover, and has been partially obscured by black marker. The binding remains tight and solid, and the interior (other than aforementioned partially marked bookplate) is clean and clear of other markings. Amply illustrated with paintings and prints from the era, along with pattern diagrams of some of the costume details..

Thames & Hudson, Inc. London, 2003. Book. Fine Condition. Stiff Wrappers. 192 pages 134 illustrations 125 in color. Stiff Illustrated wraps. Foreword by Anna Wintour..

Edition Stemmle AG, Zurich, 2000. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 143 pages. Hardcover. Text in English. Tight, bright, sharp, and clean. Dustjacket encased in a Mylar protective sleeve. 130 full color photographs. Introduction by Glenn Albin. .

University of Texas Press, Austin Texas, 1968. Book. Good. Cloth. 373 pages with 283 illustrations 15 in color. Minor soiling and wear to the cover and edges. The dust-jacket is in poor condition with tears at the edges and losses throughout (although now encased in a Mylar sleeve). Foreword by Miguel Covarrubias. Text by Donald and Dorothy Cordry. Photographs .

Victoria & Albert Museum Publications, London, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Wrappers. 72 pages. Light sunning to the spine, but otherwise the softcover book is in crisp, tight, sharp, and essentially new condition. Spine is uncreased and interior is clean and clear of markings. Numerous black and white illustrations that accompany an excellent text, published to complement the opening of the V&A twentieth century galleries in 1992..

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 1994. Book. Fine Condition. Wrappers. Slim, softcover 18 page staple-bound catalogue, published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Howard Greenberg Gallery, Jackson Fine Art, and Ginny Williams Foundation from 1994-1995. 16 illustrations, nicely reproduced accompany an essay by the exhibition curator. Artists include Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, William Klein, Louis Faurer, and David Bailey.