Design / Fashion & Costume from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1994. 224 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Reveals the inner qualities of 14 remarkable women who define style in ways that have lasted for generations. Witty and fascinating excursions into the worlds of Coco Chanel, Pauline de Rothschild, Diana Vreeland, Elsie de… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1994. 455 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1982. Good+. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy. First edition thus. "When Edie was first published, it quickly became an international bestseller and then took its place among the classic books about the 1960s. Edie Sedgwick exploded into the public eye like a… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1987. Cloth, 364 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 30 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Why a book on beads; The beginnings; Antiquity: from Neolithic times to the Roman Empire; Europe: the late Roman empire to the… Read more about this item

Vista, CA: Ornament, Inc., 1995. Cloth, 256 pages, colour illustrations; 30 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Tips mildly bumped. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Introduction; Africa; China and Taiwan; Japan, India, Himalaya countries, Thailand, Philippines, and Idonesia; Middle East and North Africa; Precolumbian… Read more about this item

New York: Universe Publishing, 2001. 1 volume (unpaged), colour illustrations; 33 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Karim Rashid is the best-known and most prolific designer practicing in America today. On the brink of household-name celebrity, he is already a superstar among design aficionados. Rashid… Read more about this item

Boston: Tuttle, 2005. Cloth, 288 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Japanese dolls (ningyo) have played an important cultural role in Japanese society since its earliest stages of development, as talismanic figures, center-pieces in elaborate festivals, medical… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: Rhode Island School of Design, 1992. 190 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This collection in the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design, is one of the finest in the United States and was assembled largely on the… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 1983. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. "Drawing on memoirs, etiquette books, contemporary novels, and popular histories of the musical and theatrical stage, Lois W. Banner chronicles how women looked (and how they felt about how they looked)… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2002. 256 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History textile series; no. 6. A good copy. Light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Shinto arts. "The spectacular Japanese community festivals known as matsuri are centuries old. Even today, in a society driven by technological advancement,… Read more about this item

New York: Crown, 2017. xv, 570 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "The author of The Diana Chronicles takes readers inside the British royal family since the death of Princess Diana, showing the Queen's stoic resolve as family drama raged… Read more about this item

Denver, CO: Harmsen Publishing Company, 1990. 68 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Revised Edition. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 2nd. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1985. 150 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author Alice Kaufman, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy of the first printing. CONTENTS: A brief introduction to Navajo weaving; The first weavers; The classic period; Bosque Redondo and the aftermath; The reservation traders; Contemporary Navajo weaving; The weaving process:… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Press, 2005. 529 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Tatiana du Plessix, the wife of a French diplomat, was a beautiful, sophisticated 'white Russian' who had been the muse of the famous Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. Alexander Liberman, the ambitious son of a… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1973. 198 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Reprint of the edition published by McKnight & McKnight Pub. Co., Bloomington, Ill. Firm binding, creased spine. Clean inside copy. Age toning. Batik, Tie Dyeing, Stenciling, Silk Screen, Block Printing. "Outstanding guide to the most popular methods of painting, dyeing, and printing on fabrics. Wealth of illustrations, tips on… Read more about this item

New York: Vintage Books; Random House, 2015. xxii, 615 pages, illustrations, maps; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality in the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Sven Beckert's rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. 310 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "We live in a commercial age, awash in a sea of brand names and advertising jingles. Twichell takes a witty and unflinching look at our commercial culture, and concludes that consumerism holds… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2018. Cloth, xxi, 568 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "From the late editor, writer, and critic, one of the great chroniclers of the art, fashion, and celebrity… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 1956. Cloth, x, 238 pages, illustrations, portraits; 22 cm. Topstained red. Firm binding, unmarked. Moderate shelfwear to boards. Expected browning, endpapers lightly soiled. Stated First American Edition. . 1st. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. 8vo.

New York: Crescent Books, 1986. Cloth, [96] pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 30 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates of women modeling lingerie. Fashion photography/erotica.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

London and New York: Phaidon Press Limited, 1999. Cloth, 232 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. A collection of 28 fashion essays previously published in The New York Times Magazine. . 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.