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New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Decorative padded cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto [10.25" x 12.25"], illustrated in color and b&w. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked. DJ has hint of shelfwear. THIS LARGE, HEAVY BOOK WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. / A Balance House Book. Fine in Near Fine dj. [1976]. First Edition. Hardcover. (upholstered floral-pattern cloth, in printed acetate dust jacket) [no discernible wear to book; jacket has a few tiny and unobtrusive scuff marks, but no cracks or tears]. (color and B&W photographs A lavish and attractive volume, essentially a catalogue of the exhibition "Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design," presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As such, the focus of the (admittedly fabulous) photographs is strictly on the costumes themselves, as they appeared in the movies and also in real life -- i.e. there are no reproductions, for instance, of any costume sketches or drawings, and the discussion of the creative process doesn't get much beyond the anecdotal. The book is organized (as was the exhibition itself, presumably) by decades, with each having its "theme" (e.g., "1930s: The Fatal Woman and The Hoofer").… Read More

Harry Abrams & the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 198. 32.0 x 25.0cms, 320pp, colour illusts, very good+ hardback with floral cloth covered boards (NO glassine dustwrapper) This book builds on The Met's famous exhibition of the clothes that generations of stars wore in Hollywood films. It begins with the vamps and broken blossoms of the 1910s and ends c 1975.

Harry Abrams & the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 198. 32.0 x 25.0cms, 320pp, colour illusts, very good+ hardback with floral cloth covered boards & glassine dustwrapper. This book builds on The Met's famous exhibition of the clothes that generations of stars wore in Hollywood films. It begins with the vamps and broken blossoms of the 1910s and ends c 1975.