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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 & 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 (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.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1976. 4to. 317 pp. Publisher's original red floral patterned silk over padded boards. In the original printed acetate wrapper. Small puncture to spine cloth with short tear, also affecting acetate wrapper. With 127 extraordinary photographs of actual costumes, including 79 in full colour by fashion photographer Keith Trumbo. A further 200 photographs from the great Hollywood movies and TV shows. Loosely laid in is a small autograph card with a dried rose attached wih string to the card and stating: 'So sorry Blitz is over, had some of the best nights ever there. Much love, Brian Clarke.' The Blitz nightclub in Covent Garden, London, was the centre of the New Romantic movement in the late 1970's and early 80's. Artist Brian Clarke, along with musicians Rusty Egan, Steve Strange, Boy George, Spandau Ballet and numerous others, including many young fashion designers, were regulars at the club. A lovely gift inscription for such a glitzy book. 0810910500… Read More