Stella Blum Editor (23 results)

Glossy Pictorial Softcover. Condition: Vg. No Edition Stated. 88 pages. Top corner tip of front cover worn. Front cover has vertical crease the length of the book. Oversized book may need additional postage for International shipping. Photos of book on request.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. Stiff illus. wraps. xiii,129 pp., 310 line drawings, 14 covers, including 8 in color. Light shelf wear, a few mild thumbing creases to covers. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Never sold copy with crisp pages. Would be fully New except for slight crease in far corner of front cover and small sticker attached to bar code on back cover. Later reprinting of 1974 original. Heavy, so extra freight if going outside of US. 294 large pages. NOTE: ABE's stock image of cover does not fit this book. It is the alternative cover shown, as of 1-17-2022, on the copies being sold by Left Coast Books, Warren Hahn, GreatBookPrices and a few other sellers.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 9 3/8 x 12 1/4", 294 pages, 283 plates containing over 1,000 bw illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Publisher's maroon cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket not priced or clipped. First Edition. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. Fine condition in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Illustrated throughout with 130 prints and photos, 43 in full color. Many essays by expert contributors. Chronology. Select bibliography. From the Dust Jacket: "The show presented more than 150 costumes, uniforms, and military and equestrian trappings dating from the eighteenth century in Austria and Hungary to the collapse of the Hapsburg Empire in 1918. But at the heart of the exhibition were the costumes and liveries worn at court in the late nineteenth century, during the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elizabeth.". First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Publisher's maroon cloth/Jacket not priced or clipped. 166pp.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Dover Publications Inc., Mineola, NY. 1985. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 91 pp 4to. This book presents a fashion parade of authentic ladies' and children's styles from the most influential women's magazine of the period- Godey's Lady's Book - which presented both original fashions and adaptations from European publications. Over 400 striking designs, including 42 figures in full were chosen for this volume. The image shown was developed in mid-19th-century America reflecting the influences of Queen Victoria, the court of Napoleon III, and American adaptations of European designs. A clean very presentable copy.

Paperback. Condition: New. /BRAND NEW/SAME AS PICTURED/.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No jacket. Dover Publications, 1978. Paperback, 4to, vi,90pp, illust. Colour plates cockled. A fair copy. 0486236900/0.3us . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

Paperback. 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 133pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine. First edition, tight and nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. (1980) 168 pp. Original dark red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Underlining to several leaves. DJ lightly rubbed w/ light edge wear. Approx. 5" closed tear along hinge of front panel. Includes 130 illustrations, 43 in full color. Contents nice.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Victorian Fashions & Costumes from Harpers Bazar 1867-1898, Stella Blum, Editor. Published by Dover Publications Inc, New York, NY, 1974. 1st Edition. Paperback. No DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. 294 Pgs. ISBN 0486229904. LCCN 73-92635. This book consists of the finest illustrations from Harper's Bazar between the years 1867 and 1898, the period of its peak importance. These illustrations not only show you what apparel appealed to our Victorian ancestors, but give you an idea of the evolutionary nature of fashion as well. You will see bustles come and go, natural forms become the vogue only to be superseded by the constricting hourglass figure. Each look is illustrated with a number of different garments. There are gowns for the morning hours, dinner dresses, sporting costumes, traveling clothes and apparel for special occasions: weddings, communions, funerals, etc. Since no costume was complete without accessories, a full line of hats, fans, parasols, muffs, gloves, handkerchiefs, jewelry, shoes and hair styles is shown as well. A selection of children's attire is also included. An introduction by Stella Blum covers the history of Harper's Bazar and examines the various phases fashion went through between 1867 and 1898. Description text copyright 2017 BooksForComfort. Item ID 32088. book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Fashions and Costumes from Godeys Ladys Book. Stella Blum, Editor. Published by Dover Publications Inc, New York, NY, 1985. 1st Edition. Paperback. No DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Fine. 79 Pgs. ISBN 0486248410. LCCN 84-21208. Over 400 striking fashion designs from rare issues of Godey's Lady's Book (1837-1869), the most influential women's magazine of the period. Introduction and captions. 435 designs, 42 in full color. Description text copyright 2013 BooksForComfort. Item ID 27729. book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Everyday Fashions of the Twenties, As Pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs, Stella Blum, Editor. Published by Dover Publications Inc, Mineola, NY, 1981. 1st Edition. Paperback. No DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. 342 Pgs. ISBN 0486241343. LCCN 81-65205. The Roaring Twenties, age of jazz and flappers, Model T Fords and Hollywood movie stars, was also a time when for millions the bulky catalogs of Montgomery Ward or Sears, Roebuck were a substitute for the window displays of Paris or New York fashion shops. You'll find here a marvelous panorama of smart, modish, chic, stylish, and ultra fashionable apparel, as well as more traditional garments for women and misses. You'll see slower-to-change men's fashions - shirts, ties, suits, sweaters, and sports clothes - become trimmer, brighter, smarter. And you can follow the trends in children's fashions as well. Black and white catalog reprints. Description text copyright 2017 BooksForComfort. Item ID 31755. book.

Softcover. Condition: As New. Accurate record of actual dress of the Roaring Twenties in over 150 pages of mail-order catalogs, selected and with text by Stella Blum. The Roaring Twenties, age of jazz and flappers, Model T Fords and Hollywood movie stars, was also a time when for millions the bulky catalogs of Montgomery Ward or Sears, Roebuck were a substitute for the window displays of Paris or New York fashion shops. Buying clothing through the mails had become an American institution, and entire families were often dressed via the U.S. Post Office. More conservative than the up-to-the-minute fashion shops, mail-order catalogs nevertheless offered surprisingly much of the haute couture. But, above all, they accurately record what men, women, and children were actually wearing in the 1920s. Now Stella Blum (Curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) has distilled into this volume the essence of the fashion pages of the Sears, Roebuck and other mail-order catalogs of the Twenties. Her informative text and selection of over 150 representative catalog pages - comprising over 750 illustrations with original captions - gradually trace the evolution of dress modes from the vogue of stodgy postwar fashions to the impact on costume of the crash of '29. In a year-by-year survey, Mrs. Blum's introductory texts relate the trends in fashion to the social changes of the dynamic and restless era, assessing the influence of war and technological developments on the high hemlines, flattened busts and hips, geometric patterns and "bobbed" hairstyles of the boyish flapper look. And as she notes, it was through the Sears catalogs that Parisian designers like Coco Chanel, Jeanne Lanvin, and Madeleine Vionnet made their influence felt on Midwestern farms and in urban ghettos. You'll find here a marvelous panorama of "smart," "modish," "chic," "stylish," and "ultra fashionable" apparel, as well as more traditional garments: for women and "misses" there are Middy blouses, Russian boots modeled by Gloria Swanson, "Bob" hats modeled by Clara Bow and Joan Crawford; coats, suits, dresses (including the first maternity dresses), sweaters, capes; silk and rayon stockings, corsets, chemises, camisoles, negligees; and accessories like necklaces, belts, combs, headbands, umbrellas, gloves, compacts, hand bags, wristwatches, and powderpuff cases. You'll see slower-to-change men's fashions - shirts, ties, suits, sweaters, and sports clothes - become trimmer, brighter, smarter. And you can follow the trends in children's fashions as well. For historians of costume, nostalgia buffs, and casual browsers, these pages afford a rare picture - unspoiled by recent myths about the Roaring Twenties - of how average people really dressed in the jazz age. GIFT QUALITY. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fashion & Beauty; United States; Fashion, Fabrics & Style; History. ISBN: 0486241343. ISBN/EAN: 9780486241340. Inventory No: 277433.

Softcover. Condition: As New. Hundreds of authentic images reflect a mood of economic austerity. Over 130 fully illustrated pages from Sears catalogs offer historically accurate pictures of what men, women, and children wore throughout the decade. For thousands of women across America, hard hit when the frivolity of the twenties ended so resoundingly with the Crash of '29, the pages of the Sears catalog became an essential resource in maintaining a wardrobe. An ambitious marketing operation, it could not afford to take chances on haute couture; its fashions were geared as closely as possible to the prevailing tastes of the American people. For this historically accurate sampling of authentic 1930s fashion, Stella Blum, former Curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, selected for reproduction 133 representative pages from rare Sears catalogs of the period (fall and spring catalog for each year from 1930 to 1939). Hundreds of illustrations record what men, women, and children were actually wearing in the 1930s when, as a copyline from the Fall 1930 catalog proclaimed: "Thrift is the spirit of the day. Reckless spending is a thing of the past."You'll see here how simpler women's fashion designs - of more traditional, affordable material - recaptured the feminine form with a more natural waistline and lower hemlines than seen in the twenties. For evening wear, longer dresses replaced flamboyant beaded short gowns while cloche hats, another twenties trademark, were replaced by berets, pillboxes, and turbans. The seriousness of the accessories and dresses endorsed by such Hollywood legends as Loretta Young, Claudette Colbert, and Fay Wray.For historians of costume, nostalgia buffs and casual browsers, these pages afford a rare picture of how the average American really dressed during the thirties. It is an essential resource for study of the clothing of an important era which designers cannot afford to be without. GIFT QUALITY. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fashion & Beauty; United States; Fashion, Fabrics & Style; History. ISBN: 048625108X. ISBN/EAN: 9780486251080. Inventory No: 277431.

Softcover. Condition: As New. Eight-eight fashion plates from great 19th-century "style" periodical Repository of Arts show evening, riding, walking dress, women's fashion in charmingly rendered pictures. Finest source for post-Empire, pre-Victorian Romantic style in women's costume. GIFT QUALITY. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fashion & Beauty; United States; Fashion, Fabrics & Style; History. ISBN: 0486236900. ISBN/EAN: 9780486236902. Inventory No: 277451.

Softcover. Condition: As New. A unique fashion image developed in mid nineteenth-century America reflecting the influences of Queen Victoria, the court of Napoleon III and American adaptions of European designs, many of the stylish silhouettes that emerged from this spirited era are still admired today.This book presents a fashion parade of authentic ladies' and childrens' styles from the most influential women's magazine of the period - Godey's Lady's Book - which presented both original fashions and adaptations from European publications.Over 400 striking designs, including 42 figures in full colour, were chosen for this volume from a selection of rare issues (1837-1869) of Godey's by Stella Blum, director of Kent State University Museum and former curator of the Costume Institute at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.Among the many beautiful illustrations reproduced here are morning dresses, walking suits, riding outfits, ball gowns, capes, children's costumes, plus hairstyles and a full array of accessories - shoes, bonnets, gloves, muffs, fans, walking sticks, and more. Captions detail the rich fabrics, colour schemes, and decorative trims of this gallery of vintage attire.The illustrations offer a panoramic view of evolving styles from Victorian 1940s outfits with severe high necklines, elongated bodices, and bonnets designed to keep the wearer's eyes looking chastely ahead; to 1950's adaptations of French haute couture featuring ornate gowns widened with hoopskirts and elaborately trimmed with lace, ribbons, fringes, and feathers; to 1860's garb in which skirts narrowed and graceful trains replaced the hoopskirt.Costume and culture historians, clothing designers and illustrators will find the work a valuable reference to clothing designs of the period and a fascinating look back at mid-Victorian couture. GIFT QUALITY. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fashion & Beauty; United States; Fashion, Fabrics & Style; History. ISBN: 0486248410. ISBN/EAN: 9780486248417. Inventory No: 277427.

Softcover. Condition: As New. Day costumes, evening wear, sports clothes, shoes, hats, other accessories in over 1,000 detailed engravings. Very thorough identification of styles, materials, colors by editor. "An endlessly entertaining book." - Theatre Design and Technology. After the Civil War the upper middle class in America expanded and became increasingly style-conscious. Visiting European royalty as well as American women returning from the International Exhibition in Paris in 1867 stimulated fashion awareness - and it was in this climate that the magazine Harper's Bazar flowered. Dedicated to being "A repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction," it brought to American women inside glimpses of the very latest European and American fashions, all in carefully detailed engravings. It was much the finest source for high fashion for this period. This book consists of the finest illustrations from Harper's Bazar between the years 1867 and 1898, the period of its peak importance. These illustrations not only show you what apparel appealed to our Victorian ancestors, but give you an idea of the evolutionary nature of fashion as well. You will see bustles come and go, natural forms become the vogue only to be superseded by the constricting hourglass figure. Each look is illustrated with a number of different garments. There are gowns for the morning hours, dinner dresses, sporting costumes, traveling clothes and apparel for special occasions: weddings, communions, funerals, etc. Since no costume was complete without accessories, a full line of hats, fans, parasols, muffs, gloves, handkerchiefs, jewelry, shoes and hair styles is shown as well. A selection of children's attire is also included. An introduction by Stella Blum covers the history of Harper's Bazar and examines the various phases fashion went through between 1867 and 1898. GIFT QUALITY. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fashion & Beauty; United States; Fashion, Fabrics & Style; History. ISBN: 0486229904. ISBN/EAN: 9780486229904. Inventory No: 277444.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Former owner's Bookplate on front endpaper. Text in English and Japanese. Dust jacket slightly rubbed at head and foot of spine and corners.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Eighteenth-Century French Fashion Plates in Full Color. Stella Blum, Editor. Published by Dover Publications Inc, New York, NY, 1982. 1st Edition. Paperback. No DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: VG. Some edge wear to covers, 3-4 pages top corner creased, overall content excellent. 96 Pgs. ISBN 0486243311. LCCN 82-1427. 64 Engravings from the ''Galerie des Modes'', 1778-1787. The Galerie des Modes has been called the ''most beautiful collection in existence on the fashions of the 18th century.'' Published over a 10-year period, its plates were elegantly drawn, accurately engraved, and exquisitely hand colored. Here are 64 of the finest plates, reproduced faithfully from the originals and selected by costume historian Stella Blum, Curator, Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Includes a glossary that features special fashion terms, the meaning of many having been obscured by time. A complete list of Plates provides translations of the original French captions, and additional information about the fashions depicted. Description text copyright 2013 BooksForComfort. Item ID 27728. book.