Category: Costume/Fashion

Unit Method of Clothing Construction: Women's and Men's Wear, Sixth edition

By: Brackelsberg, Phyllis and Bertha Shaw (editors)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ames, IA, Iowa State University Press : 1977

Seller ID: 27981

ISBN-13: 9780813817101

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

fifth printing 1986; crease and stain at bottom corner of front cover, tiny spots at edge of first few pages, few pages with corner creases. Contents: Introduction to clothing construction; Sewing equipment and supplies; Pattern selection; Fabric selection and manipulation; Fitting problems and pattern alterations; Cutting and marking; Pressing and pressing equipment; Unit construction; Interfacings, linings, and underlinings; Darts, tucks, pleats, and gathers; Seams and edge finishes; Collar and neckline finishes; Buttonholes and fasteners; Sleeves; Pockets; Waistline treatments; Zipper and ...
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The Doll's Dressmaker: The Complete Pattern Book

By: Dodge, Venus A.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Devon, David & Charles : 1988

Seller ID: 29935

ISBN-13: 9780715392898

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

reprinted 1996.
192pp 1.88lb 11.7x8.5x0.6in
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Professional Patternmaking for Professionals: Women's Wear and Men's Casual Wear

By: Handford, Jack

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Redondo Beach, CA, Plycon Press : 1984

Seller ID: 27982

ISBN-13: 9780916434205

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fair

covers stained and worn, several pages with corners creases, useful notes in pencil on several pages, a well-used copy that is still quite usable.
468pp 2.23lb 11.0x9.2x1.0in
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Appearances: Fashion Photography Since 1945

By: Harrison, Martin

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Rizzoli : 1991

Seller ID: 11408

ISBN-13: 9780847813711

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

remainder mark on bottom edge near spine. Dust jacket in clear protector.
The illustrations in this book include many previously unpublished works as well as the most renowned icons of fashion photography from Penn and Avedon to Bourdin and Weber.
312pp 6.00lb 12.5x11.8x1.3in
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Threads of Gold: The Embroideries and Textiles in York Minster

By: Ingram, Elizabeth (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Andover, Pitkin Pictorials : 1987

Seller ID: 30542

ISBN-13: 9780853724278

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

With 76 illustrations, almost all in color.
64pp 0.62lb 9.7x7.4x0.2in
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The Napoleonic Soldier

By: Maughan, Stephen E.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Wiltshire, The Crowood Press : 1999

Seller ID: 30817

ISBN-13: 9781861262813

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

dust jacket with small tear at head of spine and top of back fold. Dust jacket in clear protector.
144pp 2.01lb 12.0x8.6x0.6in
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Raiment for the Lord's Service: A Thousand Years of Western Vestments

By: Mayer-Thurman, Christa C.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL, The Art Institute of Chicago : 1975

Seller ID: 14754

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

errata and addenda, definitions and explanations sheet laid-in; slight spine crease.
The catalogue of an exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago in 1975. 186 objects are described and illustrated.
376pp 2.77lb 7.7x10.5x1.2in
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Patterns and Poetry: No Robes from the Lucy Truman Aldrich Collection at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

By: Nagasaki, Iwao and Monica Bethe (catalogue)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Providence, RI, Rhode Island School of Design : 1992

Seller ID: 29679

ISBN-13: 9780911517606

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

47 objects are described and illustrated in color. 62 figures accompany the essays.
190pp 2.46lb 11.9x8.0x0.6in
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Fashion A to Z: Selections from the MSU Historic Costume and Textiles Collection

By: Neuenfeldt, Lori (organizer)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Starkville, MS, Mississippi State University : 2015

Seller ID: 30024

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

pictorial boards, not issued with a dust jacket. This book celebrates the exhibition Fashion A to Z: Selections from the MSU Historic Costume and Textiles Collection held at the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery, Mississippi State University, March 16 - April 9, 2015. Clothing and objects in the exhibition range from the mid-19th century through the early 2000s. Each object was carefully selected and researched by students in the Fashion Design and Merchandising program at MSU. The focus of the collection is the material culture in Mississippi and Southern regional dress and customs of the 19...
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The Designing Life

By: Perschetz, Lois (editor)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Clarkson N. Potter : 1987

Seller ID: 17742

ISBN-13: 9780517559864

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

wear to upper corner of rear board, dust jacket chipped at upper corner of back panel. Dust jacket in clear protector.
224pp 2.71lb 11.3x8.8x0.8in
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Album Historique des Costumes Religieux Depuis L'Etablissement du Christianisme Jusqu'a nos Jours

By: Thiron, M. L'Abbe

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Paris, Librairie Generale : 1869

Seller ID: 12844

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

paper covered boards with 3/4 cloth; boards are unevenly faded and soiled, bumping to corners, color plates have pencil number in upper corner, 2 plates have old tape repair at gutter, pages are generally clean but with toning at gutter.
A history of religious, civil, and military costume in France from the establishment of Christianity to the middle of the 19th century, illustrated with 148 hand-colored plates. Text in French.
300pp 2.03lb 10.8x7.2x0.9in
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