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Art & Architecture
We have a wide and varied collection of books on all forms of Art and Architecture, encompassing Engineering, Design, Furniture and Fashion. Many with fantastic plates and some real rarities included.
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c1950 Eleven Cloth SamplesCairo: c1950A scarce beautifully bright sample pamphlet of eleven different cloths. -
1926 Glove Making at a GlanceHitchin: 1926A charmingly illustrated scarce edition of this guide to glove making. -
1906 Home Lace-Making. A Handbook for Teachers and Pupils.London: 1906The first edition of this scarce and charming guide to lace-making from the early 20th century, with diagrams. -
1843 The Work Table and Embroidery Frame CompanionLondon: [1843]A bright pocket sized copy of this embroidery manual, a very scarce copy. -
1901 Fashion in ParisLondon: 1901A new edition of this beautifully illustrated work on Parisian Fashion in the nineteenth century. -
c1900 Cambric Embroidered Allovers & SetsSwitzerland: c1900A very scarce embroidery book with examples from the late Victorian era. -
c1930 The Embroiderer's AlphabetMulhouse: c1930A lovely little guide to embroidering the alphabet, with tracing patterns and numerous colour plates. -
1926 Embroidery and Design in the New StitcheryLondon : 1926A charming first edition volume of embroidery and design, with colour plates. -
1948 Fashion is Our BusinessLondon : 1948A wonderful first edition copy of this work that explores the fashion industry and the careers of leading fashion designers. -
1908 Old Lace: A Handbook for CollectorsLondon: 1908A charming first edition of this study of lace through time. With dust wrapper. -
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1977 Slapdash Alterations How to Recycle Your WardrobeNew York : 1977A wonderful signed, first edition copy of this alterations guide book which is richly illustrated. -
1834 Cosmorama: The Manners, Customs, and Costumes of all Nations of the WorldLondon: 1834A bright copy of Aspin's richly illustrated nineteenth century study of clothing, culture and customs around the globe. -
c1952 The Treasure Doll Dressing Book and Story BookNot Stated: c1952A very rare 1950s book of paper dolls for children, still in a wonderfully bright condition. -
1858 Dresses and Decorations of the Middle AgesLondon: 1858The first volume of Henry Shaw's fascinating history of the dress and decoration of the Middle Ages. Illustrated throughout with hand-coloured illuminated plates. -
1928 Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern ArtistsLondon: 1928The first edition of this richly illustrated study of theatre costume, in the scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. -
1872-1873 The Ladies; A Journal of the Court, Fashion and SocietyLondon: 1872-1873The first forty-one issues of the very scarce Victorian fashion periodical 'The Ladies'. Bound in three volumes, and illustrated throughout, with eighteen hand-coloured fashion plates. -
c1930 Sample Book of Silk Fabric SamplesNot Stated: c1930A very scarce and unique fabric sample book, consisting of just under one-thousand striking silk samples. -
1922 Le Costume en OrientParis; Berlin: 1922The First French language edition of Max Tilke's beautifully illustrated study of the costumes of the east, illustrated with one hundred and twenty eight bright plates, displaying the traditional dress of various nations. -
c1900 A Releves de Fragments CaphisseriesParis: c1900A unique and very scarce artist's sketch book, containing watercolour reproductions of eleven samples of fabrics used for upholstery. -
1921 Soieries Marocaines les Ceintures de FesParis: 1921A scarce French study on silks made in Morocco, a beautiful work complete with fifty colourful plates. -
1926 Le Costume de l'Europe OrientaleBerlin: 1926The first edition of this beautiful work by Max Tilke studying the fashion of Eastern Europe, complete with striking hand coloured plates. -
1848 El Globo. Costumbres, Usos y Trajes de todas las Naciones. America.Barcelona: 1848A wonderful mid eighteenth century Spanish language study of the native dress of the Americas, illustrated throughout with vibrant hand coloured plates. -
1956 Magyar ParasztviseletBudapest: 1956A beautifully illustrated, scarce work on the history of Hungarian peasant dress by Kresz Maria, in the original Hungarian. -
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1990 Le Livre De La Haute CoutureNot Stated: 1990A beautiful signed, first edition copy of this historical book about Haute Couture, with numerous photographs. -
1978 Not Another PUNK! BookLondon: 1978The first edition of this edgy style work on punk fashion, featuring photography of icons like Iggy Pop, Vivienne Westwood, Joan Jett, and more. -
1886-1887 The Follies & Fashions of Our Grandfathers (1807)London: 1886-1887The first edition of this wonderfully illustrated and hand coloured study of the fashions of 1807. -
c1885 Swedish and Norwegian National Costumes[Stockholm]: c1885A collection of ten mounted photographic plates enhanced with colours illustrative of Swedish and Norwegian national costumes, a scarce work. -
1854 Music and the Art of DressLondon: 1854Uncommon new edition of these scarce essays concerning music and fashion from the 'Quarterly Review.' -
1934 Needlework and DressmakingLondon: 1934Scarce first edition of this volume on needlework and dressmaking by Anna L. Hird, a bright copy complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. -
1911 Album of Historical CoiffuresLondon: 1911A scarce work on the history of hairstyles with numerous charming illustrations through the ages. -
1841 Costume of the AncientsLondon: 1841Illustrated with 155 plates, this is the first volume of a mid nineteenth century edition of designer Thomas Hope's impressive study of costume in the ancient world. -
1870 The Holbein Society's Facsimile ReprintsManchester : 1870-2Two volumes in uniform publisher's bindings of these facsimile publications by the Holbein Society. -
1855 The Art of Perfumery, and the Methods of Obtaining the Odours of PlantsLondon: 1855The very scarce first edition of this early work on perfumery by a master perfumer, G. W. Septimus Piesse, complete with illustrations throughout. -
1878 Old Point Lace and How to Imitate ItLondon: 1878A smart, scarce work on old needle-point and sewing lace, written and illustrated by Daisy Waterhouse Hawkins. -
1948 British SamplersLondon: 1948A fascinating first edition of Mary Eirwen Jones' examination of samplers as used in needlework, their history and design. -
1929 An Introduction to the Study of Costume, From Nudity to RaimentLondon: 1929A fascinating first edition study of costume around the globe, beautifully illustrated in colour, and with numerous photographic examples.