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128 pages. Examines the way of life, artifacts and beliefs of this little known and fascinating people. Werner Forman's colour photographs, taken specially for this volume, show the threatening beauty of the long coastal strip which the tribes inhabited, and the exquisitely executed details of the objects they made. In this harmonious approach, the American Indian world comes alive - the world of Tsonoqa (the wild woman of the woods), of the Crooked-Beak-of-Heaven, and countless other spirits - but above all the world dominated by the physical representation of their world-view, the totem. Light wear. Unmmarked. Nice copy. Book
3rd impression. VG paperback. 10239. eng
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards are slightly bumped at corners. Large format: 9 1/4"w x 12 3/8"h. 272 pages.
8vo, 202 pages, illustrated. Former college library copy. eng
Light wear to cover with bumped bottom of spine. Tears on dust jacket. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 9 1/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 176 pages. 170 illustrations; 48 in color.
80 pages. Features: I Get Along Without You Very Well (fiction); The English Woman of Shangri-La - Clara Hansen - colour-photo-illustrated article; Choosing the Job That's Right For You; A Career in Fashion?; Song in Her Heart (fiction); The Guilty Parents You Can't Punish; Hoover steam iron ad features photo of woman handcuffed to iron; Once and Forever (short story); Teddy Tinling - photo-illustrated article on the man who brought glamour to Wimbledon; The Private Life of a Beauty; The Sultan's Daughter (serial); The Facts About Shingles; Half-page colour ad for Robertson's Golden Shred marmalade features cute little black fellow; Glamorous colour-photo Yardley ad on back cover; Many other lovely ads; and more. Pages 33-34 missing. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
147pp. 26 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
1st ediition. VG paperback. Inscription on the front endpaper.8347. eng
106 pages. Author has used "traditional landscape" photography to portray the variation, emptiness and beauty of the land, but the vision is a personal one: the land is seen through one man's eyes and his magically evocative lens. Lovely clean unmarked copy with very light wear to dust jacket. Book
128 pages including index. Topics include: preparing for parenthood; birth options; beauty, exercise, nutrition; the fertility question; comprehensive medical guide. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
168 pages. Features: Vogue's Point of View - Time and Beauty; The Impact of Modern Beauty - colour, dash - super-model Karen Graham leads the way; Dressing to size, dressing to type - Karen Graham in small-scaled separates and a narrow sweater-dress for day - the little minks - the blouson, the wrap-and-tie, sweater-dressing at night, the small big-evening dress with bareness and glitter; Lives of a Blonde - Dina Merrill; The New Ease in Fur - day and night - the cardigan jacket in sable, blond fox. The wrap-and-tie in fisher, sealskin, white mink - black mink and the little black dress at night; New Chanel dazzle - the black sequin pants suit; The super-allure of men's robes made for women - and the black nightdress; Caring for famous faces - east and west; Volcanic ashes for your hair - down to earth - sea salt for your bath; Karen Graham's 25-minute hair and makeup routine; Blondness - now is the moment and it's easier than ever; Have you a minute? - how to make every second work for you, your figure, your face, your hair; Chanel #19 comes to town; What a dermatologist can do for your looks; Exercise - what you don't know can hurt you; Karen Graham - the private life of a public beauty; Dear Beauty Business - stop telling me the truth and let me buy a dream; An interview with Marilyn Durham; The California House of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne; Silver's new love-light - ivory; Vogue Horoscope - John Lennon, by Maria Elise Crummere; Vogue Travel - Haiti; and much more. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Back cover missing. A worthy reference copy of this special Karen Graham issue. Book
Exhibition catalog in excellent condition with light scuffing/shelf wear to Skull / A. McQueen's face lenticular on chocolate brown cover only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 240 pages with hypnotic fake woodgrain illustrated endpapers. Filled with oversize full color full page photos of the clothing designs of the subject hanging on bruised mannequins. Sorta hot, if you like that kind ot thing. Arguably the most influential, imaginative, and provocative designer of his generation, Alexander McQueen both challenged and expanded fashion conventions to express ideas about race, class, sexuality, religion, and the environment. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty examines the full breadth of the designer's career, from the start of his fledgling label to the triumphs of his own world-renowned London house. It features his most iconic and radical designs, revealing how McQueen adapted and combined the fundamentals of Savile Row tailoring, the specialized techniques of haute couture, and technological innovation to achieve his distinctive aesthetic. It also focuses on the highly sophisticated narrative structures underpinning his collections and extravagant runway presentations, with their echoes of avant-garde installation and performance art. Published to coincide with an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, organized by The Costume Institute, this stunning book includes a preface by Andrew Bolton; an introduction by Susannah Frankel; an interview by Tim Blanks with Sarah Burton, creative director of the house of Alexander McQueen; illuminating quotes from the designer himself; provocative and captivating new photography, a lenticular cover by Gary James McQueen. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty celebrates the astounding creativity and originality of a designer who relentlessly questioned and confronted the conventional parameters of fashion to express ideas about culture, politics, and identity.
Exhibition catalog in excellent condition with light scuffing/shelf wear to Skull / A. McQueen's face lenticular on chocolate brown cover only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 240 pages with hypnotic fake woodgrain illustrated endpapers. Filled with oversize full color full page photos of the clothing designs of the subject hanging on bruised mannequins. Sorta hot, if you like that kind ot thing. Arguably the most influential, imaginative, and provocative designer of his generation, Alexander McQueen both challenged and expanded fashion conventions to express ideas about race, class, sexuality, religion, and the environment. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty examines the full breadth of the designer's career, from the start of his fledgling label to the triumphs of his own world-renowned London house. It features his most iconic and radical designs, revealing how McQueen adapted and combined the fundamentals of Savile Row tailoring, the specialized techniques of haute couture, and technological innovation to achieve his distinctive aesthetic. It also focuses on the highly sophisticated narrative structures underpinning his collections and extravagant runway presentations, with their echoes of avant-garde installation and performance art. Published to coincide with an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, organized by The Costume Institute, this stunning book includes a preface by Andrew Bolton; an introduction by Susannah Frankel; an interview by Tim Blanks with Sarah Burton, creative director of the house of Alexander McQueen; illuminating quotes from the designer himself; provocative and captivating new photography, a lenticular cover by Gary James McQueen. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty celebrates the astounding creativity and originality of a designer who relentlessly questioned and confronted the conventional parameters of fashion to express ideas about culture, politics, and identity.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 184 pages. Many color illustrations.
8vo., Eighth Impression, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original full faux-vellum, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing title in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and chipped with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip. With the separately printed 4pp Publisher's Note on the Text bound in at rear. Published six months after the first edition.
pp. 346, (1). Frontis. 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding. Very worn and water stained. Text has some dampstain and foxing. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! WOMEN 2
Institutional ex-library book with stamps and pocket at back. No library markings on cover or spine. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 112 pages. Full red cloth boards. Small tears on dust jacket. Iris Brooke presents diagrams for laying out material and cutting, and stresses the importance of costume as an aid to actors in their roles. Contents: Introduction; Diagrams of Measurement; Wardrobe; Religious Drama; Heraldry and Symbolism; Hoods; Head-dress and Crowns: Hose and Shoes; Properties, Armour, Masks and Wings; Royalty and Nobility.
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. Many black and white illustrations and color plates. 144 pages. Corners of cover frayed, showing cardboard underneath.
128 pages. Features: The Legend of the Saltire; Rough Shooting; The rare work of Scottish Provincial silversmiths; Tough going for red squirrels in Scotland; Kirkcudbrightshire's Barnhourie MIll; Oriental homeliness in the Edinburgh suburbs; Pat Grant and her chain of beauty clinics; Unsolved paranormal Scottish incidents; Aviemore is being rejuvenated; The importance of wood in whisky-making; Cashmere collection; Vienna visit; 4x4 tests; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Vg/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions. faint discolouration area to ffep. First Edition. In this manual, Bobbi Brown strikes conventional thinking about beauty. To her way of thinking , there is no one "perfect" beauty standard but countless expressions of personalized beauty. Bobbi helps readers recognize their own remarkable beauty traits and develop their own natural beauty styles. She also analyzes the styles of some of the most celebrated beauties of the past--Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Onassis, Grace Kelly--and of our time--Christy Turlington, Demi Moore, and Kate Moss. About the Author Bobbi Brown is the exclusive beauty editor of the NBC Today s
78 pages. Features: Arielle Tete Jumeau - in this, part 4 of the Collector's Cabinet Jumeau series, learn how to recreate the very special Tete Jumeau, a classic French doll with timeless beauty; Fathion Hints; A.T. Merilie - make this rare and exquisite French bebe with flair; Pincushion Googly. Please note: missing pages 23-24 (a leather glove article by Julie Riehle) otherwise unmarked with average wear. Magazine
Pages 170- 196. Features: Cover photo of huge illegal arms cache discovered in sealed cellars beneath a school in Tel Aviv; Two fascinating pages of photos of troubles in Palestine - curfew scenes, illegal arms, and illegal immigrants; A crime which shocked the world - photo of the King David Hotel explosion taken two seconds after the detonation of explosives laid in the basement by Jewish terrorists of the Irgun Zvai Leumi organization; Seven photos document the collision of the 'American Farmer' with the American steamer 'William J. Riddle', and the aftermath; Page of historic maps of Russia; Photos of personalities of the week include The King, the Princesses, Capt. Millers, chief officer J. E. Millers, M. Recep Peker, Lord Tedder, and Maj. Gen. H. E. Rance; Article entitled Norway and her Neighbours; Page of photos document H.M.S. Colossus being loaned to France; Two large aerial photos of Eastbourne - a target for Britain's postwar year holidaymakers; Amazing two page panoramic photo of the first Bikini atom bomb exploded in the air, showing many target warships blazing at their lagoon anchorage; Incredible centrefold photo of the underwater atomic bomb test at Bikini; Two pages of photos of Princess Elizabeth being invested as a Bard in Dufferin Park, Glamorgan; Photos of latest discoveries at the Low Ham Roman bath; Page of photos of personalities at the Paris peace conference; Two pages of Elizabethan silver gilt fruit dishes of unique beauty, acquired for the V. and A. Collection; Photo of Winston Churchill in his study at Chartwell; Fascinating and historic photo of wall map used by Gen. Eisenhower for the D-Day operations; Colour back cover add for the Lanchester 10 car. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
48 pages. Text in English. Features: St. Christopher photography seminar in its 25th year; Wilhelm Englmaier's high-speed techniques; Black and White - Rudolf Wohlgemuth; 50 years ago - Leica pioneer Anton F. Baumann; Symphony in yellow - Renato Zambelli; Back to old Virginia - Frederick Figall; Taking a positive view - Joel Fishman - pictures from Israel; Beauty and fashion - Barbara Matthews - success with snapshot technique; One subject - many pictures; Lap dissolve unit DU 24 P; Tetenal Compact Line; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 152 pages. Many b&w photos and illustrations.
