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A Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent; and a General Chronological History of the Costumes of the Principal Countries of Europe, from the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Accession of George the Third, in Two Volumes (Vol I - the Dictionary; Vol II - a General History of Costume in Europe)

James Robinson Planche · 1879 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$120.00 (€108.87 | £90.83 | ¥19,162)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1879. Hardcover. Burgandy library buckram. In library slipcases. 527 pp + 448 pp. 19 chromolithographs, 40 monochrome plates, and plentiful textual bw illustrations. Good-. Ex-library with usual marks. Additionally, the book is marked throughout with...

A Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress (Vol I - the Dictionary)

James Robinson Planche · 1876 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1876. Hardcover. Bright blue library buckram. 527 pp. 9 chromolithographs, 18 monochrome plates, and many textual bw illustrations. Good-. Ex-library with usual marks. Additionally, the book is marked throughout with perforation stamps, including on ...

Dress: As It Has Been, Is, and Will Be, Describing with Particularity Recent Innovations, and Forecasting the Tendencey of Male Drapery from What We Know, Together with All That Is Practical to-Day

Isaac Walker · 1885 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

NY, Isaac Walker, 1885. Hardcover. Violet cloth. In library slipcase. 211 pp. bw illustrations. Treatise and advice on men's fashion and taste in clothing. Fair (binding is broken. ex-library with blind stamp and ink stamps, on title page and in back. first few pages are loose...

Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century (Vol II - Glossary)

Fairholt, F. (and) H.A. Dillon (revision) · 1885 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1885. third edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth. In burgandy library slipcase. 415 pp. bw figures. Fair. (ex-library with usual marks. Additionally, it is marked with perforated stamp on title page. Some pages are chipped and/or torn: In particular, fr...

Costume in England: A History of Dress from the Earliest Period Till the Close of the Eighteenth Century

Fairholt, F. W. · 1846 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1846. Hardcover. Red cloth. 618 pp. 600 bw figures. Good. ex-library with usual marks including ink stamps. Additionally, it is marked with a perforated stamp on title page. Title page chipped and free endpaper torn. Sparse pencil markings at places i...

Antique Laces of the American Collectors (Plate Volume Only)

Frances Morris; Marian Hague; et al. · 1922 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$400.00 (€362.92 | £302.77 | ¥63,875)

NY, Needle and Bobbin Club / William Helburn, Inc, 1922. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Preface, contents, and 104 bw plates. Oversize. American collections of lace. This volume primarily contains large plates of European laces from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries especially Italia...

Toilet Requisites by Gorham in Sterling Silver and Gold

The Gorham Company, Kerr Division · 1929 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,890)

Providence, RI, The Gorham Company, 1929. Hardcover. Blue boards with quarter white over spine. Pastedown color plate on front. 86 pp. All illustrations engraved in black and white with violet background, with additional yellow in gold designs. Rare 1929 catalogue of dresser w...

Dress and Its Relation to Health and Climate

E.W. Godwin · 1884 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

London, Executive Council of the International Health Exhibition / William Clowes and Sons Ltd, 1884. Softcover. Burgandy library binding. In black library slipcase. 80 pp. 68 bw illustrations. Good (ex-library with ink and perforation stamp on title page and final page. some ...

Orfevrerie Civile Francaise Du Xvie Au Debut Du Xixe Siecle (2 Vols)

Henry Nocq; P. Alfassa; J. Guerin · 1927 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Paris, Editions Albert Levy, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1927. Pages are loose in portfolios with stiff boards, tied with string. The 2 volumes contain a 28 pp intro and index followed by 72 bw plates, each collated with a corresponding description of 1 to 3 pages. In F...

Inventories of Plate, Vestments, &C. Belonging to the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Mary Lincoln (an Extract from Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Vol. 53, Part 1)

Christopher Wordsworth · 1892 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Archaeologia, 1892. In red portfolio. 82 pp. Good-. Binding has come apart, and from p. 63-back cover have separated. Now housed in an envelope. Marker "52" and minor soiling on first page. Chipped corners.

American Antiques, the Collection of Nathan Cushing, Providence, R.I. (Sale Number 3821); Colonial Furniture, Silver, Pewter, Glass, Porcelains & Bibelots

1930 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

NY, American Art Association / Anderson Galleries, Inc, 1930. Softcover. Tan wraps. 66 pp. Bw illustrations. 203 lots for public sale. good+ (cover separating from pages. library blindstamp, soiling/toning to cover) .

Histoire de L'Orfevrerie Francaise

Henry Havard · 1896 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Paris, Ancienne Maison Quantin, Librariries-Imprimeries Reunies, 1896. Hardcover. Blue-green library buckram. 474 pp. 39 bw plates, plus 1 color frontispiece and a burgandy and gilt title on cardstock. Text also features red decorative initial caps and additional bw illustrati...

A Noble Feast: English Silver from the Jerome and Rita Gans Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Hartop, Christopher et al. · 2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007. Softcover. Black and illustrated wraps, French flaps, 96 pp. Color plates. "Amassed over a period of some thirty years, the collection of Rita and the late Jerome Gans is one of the glories of the Virginia Museum of FIne ...

Greek Gold: Jewelry of the Classical World

Dyfri Williams; Jack Ogden · 1994 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, 1994. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps. 256 pp. 197 figures, most in color. Exhibition catalogue. VG- sticker residue on spine, library stamp on half title, minor cover wear .

Sculpture in Paper

Roukes, Nicholas · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Worcester, MA, Davis Publications, Inc, 1993. Hardcover. Glossy color illustrated boards. 160 pp. Mostly bw illustrations with about 8 pp of color plates. VG (except donor bookplate and library stamp in front) .

Colonial Furniture: Measured Drawings by Donald Millar

Millar, Donald · 1925 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

New York, Architectural Book Publishing Co, 1925. Hardcover. Black faux-leather cloth boards, [32] leaves, 31 b&w plates with large drawings. Good, ex-library with typical markings, spine worn at ends, tears at top spine. Title page and plates 8 and 31 have perforation stamps....

Modernism and the Decorative Arts in France: Art Nouveau to le Corbusier

Troy, Nancy J. · 1991 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New Haven, Conn, Yale University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Blue paper boards with tan cloth spine and silver lettering. Blue dust jacket with color illustration on front and yellow lettering. 300 pp. 22 color plates and 163 bw illustrations. "The first serious study of the Frenc...

History of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers of the City of London Based Upon Their Own Records (2 Vols. )

Welch, Charles · 1902 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

London, Blades, East & Blades, 1902. Hardcover. Black cloth. No DJ. 301 + 235 pp. BW plates with one color frontispiece. Glosses/notes are printed in red ink in the margins. The Worshipful Company of Pewterers is a trade organization that has existed since at least 1348. Good+...

Nieuw Licht Op Tiffany: Clara Driscoll En de Tiffany Girls

Martin Eidelberg; Nina Gray; Margaret K. Hofer · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New-York Historical Society / Singer Laren, 2008. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps. 200 pp. 98 color and bw plates. In Dutch. Nederlandse edition of the exhibition catalogue for 2007's "New Light on Tiffany" (New-York Historical Society in collaboration with D Giles Ltd ). V...

3 Textile Traditions: Pueblo, Navaho & Rio Grande

Tilley, Martha · 1967 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Colorado Springs, Taylor Museum of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1967. Softcover. BW illustrated wraps. 32 pp, staple bound. BW illustrations. VG .