Kozan, Sakakibara and H. Russell Robinson:. THE MANUFACTURE OF ARMOUR AND HELMETS IN SIXTEENTH CENTURY JAPAN. Revised and Edited by H. Russell Robinson. Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc., 1963. Publishers blue hardcover with original jacket. 156 pages. Illustrated in bw and color, complete with colored frontispiece. Jacket is very worn but is now in acid-free see-through mylar protected from further harm. Inside clean and fine and overall a very good copy.
First edition. Scarce
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Author explores the sexual impact of clothes, bodily modification as foot-binding and head-flattening, on modern man, the enjoyment of discomfort of clothes, reviewing all kinds of penintential or captive gear.
Bernard Rudofsky (Austrian-American, 1905–1988) was an architect, curator, critic, exhibition designer, and fashion designer whose entire oeuvre was influenced by his lifelong interest in concepts about the body and the use of our senses. He is best known for his controversial exhibitions and accompanying catalogs, including Are Clothes Modern? (Museum of Modern Art [MoMA], 1944), Architecture without Architects (MoMA, 1964), and Now I Lay Me Down to Eat (Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1980). He was also famous for his mid-20th-century Bernardo sandal design
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“Richard Avedon – Photographs 1946-2004”. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2007. Tall 4to hardcover, with dustjacket. 192 pages with 128 photos, hereof 2 in color and 126 in Triplex print. Texts in English by Helle Crenzien, Geoff Dyer, Jeffrey Fraenkel, Rune Gade, Michael Juul Holm, Christoph Ribbat, Judith Thurman et…
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David Lynch: The Air Is on Fire (Foundation Cartier) – ENGLISH VERSION. Published by Steidl for Paris: Fondation Cartier, 2007. Large heavy 4to, no jacket as issued. 452 pages, richly illustrated, complete with two CDs included. Text in English. Some minor soiling mainly to spine – a bit of denting…
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Cy Twombly (English Version), edited by Jonas Storsve. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou / Sieveking 2020 (2016). Oversized squarish 4to hardcover with dustjackeyt. 320 pages with over 200 illustrations in color. Text in English. New copy Great retrospective from the Centre Pompidou show
