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Auction archive: Lot number 185

FASHION A COLLECTION OF FASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS, COMPRISING

Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$403 - US$672
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$2,520
Auction archive: Lot number 185

FASHION A COLLECTION OF FASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS, COMPRISING

Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$403 - US$672
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$2,520
Beschreibung:

i) Journal des Dames et des Modes. Numbers 14-39. Frankfurt: 1 April 1812 – 21 September 1812, 2 volumes, 8vo, printed title pages for each volume (one numbered 13 and one 27), colour engraved plates, plain blue wrappers, incomplete, some leaves missing at end of second volume, wrappers somewhat worn; ii) Thérèse le Prat. Masques et Destins. Paris: Olivier Perrin, 1955, folio, original pictorial boards, some leaves coming loose; iii) Eleanore King. Guide to Glamour. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1957, 4to, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH (“1957 | For lovely Vivien Leigh who is | the essence of anyone’s ‘Guide | to Glamour’. With every good wish, | Eleanore King [?]Holmes”) on the front free endpaper, original pink cloth, dust-jacket, jacket a little worn; iv) Ginette Spanier. It isn’t all Mink. London: Collins, 1959, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH (“Darling darling Vivien | All the love in my heart | Ginette | November 1959”) on the front free endpaper, original red cloth; v) Aline Bernstein Masterpieces of Women’s Costume of the 18th and 19th centuries. New York: Crown, 1959, folio, one of 2000 copies, original blue cloth; vi) Laon Maybanke. First Faces. London: Arlington Books, 1962, 4to, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH (“For Vivien Leigh | As promised | in [?] + to | thank you| Laon Maybanke | April 65”) on the front free endpaper, original pictorial boards; vii) Roloff Beny A Time of Gods. London: Thames and Hudson, 1962, square 4to, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH (“For Vivien | with my love | and admiration | always | Roloff | London Oct 23 / 63”) on the verso of a preliminary leaf, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket; viii) The World in Vogue. New York: Viking Press, 1963, folio, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH (“Merry Xmas, Vivien darling, with all | my love always - | Dec 25 / 63”) on the front free endpaper, original brick red cloth over red cloth boards, dust-jacket, jacket worn at edges; ix) Cecil Beaton. My Fair Lady. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH (“For Vivien | with blessings | from | Cecil”) on the front free endpaper, original cream and pink pictorial boards, dust-jacket, jacket a little worn at extremities (10)

Auction archive: Lot number 185
Auction:
Datum:
26 Sep 2017
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

i) Journal des Dames et des Modes. Numbers 14-39. Frankfurt: 1 April 1812 – 21 September 1812, 2 volumes, 8vo, printed title pages for each volume (one numbered 13 and one 27), colour engraved plates, plain blue wrappers, incomplete, some leaves missing at end of second volume, wrappers somewhat worn; ii) Thérèse le Prat. Masques et Destins. Paris: Olivier Perrin, 1955, folio, original pictorial boards, some leaves coming loose; iii) Eleanore King. Guide to Glamour. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1957, 4to, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH (“1957 | For lovely Vivien Leigh who is | the essence of anyone’s ‘Guide | to Glamour’. With every good wish, | Eleanore King [?]Holmes”) on the front free endpaper, original pink cloth, dust-jacket, jacket a little worn; iv) Ginette Spanier. It isn’t all Mink. London: Collins, 1959, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH (“Darling darling Vivien | All the love in my heart | Ginette | November 1959”) on the front free endpaper, original red cloth; v) Aline Bernstein Masterpieces of Women’s Costume of the 18th and 19th centuries. New York: Crown, 1959, folio, one of 2000 copies, original blue cloth; vi) Laon Maybanke. First Faces. London: Arlington Books, 1962, 4to, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH (“For Vivien Leigh | As promised | in [?] + to | thank you| Laon Maybanke | April 65”) on the front free endpaper, original pictorial boards; vii) Roloff Beny A Time of Gods. London: Thames and Hudson, 1962, square 4to, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH (“For Vivien | with my love | and admiration | always | Roloff | London Oct 23 / 63”) on the verso of a preliminary leaf, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket; viii) The World in Vogue. New York: Viking Press, 1963, folio, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH (“Merry Xmas, Vivien darling, with all | my love always - | Dec 25 / 63”) on the front free endpaper, original brick red cloth over red cloth boards, dust-jacket, jacket worn at edges; ix) Cecil Beaton. My Fair Lady. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH (“For Vivien | with blessings | from | Cecil”) on the front free endpaper, original cream and pink pictorial boards, dust-jacket, jacket a little worn at extremities (10)

Auction archive: Lot number 185
Auction:
Datum:
26 Sep 2017
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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