Briefs: a virile display of verse witty and gay
New York: Universe/Rizzoli, 2000. Hardcover. 80p., humorous poetry illustrated with the author's vector-style colorful male imagery, fine first edition in pictorial boards. More
Cat.No: 217423
Fashion; Sewing, design, haute couture
35 Northeast; a short history of the Northeast Department, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, AFL-CIO, based on the reminiscences and diaries of David Gingold and official ILGWU records. Published to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Northeast Department, ILGWU
New York: ILGWU, 1970. Paperback. 179p., wraps slightly shelf worn else very good condition, illus. More
Cat.No: 430
The English Warehouse
Paris: H. Cros, n.d., circa 1910. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about eleven pages, exhibit photography in b&w on cream tint-blocks, softbound, a 10x7 inch pamphlet stapled into textured coverstock embossed in gilt, covers are somewhat edgeworn with a foredge abrasion and mild dust- and handling-soil, staples rusted with a touch of migration..... More
Cat.No: 242764
O: fashion, fetish & fantasies; #8: Interview with Christos Achillos
Wuppertal: TECHCOM Verlag und Vertriebs, [1991]. Magazine. 74p., 8.25x13 inches, text in English, fetish magazine profusely-illustrated with b&w and color erotic photos and drawings of women in leather, PVC and other fetish gear, stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 230829
El Correo de la Moda. Album de Senoritas. Periodico de Literatura, Educacion, Musica, Teatros y Modas. Tomo VI.
Madrid / Paris: Miguel Campo-Redondo / Lamourex, 1858. 384p., texts printed on reasonably alkaline stock, the complete magazine-year bound in original 11x7 inch black-papered boards and a quarter-calf dark-green spine titled and ruled gilt. All edges tinted aqua-green. El Correo marketed household wisdom exclusively in the Spanish language, madly illustrated..... More
Cat.No: 243246
El Correo de la Moda. Album de Senoritas. Periodico de Literatura, Educacion, Musica, Teatros y Modas. Tomo VI.
Madrid / Paris: Miguel Campo-Redondo / Lamourex, 1859. 384p., texts printed on reasonably alkaline stock, the complete magazine-year bound in original 11x7 inch black-papered boards and a quarter-calf dark-green spine titled and ruled gilt. All edges tinted aqua-green. El Correo marketed household wisdom exclusively in the Spanish language, madly illustrated..... More
Cat.No: 243247
The Sibyl Speaks: introducing the work of Jwlhyfer de Winter of Dorian. Sibylla [program brochure] Midnight, April 15th, 1995, A Winter Gone By, Arte' 435 Broadway
San Francisco: Rydell Downward, Tim McKay, 1995. Four-panel program, 5.5x8.5 inches, staff, models, dressers, pieces, two photos front at rear panels, very good. Program for a fashion show by designer/maker de Winter and choreography by Steven Gray. More
Cat.No: 224963
Vincent. The Vincent Darre Purple Book, a special edition for Purple Fashion Magazine #14 co-published with Studio Zero
Paris: Purple Institute / Studio Zero, 2010. Magazine. Unpaginated, perhaps 75p., high-gloss paperstock with captioned photos and snapshots; softbound, a pamphlet-like magazine in 11x8 inch stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 245244
Body Image in Cultural Context; Interdisciplinary Essays
Los Angeles: DMT Publications / The University of California, Los Angeles, 1993. Paperback. 130p., coated paperstock throughout with a few b&w period illustrations, softbound in gilt-decorated 10x7 inch wraps, mildest signs of any handling, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 188957
Têtu: le magazine des gays et des lesbiennes; #84, Décembre, 2003: les hommes préfèrent les fesses
Paris: SARL CPPD, 2003. Magazine. 164p. includes covers, 9x11.75 inches, text in French, photos, articles, reviews, news, ads, very good glossy LGBTQ fashion/sex/entertainment magazine in pictorial wraps, includes a pull-out smaller magazine "l'agenda de tetu'. More
Cat.No: 258258
Têtu: le magazine des gays et des lesbiennes; #69, Juilett-Aôut, 2002; Sexe; Actif/Passif le match de l'été
Paris: SARL CPPD, 2002. Magazine. 148p. includes covers, 9x11.75 inches, text in French, photos, articles, reviews, news, ads, very good glossy LGBTQ fashion/sex/entertainment magazine in pictorial wraps, includes a pull-out smaller magazine "l'agenda de tetu'. More
Cat.No: 258257
Pansy Beat: First anniversary issue
[New York]: Pansy Beat, 1991? Magazine. 60p. includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, fashion, camp, humor, photos, ads, slight offsetting due to theft-strip taped to inner cover else good digest size zine in stapled pictorial wraps. Art Kids, Camp Genderfuck Fashion, Fun! More
Cat.No: 262857
La Bordadora. Periodico Quincenal de Labores, Ilustrado. Dedicado a las Senores Profesoras. Febr. 5, 1878 - Dec. 20, 1878; Ano I, Num. I [-24, consecutive issues]
Barcelona: the magazine, 1878. Hardcover. Collection of all 24 issues for the first year, 8p + folding plate - 23 plates (embroidery patterns) are present but lacks plate for no.5. Plate for no.9 torn out but remains (laid in). Plus: one extra ad leaf + two extra [regalos] litho'd plates..... More
Cat.No: 258905
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Linge Monopole; Edition 1909-1910 [cover titling]. Catalogue General du Linge Monopole - Maxime Faivret - Le linge monopole se compose d'une fine toile recouvrant un interieur parchemine. Il donne l'illusion complete du linge le plus riche et le plus confortable [&c]
Paris: Maxime Faivret, 1909. Pamphlet. 24p., illustrated with captioned vignette cuts showing stock (printed blue on alkaline paper), texts entirely in French, softbound in stapled 8x5 inch decorated wraps, printed in white and black on green, shows a guitarist figure. Staples have rusted with a touch of migration, else near-fine..... More
Cat.No: 242645
Pattern Upon Pattern: Fabricating Desire Fashion and Empowerment in Mali
n. pl. Self-published by the author, 2006. 150p. velo-bound 8.5 x 11 inch sheets printed on one side only. Text and scattered color photographs through page 111, then color plates and end material. "Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Art in Visual Criticism California..... More
Cat.No: 199011
Models of Propriety; occasional caprices for the edification of ladies and the delight of gentlemen
London: Michael Joseph, November 1951. 75p., sepia reproductions accompanying an archly-written text by the renowned illustrator, second printing 11x7.5 inch openweave peach-color cloth boards gilt, a slim delicate production slightly touched with dust-soil, paperstock faintly toned, gaps between signatures at several gutters. Reasonably sound for a piece of all-too-beckoning curiosa..... More
Cat.No: 179402
The progressive sewing room; a simplified analysis of the garment factory sewing room [sub-title from dj]
New York: Fairchild Publications, 1960. Hardcover. xiv, 240p., illus., second edition, second printing, first edition published in 1948, very good condition in a slightly chipped dj. Includes sections on motion economy, time study, wages, physical facilities, training and retraining, control, etc. More
Cat.No: 46631
Tratado de caracterizacion teatral
Barcelona: Libreria Teatral Millá, 1944. Hardcover. 106p., text in Spanish, illustrated with drawings and b&w photos and 8 color plates tipped-in, first edition in boards with color plate affixed front cover and lightly-worn color pictorial dj. Quite various, with an emphasis on historic costume, stage manner and makeup, and a...... More
Cat.No: 205368
Obsession; the life and times of Calvin Klein
Secaucus: Carol Publishing Group, 1994. Hardcover. xiii, 414p. + 16p. photos, very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. More
Cat.No: 50804
Vested interests; cross-dressing and cultural anxiety
New York: Routledge, 1992. Hardcover. xiii, 443p. + 24p. photos, introduction, conclusion, notes, index, very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. More
Cat.No: 19509
Rising Star: dandyism, gender, and performance in the Fin de Siècle
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. Hardcover. ix, 231p., introduction, afterword, notes, bibliography, index, illustrations, very good first edition, first printing stated in cloth boards and unclipped dj. More
Cat.No: 80312
Hats for every head; the language of hats
San Francisco: Cypress House, 2003. Hardcover. 138p., first printing. profusely illus. with color photos showing work by San Francisco's most prominent African American hatmaker, no. 97 of 1,000 copies of the limited edition inscribed and numbered by Garland-Dewson, 9x11.5 inches in landscape format. Flyer for reception for book laid in..... More
Cat.No: 80187
Provocateur; volume 2, issue 1
West Hollywood: Alluvial Publiishing, 1996. Magazine. 98p., 9x12 inches, illustrated with mostly homo-erotic art and photography, very good oversized magazine in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 93601
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Out Magazine: #1-100 [90 issue broken run]
New York: Out Publishing, 1993-2001. Magazine. Ninety issue broken run, various pagination, 8.25x10.75 inches, articles, interviews, reviews, news, opinion, entertainment, health, services and resources, photos, ads, light wear to some issues otherwise very good magazines in pictorial wraps. Numbers include: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10-14, 16-88, 90, 92..... More
Cat.No: 221195