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"BEDOUIN JEWELLERY IN SAUDI ARABIA
ROSS, HEATHER COLYER
ISBN: 0887346553
Arabesque Commercial USA 1996
Oblong 4to Hardcover 128pp., including glossary & index. Beautiful full-page colour photos of the inventive & intricate workmanship devoted to necklaces, bracelets, anklets, finger rings, pendants, amulet cases & other ornaments. Fine silver boards in near fine blue pictorial dustjacket. Book Fine
Price: $55.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 002565 Bookseller: T's Book Shop
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125 Designer Borders
no author
Designs By Gloria & Pat Sumpter,S.C.,USA 1989 Second Printing
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Soft Cover 43 pages including 8 pages of colour illustrations. Good
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 002134 Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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20th Century Jewelry
Pullee, Caroline
ISBN: 0792453514
Mallard Press New York 1990 First Edition
Large 4to Hardcover 127pp including index. Illustrated throughout with stunning colour photographs of over 150 specially selected examples. Fine black boards in a black pictorial dj which has a few surface scratches on the back. Book Near Fine
Price: $30.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 002672 Bookseller: T's Book Shop
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250 Cartoons
Martin, Matthew
ISBN: 0908476205
Melbourne, Anne O'Donovan 1986
c120pp b/w illusts paperback in very good condition
Price: $11.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 63229 Bookseller: Fine Print Books
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A Century of Bags: icons of style in the 20th Century
Wilcox, Claire
ISBN: 1876142367
Universal International Pty, Limited Gordon, NSW, Australia 1997 First Edition
Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Laminated Illustrated Boards 1.0 kg; 160 pages, indexed, and illustrated throughout with black-and-white, but mainly colour photographs, mainly part page, detailing the evolution of the handbag in the 20th century. The author is a fashion consultant at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, and she has in this book highlights of the most interesting bags of the century, setting them in the context of the time and discovering what they did for their wearer, decoratively, practically on psychologically. There are a couple of spots of foxing on the upper and front edges of the text block which is otherwise without damage. This book will weigh more than 1.0 kg when packed. Please enquire of the bookseller for an amended quote for the postage to destinations outside of Australia Clothing -- Fashion Very Good
Price: $44.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0227132 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Century of Lingerie
Karen W Bressler, Karoline Newman, Gillian Proctor
Eagle Editions Royston,Hertfordshire,UK 2000
4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Soft Cover 144 pages with colur illustrations. A dazzling investigation into women's most intimate apparel, celebrating the ever changing styles of lingerie throughout the century. Very Good
Price: $23.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 004018 Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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A Definie study of Your future in the Fashion World
Gateley, Olive P. (editor)
Richards Rosen Press New York 1960 First
Hard Cover Signed by three of the contributing writers on ffep (Marion Ross, Mary E. Campbell, Sarah Tomerlin Lee) otherwise internally unmarked. Board edges faded, D/W edgeworn and rubbed. Good
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 018602 Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two
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A Fashion of Life
Yoxall, H W
New York, Taplinger 1967
8vo. hardcover. 269pp. index, b/w illus. very good. / good+, rubbed d/w.
Price: $22.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 43362 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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A Guide for Every Woman to Dressmaking and Cutting Out
Woodgate, K. D.
Whitcombe & Tombs New Zealand Third (Popular) Edition
Paperback No date. Wraps are creased, pages age tanned, PO sticker front panel. "This guide is for the use of Every Woman - school girl or matron - who wishes to make garments for herself or others." Good
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 017735 Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two
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A Guide to Making Decorated Papers
CHAMBERS,Anne
Andre Deutsch 1989 London
ISBN: 0233983309. Excellent copy in same d/w. 1st Edition hardback 79pp. col. & b/w illustrations
Price: $30.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 4581 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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A History of Fashion
Black, J. Anderson;Kennett, Frances;Garland, Madge
ISBN: 0856134678
Orbis London 1982
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Paperback Some spotting to prelims, otherwise internally unmarked, sl. edgewear inc. "dog ears" to lower right corner first few pages. Sections include from the Ancient World through to 1870, then Fashion's Past 100 years, each section with numerous chapters inc. The Age of Elegance, The Romantic Period, Victorian Virtue, The Jazz Age, Edwardian Opulence - and more. Very Good
Price: $45.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 019826 Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two
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A History of the Jewish Costume
Rubens, Alfred
Valentine, Mitchell & Co. Ltd. London 1967 First British Edition
4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto illustrated Boards 975 g.; XX, 220 pages, aknowledgements, list of illustrations, foreword by James Lavor, introduction by author, appendix, bibliography and glossarial index. Illustrated, colour, frontispiece showing a Moroccan Jewess' dress circa 1832. The text is illustrated with 306 illustrations -- either colour or black and white photographs or colour and lack and white illustrations. Illustrated boards, showing various forms of Jewish dress throughout the ages, against a white background with blue and orange titles to the front panel and black and red titles to the backstrip. A hint of rubbing to the book edges. Browning to the text block edges. Offset tanning and browning to the endpapers and the remains of tape can be seen to both the front and rear endpapers. Gift inscription, in both English and Ivrit, to the top left-hand corner of the free front end paper. Illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), same illustration as for underlying board with blue and red titles to the front panel and black and red titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing and creasing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges and a faint hint of fading to the backstrip. The white of the background has become slightly yellow. Author photograph to the rear dustwrapper fold over panel. On the front fold over panel a previous owner has placed a sticker over the original price. " This is a pioneer work stop by means of contemporary sources the author shows how Jewish costume remain distinctive in most parts of the world throughout the ages. He also adopts a new approach to the study of the costume of the Bible by reconciling traditional beliefs with modern archaeological discoveries. Starting from Ur of the Chaldees, more than 4000 years ago, he traces developments in dress during the Assyrian, Persian and Hellenistic periods, describes Jewish costume in the early Christian times and goes on to show how tradition and regional influences have continued to be significant up to the present day." -- from the front fold over panel. Digital image available upon request. ***** PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1 kg [ 2.2 lbs ] packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. Costume Good
Price: $85.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0106528 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A life by design: the art and lives of Florence Broadhurst
O’Brien, Siobhan
Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin 2004
8vo softcover 246pp very good. Includes index. Illustrated with photographs. Dismissing the designs of the day, Florence set about creating new designs in wall paper that were used all over the world.
Price: $18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 48687 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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