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Original Artwork for Four Fashion Designs for Princess Diana

Original Artwork for Four Fashion Designs for Princess Diana by Torimaru, Gnyuki [Yuki]; Princess of Wales Diana Spencer

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Seller: Type Punch Matrix
Title
Original Artwork for Four Fashion Designs for Princess Diana
Author
Torimaru, Gnyuki [Yuki]; Princess of Wales Diana Spencer
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Generally fine.
Description
[London]: n.p., 1990. Generally fine.. Series of four concept drawings and studies for dresses and other outfits designed for H.R.H. The Princess of Wales, including two for Diana's 1986 state visit to Japan. Throughout her public life when visiting foreign countries, Diana would commission native designers to create custom dresses and other fashions for her to wear. Gnyuki Torimaru (Yuki) had been on the London fashion scene since the 1970s, having previously worked for the London fashion house Rembrandt, as well as designers Norman Hartnell, Michael of Carlos Place, and Pierre Cardin before striking out on his own. His work was noted for its simplicity; known as a "[master] of drapery" (Watson), according to the V&A: "[h]is designs have always been body-conscious, and he is admired both for his craftsmanship and for the fact that his designs suit larger as well as smaller women." His clothes appeared on the covers of VOGUE and his clients already included Jerry Hall, Bianca Jagger, Twiggy, and Farrah Fawcett when Diana approached the Japanese-born designer (on the recommendation of Lady Drogheda) to design a dress for the princess's upcoming 1986 state visit to Japan. Diana's arrival in Japan was widely anticipated, with the United Press describing the country's "'Countdown to Camelot' [...] with publishers rushing into print a flood of books and magazines featuring page after page on Diana's progress from plump teenager to fashion leader." The arrival of the prince and princess was a seismic event: "Nearly 100,000 people cheered Britain's Prince and Princess of Wales as they drove in an open-air limousine through the streets of Tokyo this afternoon, a spectacle rare indeed for a nation accustomed to a more cloistered and reticent imperial family" (NEW YORK TIMES). The culmination of the visit would be a banquet Diana and Charles attended with Emperor Hirohito. For this dinner, Yuki presented Diana with several eveningwear options. She eventually chose a sweeping blue gown that exhibited Yuki's trademark pleats and drape. The dress led to a "renaissance" (Watson) for the designer, and a variation on this gown is present in these sketches, as is a color study for an overcoat for the same trip. Also present are two later dress designs (dated 1987 and 1990), testifying to the ongoing relationship between this innovative designer and Diana. A rare collection of concept drawings for couture designed for one of the great fashion icons of the 20th century. 16'' x 11'' image area; 21.25'' x 16'' framed all. Four original pencil drawings (one hand-colored) on lightweight paper. Each titled, signed and dated by Yuki. All on acid-neutral card in elegant contrasting mount, professionally glazed and archivally framed. Tiny chip to edge of one frame.
[Cabinet Cards]: British Nurses

[Cabinet Cards]: British Nurses

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Title
[Cabinet Cards]: British Nurses
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
England, 1910. Unbound. Very Good. A small archive of four cabinet cards measuring 2.5" x 4". Some spotting and rubbing else very good. A collection of photographs of British nurses taken between 1890 and 1910. Each woman is photographed in her uniform, some holding medicine or implements, and all with a chain around their waist with scissors and other tools of the trade. All other the photos include studio information along the bottom edge of the photos with two of the cards including elaborate studio stamps on the versos.
Exhibition postcard: stanley brouwn (19 October-9 November 1985)

Exhibition postcard: stanley brouwn (19 October-9 November 1985) by (BROUWN, Stanley)

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Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc.
Title
Exhibition postcard: stanley brouwn (19 October-9 November 1985)
Author
(BROUWN, Stanley)
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Printed on one side. Postcard, mailed. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1985. Postcard invitation for Brouwn’s 1985 show at Geert van Beijeren and Adriaan van Ravesteijn’s Art & Project gallery. In fine condition. Mailed to critic Lily van Ginneken. ❧ Art & Project. A History (2023) E262.
Grand Union

Grand Union by SMITH, Zadie

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Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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Grand Union
Author
SMITH, Zadie
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition
A fine copy with some minor shelfwear, the jacket unclipped and very bright. Bookstore "signed copy" sticker on front jacket pan
Description
New York: Penguin, 2019. A fine copy with some minor shelfwear, the jacket unclipped and very bright. Bookstore "signed copy" sticker on front jacket panel. 8vo. 246 pages. Blue quarter cloth and boards; printed dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed with initials on the front flyleaf.
Valses de Vienne Opérette en Trois Actes et Sept Tableaux de A. Mouézy-Eon et Jean Marietti Couplets de Max Eddyt Musique de Joann Strauss (Père et Fils) arrangée et adaptée par Eugène Cools. [Piano-vocal score]

Valses de Vienne Opérette en Trois Actes et Sept Tableaux de A. Mouézy-Eon et Jean Marietti Couplets de Max Eddyt Musique de Joann Strauss (Père et Fils) arrangée et adaptée par Eugène Cools. [Piano-vocal score] by STRAUSS, Johann, Sr. 1804-1849 and STRAUSS, Johann, Jr. 1825-1899

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Valses de Vienne Opérette en Trois Actes et Sept Tableaux de A. Mouézy-Eon et Jean Marietti Couplets de Max Eddyt Musique de Joann Strauss (Père et Fils) arrangée et adaptée par Eugène Cools. [Piano-vocal score]
Author
STRAUSS, Johann, Sr. 1804-1849 and STRAUSS, Johann, Jr. 1825-1899
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Paris: Max Eschig [PN M.E. 4045], 1975. Folio. Illustrated wrappers. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (blank), 1f. (recto contents, verso blank), 1f. (recto cast list from the first performance at the Théâtre de la Porte St. Martin on 21 December 1933, verso blank). 119, [i] (blank) pp. Reprint of the 1933 edition.
12th Street: a quarterly; vol. 2, #4, Spring, 1949: Faust Issue

12th Street: a quarterly; vol. 2, #4, Spring, 1949: Faust Issue by Zeitlin, Jerome, editor, George Madison Priest, Christopher Marlowe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Thomas Mann, Harry Slochower, Albert Saloman, Ed Walsh, Nan Leeder, Moishe Smith et al.

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Title
12th Street: a quarterly; vol. 2, #4, Spring, 1949: Faust Issue
Author
Zeitlin, Jerome, editor, George Madison Priest, Christopher Marlowe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Thomas Mann, Harry Slochower, Albert Saloman, Ed Walsh, Nan Leeder, Moishe Smith et al.
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
New York: New School for Social Research, 1949. Magazine. pp137-216, 6x8.25 inches, essays, excerpts from plays and novels, illustrated with drawings, ads, very good booklet in stapled gray wraps. Student publication from the New School.
ALTESTEN MUSIKALISCHEN DENKMALER ZU EHREN DES HEILIGEN LEOPOLD|DIE

ALTESTEN MUSIKALISCHEN DENKMALER ZU EHREN DES HEILIGEN LEOPOLD|DIE by Zagiba, Franz

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Title
ALTESTEN MUSIKALISCHEN DENKMALER ZU EHREN DES HEILIGEN LEOPOLD|DIE
Author
Zagiba, Franz
Seller
Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
Wien: Amalthea Verlag, 1954. cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. Frontispiece; 42 pages, followed by 44 pages of facsimile. Limited to 1000 copies. Contains one color plate, 45 tables, and 76 samples of "Neumen," Musical monuments attesting to the religious and musical creativity of famous monasteries and seminaries of Austria's Middle Ages. The reproductions in this volume show the original musical handwritings honoring Austria's first patron Saint, Leopold, who was pronounced holy in the last decade of the XVth century. Jacket worn.
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Illustrated Children's Books by Barr, John.

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Title
Illustrated Children's Books
Author
Barr, John.
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Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
Description
Sma;; 4to, paperback, illustrated, 80 pp. Signature on title page, otherwise inear fine. Focused history from primitive chap books to more complex stuff like Beatrix Potter.

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