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Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Title: Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology
Author: BOLTON, Andrew
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN: 9781588396266
Condition: A few scuffs to the cloth binding but generally in near-fine condition
Description: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016. A few scuffs to the cloth binding but generally in near-fine condition. Folio. The complete set of items in the limited edition: cloth-bound edition of the book (black cloth), paperback pamphlet of interviews; and folded poster. Together in the original laser cut, high-density polyethylene box, outer black paper sleeve, and in the original folding cardboard box from the publisher. One of 600 copies of this limited edition that was available only at The Met and is now long out-of-print. The poster shows 600 images of ensembles featured in the publication. "Manus x Machina features more than 170 examples of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear, dating from the early 1900s to the present. The exhibition addresses the founding of the haute couture in the 19th century, when the sewing machine was invented, and the emergence of a distinction between the hand (manus) and the machine (machina) at the onset of industrialization and mass production" (the Met).

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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books

Title: The Prophet [Signed]
Author: ASCH, Sholem (novel); SUPER, Arthur Saul (translation)
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-343,[3]pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Light wear to extremities, some trivial dust-soil to upper edge of textblock; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.00), gently spine-sunned, with modest external wear, and a few tiny nicks, tears, and attendant creases; Very Good+. With the business card of Asa B. Elliott, V.P. at G.P. Putnam's Sons, laid in. A novel set during the Old Testament, presaging the arrival of the Messiah. Uncommon signed.

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Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books

Title: Europe from a Motor Car
Author: Richardson, Russell
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good/Near Fine
Description: Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1914. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 227pp. Sharp First Edition of this early automobile travel journal. Bound in blue cloth with decorative titles in gilt on front board and spine. Mounted illustration on front board. Top edge gilt. Mapped end-papers. 32 full-page scenic photographs. Square, tight and clean throughout with mild wear to edges and tips. Rear hinge starting but firm. Mild interior toning. A handsome collectable copy at a great price.