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From the library of Cora Ginsberg with her signature on the front endpaper and the front panel of the dust wrapper and her address label on the rear pastedown. Cora Ginsberg was an art dealer and consultant in antique textiles. She worked with her husband Benjamin Ginsberg at his family's antique firm Ginsberg & Levy, and later at his new firm Benjamin Ginsburg Antiquary. After his retirement, she opened her own gallery called Cora Ginsberg, Inc.
This book is a title in the series "Costume of the Western World". Blum's text is translated from the French by D. I. Wilton. Very good .
First edition.
The former publisher of "Women's Wear Daily" and "Harper's Bazaar" James Brady writes an "irreverent, opinionated and irresistible account" of fashion and fashion journalism. Good .
A handsomely illustrated report on the history, economy and arts of the Italian city of Carpi, the hub of the Emilian fashion industry. The text is in Italian with a four-page English summary and English translations of sections of the text. Very good .
A promotional brochure explaining Paralledge's marking device which can solve distortions in fabric which arise in the manufacturing of garments and which can lead to these garments being rejected as "crooked" or "twisted".
Rare. Good .
A study of costume design in Italian opera from the premier of "Rigoletto" in Venice in 1851 to the creation of "Tosca" in Rome in 1900. Fine .
Inscribed in Italian by Egon Furstenberg on the slipcase and signed "Egon".
The first sheet lists all the designers and staff involved in preparing the collection and show. The second sheet presents a commentary on the collection. The text is in Italian. Very good .
Rare. Good .
Limited reprint edition of 250 copies. The bibliography was originally published in 1939.
Edited by Helen Grant Cushing. Assisted by Adah V. Morris. Fine .
This issue is subtitled on the cover "Designers Preview the Elegant Eighties" and contains around 34 fabric samples. Very good .
Reprint, limited to 150 copies, of the 1896-1905 Berlin edition.
More than 5,000 works are listed. In addition to costume books, the catalogue includes works on hygiene, aesthetics, laws relating to clothing; criticism and caricature. Fine .