New York, NY: [publisher not identified]], 2014. 9.5" x 11.5" pp. [72]. Contained in a black portfolio with plastic sleeve pages with unmarked cover, this fashion student collection includes 48 pages of original illustrations (black and white, and full color), most of which are vest designs or full fashion sketches.....
Japan: [publisher not identified], [ca. 1890]. 2 volumes, 8.25" x 12.25" (each) volume 1: pp. [61] approximately 257 samples, volume 2: pp. [41] approximately 237 samples; all collected in a blue cloth case. This is a stunning collection of Japanese Meiji-era gold brocade textile samples, almost 500 samples in all.....
![Item #260 [Swatches for Japanese school uniforms] Buzen Kokura Ori [= weaving]. anonymous](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/260.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1738541887)
[Kitakyushu], Japan: [publisher not identified], [1955]. 10" x 13.75" pp. 35 (including preface), text in Japanese language. A stunning collection of 275 fabric swatches measuring as small as 1" and as large as 7" – all striped and plaid in shades of blue, the common Kokura-Ori fabric used in garments.....
New York: Frame, 2016. 12" x 15.5" pp. 35; limited edition #475 of 500; inc. 14 b/w plates, 12 polaroids. Hardcover bound in light gray cloth boards with black text. All very good and sound.Photos of models: Steffy Argelich and Julia Hafstrom photographed in New York City for the Frame.....
Mexico City: XEW Radio, n.d. [ca. 1935]. 5" x 8" photograph collection depicting early XEW radio personalities, singers, and bands from the Golden Age of Mexico Cinema entertainment (ca. 1935). Sepia photos are set on heavy, cream-toned pages, slightly curved at the edges; one image has 2 staple marks along.....
Great Britain: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 1995. Hardcover. 2o, pp. 276; 200 illustrations, 90 in color; Black cloth boards in a black jacket with photo of a woman; jacket has mild shelf wear and some mild tears without loss along the bottom of the spine, it is taped to the.....
Mexico City: XEW Radio, Telesistema Mexicana, Televicentro Guarneros, [1940s-1960s]. Large photography collection depicting the Mexico City entertainment industry with a special focus on XEW/XEQ radio with behind-the-scenes, candid, and staged photographs all gathered in 5 portfolio folders. Collection includes a total of 233 photographs (78: 8" x 10," 111: 5".....
Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, London, New York: V&A Publications, 2004. First edition. Hardcover bound in black boards, silver stamping on spine, bright aqua end papers. Includes dust jacket. 8.75"x10" pp. 128, includes multiple pages of color illustrations, includes index. Overall condition is very good with little overall wear, appears.....
New York: Hatje Cantz Verlag Gmbh & Co KG, 2007. 10" x 12.5" pp. 232; 175 b/w illustrations. Hardcover bound in orange cloth boards with silver stamping. Illustrated cover jacket is clean and free of markings. Very slight yellowing at top edge of front free end paper. Text is bright.....
Mexico: [publisher not identified], [1940s-1960s]. 11" x 14" pp. [158], with additional tip-ins. This is a bound compilation of Rita Hayworth (née Margarita Carmen Cansino) clippings, articles, photographs, and advertisements from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Bound in black boards with the title pasted on the spine and front cover.....
Kyoto: Hiroo Shoeido, 1924-25. 3 volumes, 9.5" x 6.5" (each) fukurotoji-style pouch binding with stripe design, volume 1: [30 leaves] (1924), volume 2: [30 leaves] (1925), volume 3: [30 leaves] (1925). Collection of 270 exciting woodblock-printed designs (90 in each volume) on 1.5" x 3.5" "money" envelopes, joyfully adorned with.....
Hong Kong: China Film Press, 1989. Hardcover. 4to, pp. [5], 117; color images throughout, chiefly color; red leather boards in red jacket; front board has a minor scratch but is otherwise sound; jacket has mild wear with a scuff at the top right corner; text is bright and clean; all.....
![Item #2036 島日記 [Shima Nikki] = Island diary. Kodera Osai](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2036.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757878650)
Japan: [ca. 1796]. Large fukurotoji, 10.5" x 7.5", pp. [108]; old Japanese "grass" script with Chinese elements, 18 extraordinary double-page watercolor illustrations; sewn and bound in the oriental style (fukurotoji) in original speckled beige wrappers; very slightly worn, preserving the original manuscript label; a very good, attractive example, beautifully illustrated.....
![Item #2044 日本風俗. [Nihon fūzoku =] Japanese Customs. Tsujiko Kumatarō, Osaka Women's...](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2044.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757882689)
Osaka: Poole Women's College, 1890. A delicate and magnificent Japanese rarity in fine condition: 3 volumes, contained within a printed wrap-around band, together in a single pictorial sleeve, each volume approx. 4½ x 3¼", printed and bound in the Japanese manner in decorative paper wrappers, each with a double-page folding.....
Mexico City: Compañía Industrial Fotográfica, 1923. 3.375" x 5.25" single black and white photograph of film and television actress, singer, and dancer Delia Magaña (b. 2 Feb. 1903 in Mexico City, d. 31 Mar. 1996 in Mexico City). Magaña was known and beloved for her comedy and humor during the.....
![Item #238 Celia Montalván photograph [signed] (1927), Mexico City. Celia Montalván](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/238.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737925185)
Mexico City: Compañía Industrial Fotográfica, 1927. 3.375" x 5.37" single black and white photograph of film, stage, and television actress, Celia Montalván (b. 1899 in Mexico City, d. 10 Jan. 1958 in Mexico City). Here is Montalván, posed smiling with a beer, a flapper dress, and copious accessories. The verso.....
Japan: H2O Publishing, 2000. 9" x 11.5" pp. 120; photos throughout (chiefly color). First edition. Paperback in illustrated gray wrappers, largely clean with slight bends at the corners. Slight distress in spine between cover and front matter. Text is clean and sound. Very good. A mix of color and black and.....
[Tokyo]: Ryoko Do, [1896-1906]. 9.75" x 14.75" ; 7 color woodblock prints; Japanese text on upper and side margins; all images have rectos and versos of the dolls and clothing designed to be cut out and made into three-dimensional dolls. Often used for hands-on educational purposes, Omocha-e prints were also.....
![Item #2033 Japanese costume before the restoration. [With:] Military costume in old Japan. K. Ogawa](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2033.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757876914)
Tokyo: K. Ogawa [printed by C. B. Woodward, St. Louis], [1893]. First edition. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, pp. [4] plus 17 plates; [4] plus 15 plates; the 32 photographs by K. Ogawa, under the direction of Ko-yu-kai; original illustrated cardstock covers with original silk ties largely perished; covers lightly.....
![Item #262 [Sample book for Japanese school uniforms] Rainbow: No. 2 (1969),...](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/262.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1738542031)
[Ojiya], Japan: Ojiya Textile Industry Association, 1969. 10.75" x 14" pp. [12], bound concertina-style in green cloth boards with gold stamping. 5 fabric swatches are included on each page, making 60 samples presented in a "rainbow" style. Labels are applied on a few pages; included are the other labels that.....
Singapore: Page One Publishing, 2011. 5.25" x 5.25" pp. 657, [13], including multiple color illustrations from photography. Illustrated black and blue paper boards. A few very light scuffs to corners. Text and illustrations are vibrant and sound. Very good to fine.A heavily illustrated look at the vast world of t-shirt.....
Hamburg: Gesellschaft Hartung-Schletzer, 1983. Hardcover. 4to, pp. [1], 300, [1]; 269 plates, chiefly color, 2 fold out maps; very good navy blue cloth boards with red and white illustration, in a light blue jacket (color fading along spine and several dents and scratches in back of jacket); text and photos.....
[location not identified]: Opening Ceremony Press, 2010. 8.5" x 10.5" pp. 84; illustrations (chiefly color). Red cloth boards with pasted illustration is vibrant and clean. Text is neat and sound. Fine.Equal parts fashion exhibition and social commentary, this work features the clothing line of Chloë Sevigny, modeled exclusively by people with.....
England: [Sheffield City Hall], 1935. 10” x 5.75” pp. [52] [21 full-color original sketches, watercolor; 15 sketches (uncolored)], spiral-bound sketch notebook. “Series B75 Spirax Sketch Book” covers show wear, stamps/labels, and a tidemark; one illustrated leaf is detached, otherwise sound. “Watercolor Theatrical Costume Album / 1933 - Sheffield City Hall”.....
Paris: Société Paritys, 1957-1959. 3 volumes, 12" x 16" (each) large-format collection of three Mid-Century Modern Parisian fashion design and textile trade catalogs, Winter 1957-58 (complete): [2], 97, [1] (inc. 16 color fashion sketches), Winter 1958-59: [2], 80 [missing two leaves, pp. 61/62 and 67/68, unclear if they were originally.....