Mexico City: [publisher unknown], 1935. Hardcover bound in black and tan boards with red appliqués stamped "Copiador" [= "Copier"]. 6.5"x9" pp. 382 (270 contain handwritten entries), some pages ripped out in the middle of the text block. Spanish language diary entry containing a compilation of poems written in verse belonging.....
Mexico City: XEW Radio, Telesistema Mexicana, Televicentro Guarneros, 1940s-1960s. Photographs are collected in 5 portfolio folders. This is a large photograph collection of Mexico City entertainment industry with a special focus on XEW/XEQ radio behind-the-scenes, candid, and staged photographs. Collection includes a total of 233 photographs; 78 are 8"x10", 111.....
New York: 1953. [unknown]. 3.5"x5.5" set of 4 loose postcards in a series dating Feb. 16, 18, 19, and 20 all from 1953. Postcards are addressed to Bill Dolid and Dan Finneran, presumably roommates at "Alfred" in New York (unknown if this is Alfred University or College). On the last.....
Kyoto: Hiroo Shoeido, 1924-25. 3 volumes, each fukurotoji-style pouch binding; stripe design on each. 9.5" x 6.5" (each) ; 3 volumes ; volume I: [30 leaves] (1924) ; volume II: [30 leaves] (1925) ; volume III: [30 leaves] (1925). Collection of 270 woodblock-printed designs (90 in each volume) on 1.5".....
![Item #219 Womankind and Famous Women [compilation]. E. Lynn Linton, Mabel C. Birchenough W. Bash...](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/219.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1736887164)
1887. Looseleaf essays are bound between two brown portfolio boards; fixed with a brown ribbon. 6.75"x10.25", pp. 366. A collection of 21 essays on "womankind and famous women" selected and gathered by hand (curator unknown) in brown covers, bound with 2 hole punches and a gathered string tied in the.....
Mexico City: Compañía Industrial Fotográfica, 1923. 3.375"x5.25" 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); she was known and beloved for her comedy and humor during the Golden Age.....
![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"x5.37" 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); during the Golden Age of Mexico Cinema. Here she is posed smiling with a beer a flapper dress.....
![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. Hardcover bound, concertina style, in green cloth boards with gold stamping. 10.75" x 14" pp. [12] ; laid out accordion style; 5 fabric swatches on each page, making 60 samples "rainbow" style. Labels are included on a few pages; included are the other.....
![Item #236 Roberto Soto photograph, Mexico City (ca. 1928), [María Guerrero Theater]. Roberto Soto](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/236.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737925027)
Mexico City: Foto Schlattman Mex. / SN. Juan De Letran S., ca. 1928. 3.25"x4.5" single black and white photograph of Roberto Soto (b. 7 Jun. 1888 in Zacatecas, Mexico, d. 18 Jul. 1960 in Mexico City); he was known and beloved for his comedy and humor during the Golden Age.....
![Item #229 Samuel Johnson [interleaved with scholar notes]: English Men of Letters. Leslie...](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/229.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737829318)
London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. Hardcover, brown leather boards with yellow end papers. Contemporary binding. 5"x7", pp. [4], 195, plus 100 leaves interwoven between pages, every-other. Approx. 40 interleaves have significant note taking, in pen; more annotations present throughout. The majority of annotations are found prior to page 60. "Home.....
New York, NY: [unknown], 2014. First edition. Black portfolio with plastic sleeve pages, cover is unmarked. 9.5"x11.5", pp. [72]. This is a portfolio, presumably design/fashion school student work, that focuses on the vest. Includes 48 pages of original illustrations (black and white, and full color), most of which are vest.....
Japan: [publisher not identified], [ca. 1890]. Collected in blue cloth case. 8.25" x 12.25" ; 2 volumes ; volume I: pp. [61] approx. 257 samples ; vol. II: pp. [41] approx. 237 samples. Japanese Meiji era gold brocade textile samples, almost 500 samples in all. Textile swatches measure from 1.....
![Item #222 Modas [="Fashions" 1940s fashion and design compilation]. unknown](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/222.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737830159)
Mexico: [unknown], [1940]. First edition. Hardcover bound with grey boards; gold stamping on the cover and spine, black page ribbon. 9.5"x12", pp. 168. This is a bound set of clippings, advertisements, magazine articles, and dress patterns gathered together in this time capsule of fashions in 1940s Mexico. Spanish language. Some.....
![Item #224 Modas [="Fashions" 1950s Cuba fashion and design compilation]. unknown](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/224.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737830315)
Cuba: [unknown], 1950. First edition. Hardcover bound with black boards; gold stamping on the cover and spine, black page ribbon. 9.5"x12", pp. 304. This is a bound set of clippings and articles from 1950s fashions in Cuba; most of the articles are from the popular "Vanidades" fashion magazine. Contents include.....
![Item #223 Modas [="Fashions" 1990s fashion and design bound magazine compilation]. unknown](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/223.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737829738)
Mexico: [unknown], 1990. First edition. Hardcover bound with grey boards; gold stamping on the cover and spine, blue page ribbon. 8.5"x11", pp. 270. This is a bound set of clippings, advertisements, magazine articles, and model photographs gathered together in this time capsule of fashions in 1990s Mexico. Spanish language. Includes.....
![Item #225 Rita Hayworth [1940s-1960s collage, scrapbook]. unknown](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/225.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737830508)
Mexico: [unknown], 1940. First edition. Hardcover bound with black boards; title pasted on the spine and front cover, red page ribbon. 11"x14", pp. 158 [approx., with additional tip-ins] bound compilation of Rita Hayworth clippings, articles, photographs, and advertisements from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The majority of articles and ads.....
![Item #221 Rita Hayworth: 1 [1940s collage, scrapbook]. unknown](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/221.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1736887341)
Mexico: [unknown], [1940s]. Hardcover bound with black boards; gold stamping on the cover and spine, red page ribbon. 9"x11", pp. 258 [approx.], bound compilation of Rita Hayworth clippings, articles, photographs, and advertisements from the 1940s. The majority of articles and ads are in Spanish. Other featured celebrities include Cary Grant.....
![Item #260 [Swatches for Japanese school uniforms] Buzen Kokura Ori [= weaving]. [1955]. unknown](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/260.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1738541887)
[Kitakyushu], Japan: [unknown], [1955]. Bound Japanese style with blue and tan striped fabric covered boards. 10" x 13.75" ; pp. 35 (inc. preface) ; text in Japanese. A collection of 275 fabric swatches measuring as small as 1" and as large as 7" - all striped and plaid in shades.....
England: [unknown], 1935. Spiral bound sketch notebook. 10”x5.75” pp. [52] [21 full color sketches, watercolor; 15 sketches (uncolored)], “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” inscribed on the.....
![Item #239 Lupe Vélez photograph [signed with illustration] (1925), Mexico City. Lupe...](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/239.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737925292)
Mexico City: Compañía Industrial Fotográfica, 1925. 3.375"x5.375" single black and white photograph of actress, singer, and dancer María Guadalupe "Lupe" Villalobos Vélez (b. 18 Jul. 1908 in San Luis Potosí City, Mexico, d. 14 Dec. 1944 in Glendale, California); a teenager in the photograph, she was well known during the.....
Mexico City: Foto Schlattman Mex. / SN. Juan De Letran S., 1928. 3.25"x4.25" single black and white photograph of Amelia Wilhelmy (b. 29 May 1900 in Mazatlan, Mexico, d. 9 Aug. 1964 in Mexico City); she was known and beloved for her comedy and humor during the Golden Age of.....