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NEGRE, Pierre Lucien. Decorations et Figures de Proue - histoire, symboles and legendes (text in French). La Rochelle: Rupella, 1989., 4to. 99 pp. Illus in col. and b&w. Orig. paper covered boards. VG £12.00
VIRETTE, Jean. Interieurs Modernes et Rustiques (text in French). Paris: Alexis Sinjon, 1928., 4to. 56 b&w plates in a portfolio with cloth spine and paper covered boards one ribbon has perished. VG £60.00
MULLER, Florence and KAMITSIS, Lydia. Les Chapeaux - Une histoire de tete (text in French). 1st ed. Paris: Syros alternatives, 1993., 4to. 120 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig card wraps. With many illustrations this book tells the history of hat design using plates and drawings to demonstrate the historical influences on modern desi gners. F £35.00
HORVAT, Frank and JOIN-DIETERLE, Catherine. De La Mode et Des Jardins au Musee Galliera Musee de la Mode de la Ville de Paris (text in French). 1st. ed. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1997., 4to. 203 pp. illus in col. Orig cloth with DW and ribbon bookmark. This book tells the story of the influence of gardens and especially flowers on the pattern and decoration of clothes through the col lection at the Musee Galliera. F £55.00
SAINT LAURENT, Yves. Yves Saint Laurent 28 annees de creation Preface de Bernard-Henri Levy Commentaires d'Helene de Turckheim Catalogue of an exhibition at the Musee des Arts de la Mode de Paris 30 May to 26 October 1986 (text in French). 1st. ed. Paris: Herscher/Musee des Arts de la Mode, 1986., 4to. 221 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. F £70.00
KAMITSIS, Lydia. Madeleine Vionnet - Memoire de la Mode (Text in French). 1st ed. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1996., 8vo. 80 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. F £15.00
BAUDOT, Francois. Elsa Schiaparelli - Memoire de la Mode (Text in French). 1st ed. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1997., 8vo. 80 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. F £15.00
Martin, Richard. Charles James - Memoire de la Mode (Text in French). 1st ed. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1997., 8vo. 80 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. F £15.00
BAUDOT, Francois. Chanel Joaillerie - Memoire de la Mode (Text in French). 1st ed. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1998., 8vo. 80 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. F £15.00
BERGE, Pierre. Yves Saint Laurent - Memoire de la Mode (Text in French). 1st ed. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1996., 8vo. 80 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. F £15.00
PRINGLE, Colombe. Roger Vivier - Memoire de la Mode (Text in French). 1st ed. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1998., 8vo. 80 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. F £15.00
BAUDOT, Francois. Gruau - Memoire de la Mode (Text in French). 1st ed. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1998., 8vo. 80 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. F £15.00
MAURIES, Patrick. Christian Lacroix Journal d'une collection (text in French). 1st ed. Paris: Thames & Hudson, 1996., 4to. 182 pp. illus. in col and b&w. Orig cloth with printed endpapers and DW. This is illustrated with facsimilie pages from Christian Lacroix's journal for 1993 which contains his notes, sketches, ph otographs, material samples and sources of inspiration for his designs. Inscribed to the previous owner and signed by Christian Lacroix on the ffep. F £55.00
BAIRATTI, Elenora et al.. La Belle Epoque - Fifteen Euphoric years of European History. Translated from the Italian and French.. 1st US ed. William Morrow and Company Inc. 1978, 4to. 334pp. illus coland b&W. orig. cloth with dw. inscription to previous owner on ffep. vg. £20.00
FRANTZ, Henri. French Pottery and Porcelain.. London. George Newnes Limited. 194?., 8vo. 176pp. illus in b&w. orig decorative gilt embossed cloth shelf worn otherwise VG. £17.00
HACKETT, W. H.. Decorative Furniture English and French of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.. 1st ed. London:Estates Gazette,1902., 8vo. 263 pp. illus. in b&w. Orig cloth (some shelf wear). VG £15.00
BAILLEN, Claude. Chanel Solitaire (text in French). 1st ed. Paris: Gallimard,1971., 8vo. 214 pp. Orig. card wraps. VG £12.00
POCHNA, Marie-France. Christian Dior (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Flammarion,1994., 8vo. 388 pp. illus in b&w. Orig. soft covers. F £14.00
BENAIM, Laurence. Yves Saint Laurent biographie (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Grasset,1993., 8vo. 479 pp. illus in b&w. Orig. soft covers. F £14.00
GRUMBACH, Didier. Histoires de la Mode (text in French). 1st ed. Paris: Editions du Seuil,1993., 8vo. 319 pp. Orig. card wraps. Includes a photocopy of a review of the book. F £15.00
SAVAGE, George. L'Art du Verre texte Francais de Jeanine Carlander. Paris:Hachette,1968., 8vo. 128 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig glossy paper covered boards with decorative endpapers. F £18.00
Verlet, Pierre (preface). Les Ebenistes du XVIII Siecle Francais - Collection Connaissance des Arts "Grands Artisans d'Autrefois" (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Hachette,1963., 4to. 344 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW and decorative endpapers. This book is beautifully illustrated with many examples of inlaid French furniture of the eighteenth century. VG £75.00
Gauthier, Serge (preface). Les Porcelainiers du XVIII Siecle Francais - Collection Connaissance des Arts "Grands Artisans d'Autrefois" (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Hachette,1964., 4to. 336 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW and decorative endpapers. This book is beautifully illustrated with many examples of French porcelain of the eighteenth century including an ind ex of makers marks. VG £170.00
Helft, Jacques (preface). Les Grands Orfevres de Louis XIII a Charles X - Collection Connaissance des Arts "Grands Artisans d'Autrefois" (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Hachette,1965., 4to. 336 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW and decorative endpapers. This book is beautifully illustrated with many examples of French gold and silver tableware and decorative objects of the eighteenth century including an index of makers marks. VG £75.00
GIBBS-SMITH, Charles H.. The Bayeux Tapestry. 1st ed. London: Phaidon, 1973., Lge 4to. 16 pp. plus 55 illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW (price clipped) The Bayeux 'Tapestry' is in reality an embroidery, some 203 feet long, giving in 'comic-strip' style an account, biase d in favour of the Normans, of the events leading to William's Conquest of Britain in 1066. F £12.00
JACOBSON, Stuart E.. Le Livre des Cadeaux (text in French). 1st French ed. Paris: Albin Michel, 1987., Lge 4to. 216 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. This is a book about presents, from houses to parrots, jewellery to photographs, given and received by famous people the world over. F £38.00
GUILLEN, Pierre-Yves and CLAUDE, Jacqueline. De d'or, Haute Couture Francaise (text in French). 1st ed. Paris: JMG, 1990., Lge. 4to. 252 pp. illus. in b&w and col. Orig cloth with DW and ribbon marker. Prize winning designs (golden thimbles) from 1977 to 1990 including Pierre Cardin, Hubert de Givenchy, Emanuel Ungaro, Ch ristian Dior, Paco Rabanne, Pierre Balmain, Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld et al. F £70.00
LEYMARIE, Jean. Chanel - documentation Catherine Hubschmann (text in French). 1st ed. Geneve: Skira, 1987., Folio. 120 pp. illus. in b&w and col. Orig cloth with DW and cloth covered slipcase. Number 91 of a limited edition of 2000. F £120.00
BOLLON, Patrice and CANULLI, Stefano. Precis d'Extravagance - conception graphique Leo Thieck (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Editions de Regard, 1995., 4to. 100 pp. illus. in col and b&w. Orig card wraps. The work of the illustrator Stefano Canulli who has illustrated the haute couture collections of Capucci, Valentino and Thierry Mugler. F £28.00
JACOBS, Laura. Haute Couture photographies de Victor Skrebneski (text in French). 1st French ed. Paris:Abbeville,1995., Lge. 4to. 176 pp. illus. in col. Orig. cloth with DW and printed endpapers. F £50.00
VUITTON, Louis. Un Siecle et des Lumieres - Homage to a Century of Creation (text in French and English) Includes Sept Createurs S'emparent de Louis Vuitton - Seven Designers Capture the Spirit of Louis Vuitton. 1st ed. Paris:Louis Vuitton Malletier,19961., Lge. 4to. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig. paper covered boards. F £25.00
REMAURY, Bruno (ed.). Dictionnaire de la Mode au XXe Siecle (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Editions du Regard,1994., 4to. 592 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. An A-Z guide to the twentieth century world of fashion. F £85.00
GRUAU, Rene. Gruau - preface de Gilles de Bure (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Herscher,1989., 4to. 192 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. Noted for his strong silhouettes and tonalities of colour, Gruau's images became prestigious icons of elegance. He was one of the last grand ma gazine illustrators, working for Vogue and brilliantly illustrating Dior as well as other haute couture designers. F £50.00
OLIVIER-VIAL, Franck et RATEAU, Francois. Armand Albert Rateau Un Baroque chez les Modernes (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Les Editions de l'Amateur,1992., 4to. 240 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig. cloth with DW and printed endpapers. Numbered 535 in a limited edition for the inauguration of the Lanvin shop at 15 Faubourg Saint-Honore, Paris on the 18th October 1992. F £120.00
Perier, Anne-Marie et Bauby, Jean-Dominique (eds.). Elle 1945-1995 Nos Cinquante Premieres Annees (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Filipacchi,1995., Folio. 463 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig paper covered boards with DW back board dented along bottom edge. A very interesting history in pictures and words of the first fifty years of the fashion m agazine started by Helene Gordon-Lazareff. VG £45.00
STRONG, Roy. Versace Theatre de l'Ermitage au Covent Garden (Text in Italian and French) et un commentaire sur les spectacles de Mario Pasi. 1st ed. Milano:Franco Maria Ricci,1993., Lge. 4to. 270 pp. illus. in col. and b&w with many tipped in plates. Orig cloth with inset label and gilt lettering and printed endpapers in cloth and paper covered box. Numbered 65 of a limited editi on of 5000. Avec des temoignages de Maurice Bejart, Edmonde Charles-Roux, John Cox, Jorge Donn, William Forsythe, Grazia Galante, Zizi Jeanmaire, Ute Lemper, Giacomo Manzoni, Cecilia Mones-Ruiz, Rolan d Petit,Arnaldo Pomodoro, Gil Roman, Eric Vu-An and Robert Wilson. F £200.00
ALAUX, Janine, BAUDOT, Francois, de CHIREE, Sylvie and MAURIES, Patrick. Jeanne Lanvin (text in English and French). 1st ed. Milano:Franco Maria Ricci,1988., Lge. 4to. 207 pp. illus. in col. and b&w with many tipped in plates. Orig cloth with inset label and gilt lettering and printed endpapers in cloth and paper covered box. Numbered 410 in a limited edit ion of 5000. F £200.00
DEMORNEX, Jacqueline. Le Siecle en Chapeaux Claude Saint-Cyr Histoire d'une Modiste (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Du May,1991., 4to. 158 pp. Illus in b&w and col. Orig cloth with DW. F £48.00
COUVREUR-SCHIFFER, Liesel et al. Van Cleef et Arpels (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Musee Editions,1992., 4to. 175 pp. Illus in b&w and col. Orig cloth with DW. The history of the Parisian Jewels who made pieces for the Duchess of Windsor amonge others. F £50.00
ARIOTTI, Philippe et de COMES, Philippe. Arletty (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Henri Veyrier,1978., Sm. 4to. 207 pp. illus. in b&W. Orig soft covers. The story of Arletty who began her career as a mannequin in 1919 and went on to become a star of stage and screen. VG £18.00
FERRE, Gianfranco. Lettres a un jeune couturier. 1st ed. Paris:Balland,1995., 8vo. 150 pp. Orig soft covers. Inscribed to the previous owner on the ffep. VG £7.00
DOUTRELEAU, Victoire. Et Dior crea Victoire (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Robert Laffont,1997., 8vo. 332 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig soft covers. VG £10.00
BOYER, Marie-France. Paris Style - the private apartments of Paris Photographs by Philippe Girardeau (Habiter Paris). 1st UK ed. London:Weidenfeld & Nicolson,1989., 4to. 186 pp. illus. in col. Orig. cloth with DW. A varied but distinguished array of decorators, artists, writers, photographers, art dealers, publishers, actors and politicians have opened their door s to Marie-France Boyer, who with the help of some superb photography captures not only the quality of the interiors, but also the intriguing personalities of their owners and creators. VG £40.00
NICOLSON, Nigel. Grandes Demeures - photographies de Ian Graham, preface de Wladimir d'Ormesson (text in French) Collection Connaissance des Arts. 1st ed. Paris:Hachette,1968., 4to. 320 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig decorated cloth with DW (small tear). VG £30.00
FREGNAC, Claude. Belles Demeures De Paris 16e - 19e siecle - preface de Jacques Wilhelm. 1st ed. Paris:Hachette,1977., 4to. 280 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. F £34.00
CHELBI, Mustapha. L'Affiche d'Art en Europe - preface de Maurice Courtois (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Van Wilder,1989., 4to. 301 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. F £45.00
LEVALLOIS, Pierre et al. La Decoration - Cinquieme Volume de la Collection Connaissance des Arts (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Hachette,1969., 4to. 328 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. (spine of DW has faded). VG £40.00
LEVALLOIS, Pierre et al. La Decoration - Sixieme Volume de la Collection Connaissance des Arts (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Hachette,1964., 4to. 320 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. VG £40.00
Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery. Guide to the Facsimile Reproduction of the Bayeux Tapestry. Reading: Public Museum and Art Gallery, 1908., Sm. 8vo. 24 pp. Orig. soft covered stapled pamphlet, (has been repaired with sticky tape now yellowed). This is a guide to the facsimile of the Bayeux Tapestry in the Reading Art Gallery, which was co pied by the Leek Needlework Society from the Water Colour Drawings of the Original Tapestry in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London in 1895. P £5.00
TOSTAIN, C.. Tapisserie Broderie de la Reine Mathilde (XIe Siecle). Bayeux:Tostain, No date., Sm. 8vo. Set of 20 post cards (still joined) showing all the Bayeux Tapestry in colour. In a paper cover, (has been repaired with sticky tape now yellowed). P £5.00
MACLAGAN, Eric. The Bayeux Tapestry (King Penguin). Harmondsworth:Penguin, Reprint with rev. col. plates 1949., Sm. 8vo. 32 pp. plus 8 Illus in col and 80 in b&w. Orig printed paper covered boards. (one page has been repaired with sticky tape, now yellowed) Otherwise VG £10.00
ROCHEBLAVE, S.. L'Art et Le Gout en France de 1600 a 1900. Paris: Armand Colin, 2nd ed. 1930., 8vo. 345 pp. Illus in b&w. Orig cloth with gilt lettering. Previous owners name on second fep. VG £10.00
Lejard, Andre (ed.). French Tapestry. 1st ed. London:Paul Elek,1946., 4to. 107 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth spine abd paper covered boards. (worn around edges exlib minimal stamps and shelf mark on spine) G £25.00
PREVOST-MARCILHACY, Pauline. Les Rothschild batisseurs et mecenes. 1st ed. Paris:Flammarion,1995., 4to. 383 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with gilt lettering and DW. A lavishly illustrated study of the Rothschild family as builders and patrons of the arts. F £150.00
DORMANN, Genevieve. Amoureuse Colette Conception editoriale et documentation Sylvie Delassus Maquette Jacques Maillot. 1st ed. Paris:Herscher,1984., 4to. 319 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. F £35.00
CHALON, Jean. Liane de Pougy - Coutisane, princesse et sainte. 1st ed. Paris:Flammarion,1994., 8vo. 389 pp. illus. in b&w. Orig soft covers. (Small clip to the corner between spine and front cover) VG £10.00
SAINT-SAUVEUR, Hector. Chateaux de France Anciens et Modernes Interieurs et Exterieurs (Volume 1 dans La Collection des Chateaux de France). 1st ed. Paris:Ch. Massin,ND. C.1910., Folio. 7 pp. plus 40 b&w plates in a decorated cloth covered portfolio with ribbon ties and inset photograph and gilt lettering. Exlib, each plate is stamped on the verso. G £50.00
de CHAMPEAUX, A.. Le Meuble Volume 1 Antiquite, Moyen Age et Renaissance (Bibliotheque de l'enseigement des Beaux-Arts). Paris:Maison Quantin,1885., 8vo. 320 pp. illus. in b&w. Orig. decorative cloth with gilt lettering. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover and name on ffep. Starting to split at front endpaper but sewing and cover are stil l tight. VG £15.00
DELPIERRE, Madeleine. Dress in France in the Eighteenth Century - translated by Caroline Beamish (Originally published as Se vetir au XVIIIe Siecle). 1st UK ed. New Haven:Yale University Press,1997., 8vo. 166 pp. illus in b&w. Orig. cloth with gilt lettering and DW. This charming book examines European dress as it evolved in eighteenth-century France, the country which (with occasional challenges from Britain) had already established itself as the arbiter of fashionable taste in this most elegant of eras. M £18.00
JOUVE, Marie-Andree et DEMORNEX, Jacqueline. Cristobal Balenciaga - iconographie provenant des archives Balenciaga reunie par Marie-Andree Jouve (Text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Editions de Regard,1988., 4to. approx. 330 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW (torn on edge of front cover) An indepth study of the designer illustrated with photographs of him, his work including: sketches, drawing s, fabrics and accessories. VG £75.00
LURCAT, Andre. Terrasses et Jardins - L'art International d'Aujourd'Hui. 1st ed. Paris:Editions D'Art Charles Moreau,ND. C.1920., Lge. 4to. 4 pp. plus 48 b&w plates in a cloth covered portfolio with ribbon ties (Plates 49 and 50 missing) Exlib each plate is stamped on the verso. VG £85.00
VENO, Robert. Manuel Theorique et Pratique d'Etalagisme illustrations de l'auteur (text in French) The theory & practise of shop window design.. Ist ed. Paris: Flammarion, 1955., 4to. 201 pp. Illus with col. and b&w plates, diagrams and drawings. Orig cloth with DW torn at head and tail of spine otherwise VG. £25.00
FLEET, Simon. Horloges et Pendules (Texte francais de Alice Leray) Plaisir des Images. Paris:Hachette,1963., 8vo. 128 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig. glossy paper covered boards with printed endpapers. VG £15.00
PRIZEMAN, John. Interieurs Europeens / European Interiors / Europaische Innenarchitektur photographies de John Vaughan (Text in French, English and German). 1st ed. London:Queen Anne Press,1969., 4to. 96 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig. cloth with gilt lettering and DW. Ce livre est une livre d'idees pour vivre confortablement. VG £10.00
Bernier, Georges et Rosamond (eds.). L'Oeil du Decorateur les plus belles demeures d'Europe : tradition et anticipation Tome II. 1st ed. Lausanne:Julliard,1968., 4to. 183 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig glossy paper covered boards with cloth spine in DW (tear at top of front cover). VG £20.00
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