Mexico City: [publisher unknown], 1935. 6.5" x 9" pp. [382] (270 pages contain handwritten entries), black and tan boards with red appliqués stamped "Copiador" [= "Copier"]. This is a Spanish language diary entry containing a compilation of poems written in verse and belonging to various authors. Diary (journal) is dated.....
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: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1936. 7.25" x 9.25" pp. 96, including 8 mounted color plates and multiple line drawings by famed Hungarian illustrator, Willy Pogany. Inscribed by illustrator Pogany on the front free end paper, "To Anges Grey - with best wishes / 1937 / Willy Pogany." First.....
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".....
Sherman Oaks, California: Joseph J. D'Ambrosio, 1982. 6.5" x 9" pp. [40], limited edition number 29 of 50, signed by D'Ambrosio with four serigraphs, also signed. Full hunter green leather binding with two unique insets of daisies under glass cutouts; title inset on spine. The first five leaves feature hand-cut.....
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.....
Mexico City: [Juan Domínguez], [1896]. 4" x 6.5" pp. [68], handwritten diary in Spanish language. This is the diary of Juan Dominguez, a self-proclaimed philosopher, Catholic, and poet. Included is a letter to Juan's father, a composition that won the gold and ebony “pencil prize” and a diploma in the.....
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.....
San Francisco & New York: Paul Elder and Company, [1903]. 6" x 7.75" pp. [32], inc. multiple illustrations and handwritten aesthetic. Original cloth wrappers in a red and black patchwork quilt motif with title applied to cover. First edition of an early publication from the 238 Post Street iteration of.....
![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 #2361 [Illustrated botanical manuscript on mushrooms]. Caroline Lorusso](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2361.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1763755509)
New York to Corvallis, Oregon: Caroline Lorusso, 1968-2005. 8.75" x 11" pp. [48] (4 pages are blank), inc. hand-written annotations and hand-drawn illustrations throughout, some taped in, one written on paper towel. Copious pencil drawings and 109 spore prints, including a full 6-leaf magazine article from 1980 and 6 leaves.....
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.....
![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.....
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.....
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1869. 2 volumes, 8vo (approx. 5" x 7.5"), volume 1: pp. xi, [1], 432 (1 plate), volume 2: pp. viii, 320 (10 plates); includes nearly 200 illustrations (including 14 by Charles Darwin) and 11 plates printed in deep cobalt blue; complete. First edition. Contemporary green.....
![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" x 4.5" single black and white photograph of Roberto Soto (b. 7 Jun. 1888 in Zacatecas, Mexico, d. 18 Jul. 1960 in Mexico City). Soto was known and beloved for his comedy and humor during the.....
![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.....
![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" x 12" pp. [168]. This is a bound set of Spanish language clippings, advertisements, magazine articles, and dress patterns gathered together in this time capsule of fashions in 1940s.....
![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 #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" x 11" pp. [approx. 258], bound compilation of Rita Hayworth (née Margarita Carmen Cansino) clippings, articles, photographs, and advertisements from the 1940s. Hardcover bound with black boards; gold stamping on the cover and spine.....