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The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eby Dilys E. Blum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003ePhiladelphia Museum of Art, 2004. 320 page hardcover coffee-table book. A huge overview of her career, illustrated throughout. Issued on the occaison of the exhibitions in Paris and Philadelphia. Book and dust jacket in very good condition. 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The magazine, which \u003ca title=\"Time (magazine)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Time_%28magazine%29\"\u003eTime\u003c\/a\u003e described at its launch as \"a fancy bouillabaisse of Vogue, Town \u0026amp; Country, Holiday, etc.,\"\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-time.com_13-1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleur_Cowles#cite_note-time.com-13\"\u003e[13]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e was celebrated not only because of its design and editorial production by European art director \u003ca title=\"Federico Pallavicini (page does not exist)\" class=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Federico_Pallavicini\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003eFederico Pallavicini\u003c\/a\u003e (né Federico von Berzeviczy-Pallavicini)\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-16\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleur_Cowles#cite_note-16\"\u003e[16]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e but also because of its lavish production. It was the resulting cost of production that killed the magazine, since the expensive special costs (for cover cut-outs for some issues, for example) could not be supported in the long run.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContributors included \u003ca title=\"W. H. Auden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/W._H._Auden\"\u003eW. H. Auden\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Simone de Beauvoir\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Simone_de_Beauvoir\"\u003eSimone de Beauvoir\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Winston Churchill\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Churchill\"\u003eWinston Churchill\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Jean Cocteau\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Cocteau\"\u003eJean Cocteau\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Salvador Dalí\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD\"\u003eSalvador Dalí\u003c\/a\u003e (The Gypsy Angels Of Spain), \u003ca title=\"Lucian Freud\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucian_Freud\"\u003eLucian Freud\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Clare Boothe Luce\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clare_Boothe_Luce\"\u003eClare Boothe Luce\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Ogden Nash\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ogden_Nash\"\u003eOgden Nash\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Saul Steinberg\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saul_Steinberg\"\u003eSaul Steinberg\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Rufino Tamayo\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rufino_Tamayo\"\u003eRufino Tamayo\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Tennessee Williams\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tennessee_Williams\"\u003eTennessee Williams\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca title=\"Angus Wilson\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angus_Wilson\"\u003eAngus Wilson\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-nycessay_17-0\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleur_Cowles#cite_note-nycessay-17\"\u003e[17]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn later decades, Cowles served on various government committees and represented \u003ca title=\"Dwight D. Eisenhower\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwight_D._Eisenhower\"\u003eDwight D. Eisenhower\u003c\/a\u003e at the coronation of \u003ca title=\"Elizabeth II\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_II\"\u003eElizabeth II\u003c\/a\u003e. She was a member of the Founding Council of the \u003ca title=\"Rothermere American Institute\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rothermere_American_Institute\"\u003eRothermere American Institute\u003c\/a\u003e at \u003ca title=\"Oxford University\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oxford_University\"\u003eOxford University\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-18\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleur_Cowles#cite_note-18\"\u003e[18]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e In 1996, the book The Best of Flair collected much of the material from the magazine she founded. 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(June 2009)\"\u003ecitation needed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFleur Cowles' painting \"Desert Journey\" was reproduced as the cover of the 1968 \u003ca title=\"Donovan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donovan\"\u003eDonovan\u003c\/a\u003e album \u003ca title=\"Donovan in Concert (1968 album)\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donovan_in_Concert_%281968_album%29\"\u003eDonovan In Concert\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":261050506,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/L2530041.jpg?v=1571440993"},{"product_id":"eyelids-of-the-morning","title":"Eyelids of the Morning The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men by Alistair Graham and Peter Beard","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003eNew York Graphic Society, 1973. Nice copy of the first edition of this interesting and strange book on the life of men and crocodiles in and around this remote African lake. In addition to Beard's photographs, there is a lot of fascinating history of European travel in Africa, and day-to-day modern accounts of the adventures of Beard and his friends. Dust jacket in good condition, with some light wear at extremities, a very small closed tear or two, and some age toning, especially on dj flaps. Hint of sunning to cover and spine.  Light foxing.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_authors\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_publishing\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_details\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":261050792,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/1BB7E63B-440D-4DE1-A799-6DA98BF68DC0.jpg?v=1599489533"},{"product_id":"a-wonderful-time-an-intimate-portrait-of-the-good-life","title":"A Wonderful Time -  An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life by Slim Aarons","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA very nice copy in very nice jacket\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003eNew York: Harper \u0026amp; Brothers, 1974. The original classic by the Town \u0026amp; Country photographer, who recorded the rich at play in various resorts and lovely spots the world over. A nice, fresh copy, with a very good dust jacket, with only very light wear, slight rippling to laminate as is often the case with this book.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":261050828,"sku":"","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/a-wonderful-time---an-intimate-portrait-of-the-good-life.jpeg?v=1571441053"},{"product_id":"theatre-de-la-mode","title":"Theatre de la Mode","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003eNew York: Rizzoli, 1991.  Hardcover edition of this coffee-table book on the elaborate fashion show of puppets launched in Paris just after the liberation in 1944. The Paris Spring collection of 1945 presented in miniature. . Designers include: Andre Beaurepaire, Christian Berard, Elaine Bonabel, Jean Cocteau, Andre Dignimont, Georges Douking, Georges Geffroy, Emili Grau-Sala, Boris Kochno, Jean-Denis Malcles, Joan Rebull, Jean Saint-Martin, Emilio Terry, Louis Touchagues, Georges Wakhevitch. Fashion designers include Agnes Drecoll, Alex, Ana de Pombo, Anny Blatt, Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain, Bruyere, Carven, Marcell Chaumont, Jacques Fath, Jacques Heim, Hermes, Jeanne Lanvin, Lucien Lelong, Maggy Rouff, Molyneux, Paquin, Marcel Rochas, Schiaparelli, etc., etc.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_authors\"\u003eCharles-Roux, Edmonde; Seidner, David photographs. A very good copy.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_publishing\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_publishing\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_publishing\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_publishing\"\u003e\u003cem\u003efrom wikipedia:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_publishing\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThéâtre de la Mode\u003c\/b\u003e (Theatre of Fashion) was a 1945–1946 touring exhibit of fashion \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mannequin\" title=\"Mannequin\"\u003emannequins\u003c\/a\u003e, approximately 1\/3 the size of human scale, crafted by top Paris fashion designers. It was created to raise funds for war survivors and to help revive the French fashion industry in the aftermath of World War II. The original \u003ci\u003eThéâtre de la Mode\u003c\/i\u003e exhibit toured Europe and then the United States, and is now part of the permanent collections of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maryhill_Museum_of_Art\" title=\"Maryhill Museum of Art\"\u003eMaryhill Museum of Art\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_%28U.S._state%29\" title=\"Washington (U.S. state)\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eWashington State\u003c\/a\u003e in the United States.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Maryhillweb_1-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Maryhillweb-1\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Origins\"\u003eOrigins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe French fashion industry was an important economic and cultural force in Paris when World War II began. There were 70 registered \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haute_couture\" title=\"Haute couture\"\u003ecouture houses\u003c\/a\u003e in Paris, and many other smaller designers. The war had a severe impact on the industry. Couturiers and buyers fled occupied France or closed their businesses. Clothing businesses that struggled to remain open had to deal with extreme shortages of cloth, thread, and other sewing supplies. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_occupation_of_France_during_World_War_II\" title=\"German occupation of France during World War II\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eoccupying Germans\u003c\/a\u003e intended to displace Paris with Berlin as a centre of European fashion design. The Nazi regime planned to turn Berlin and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienna\" title=\"Vienna\"\u003eVienna\u003c\/a\u003e into the centres of European couture, with head offices there and an official administration, introducing subsidies for German clothing makers, and demanding that important people in the French fashion industry be sent to Germany to establish a dressmaking school there.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Kawamura45_2-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Kawamura45-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e Couture's place in France's economy was key to this plan: an exported dress made by one of France's leading couturiers was said to be worth \"ten tonnes of coal\", and a litre of fine French perfume was worth \"two tonnes of petrol\".\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Kawamura46_3-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Kawamura46-3\"\u003e[3]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrench fashion was also not only important economically, it was a vital part of France's national cultural identity. French designers resisted the Nazi regime's plans; Lucien Lelong, president of the \u003ci\u003eChambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne\u003c\/i\u003e, proclaimed, 'It is in Paris or it is nowhere'.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e A worker from Reboux, one of Paris's largest \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milliner\" title=\"Milliner\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003emilliners\u003c\/a\u003e, later said of the attitude of the fashion industry during the German occupation:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"templatequote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe wore large hats to raise our spirits. Felt gave out, so we made them out of chiffon. Chiffon was no more. All right, take straw. No more straw? Very well, braided paper.... Hats have been a sort of contest between French imagination and German regulation.... We wouldn't look shabby and worn out; after all, we were \u003ci\u003eParisiennes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Kawamura46_3-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Kawamura46-3\"\u003e[3]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter Paris was liberated, the idea for a miniature theatre of fashion came from Robert Ricci, son of couturier \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nina_Ricci_%28designer%29\" title=\"Nina Ricci (designer)\"\u003eNina Ricci\u003c\/a\u003e. All materials were in short supply at the end of World War II, and Ricci proposed using miniature mannequins, or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fashion_doll\" title=\"Fashion doll\"\u003efashion dolls\u003c\/a\u003e, to address the need to conserve textiles, leather, fur, and so on.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Kawamura47_5-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Kawamura47-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e The mannequins were 27.5 inches (700 mm) tall, fabricated of wire. Some 60 Paris couturiers amongst them \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nina_Ricci_%28designer%29\" title=\"Nina Ricci (designer)\"\u003eNina Ricci\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balenciaga\" title=\"Balenciaga\"\u003eBalenciaga\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germaine_Lecomte\" title=\"Germaine Lecomte\"\u003eGermaine Lecomte\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mad_Carpentier\" title=\"Mad Carpentier\"\u003eMad Carpentier\u003c\/a\u003e, Martial \u0026amp; Armand, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herm%C3%A8s\" title=\"Hermès\"\u003eHermès\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippe_%26_Gaston\" title=\"Philippe \u0026amp; Gaston\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ePhilippe \u0026amp; Gaston\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madeleine_Vramant\" title=\"Madeleine Vramant\"\u003eMadeleine Vramant\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeanne_Lanvin\" title=\"Jeanne Lanvin\"\u003eJeanne Lanvin\u003c\/a\u003e, Bruyère, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Balmain\" title=\"Pierre Balmain\"\u003ePierre Balmain\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-8\"\u003e[8]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e joined and volunteered their scrap materials and labour to create miniature clothes in new styles for the exhibit. Milliners created miniature hats, hairstylists gave the mannequins individual coiffures, and jewellers such as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Van_Cleef_and_Arpels\" title=\"Van Cleef and Arpels\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eVan Cleef and Arpels\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cartier_SA\" title=\"Cartier SA\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eCartier\u003c\/a\u003e contributed small necklaces and accessories. Some seamstresses even crafted miniature undergarments to go under the couture designs. Seamstresses carried their \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sewing_machine\" title=\"Sewing machine\"\u003esewing machines\u003c\/a\u003e around with them to complete work on the \u003ci\u003eThéâtre de la Mode\u003c\/i\u003e during Paris's post-War electricity shortages.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-HsuSeattle_9-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-HsuSeattle-9\"\u003e[9]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-10\"\u003e[10]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e Historian Lorraine McConaghy points out the level of detail in the clothing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"templatequote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe meticulous attention to details is so striking ... The buttons really button. The zippers really zip. The handbags have little stuff – little wallets, little compacts – inside them.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-HsuSeattle_9-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-HsuSeattle-9\"\u003e[9]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce work was completed on the \u003ci\u003eThéâtre de la Mode\u003c\/i\u003e, it became a touring exhibition of nearly 200 doll-size figurines in 15 elaborate artist-created sets. It opened at the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louvre\" title=\"Louvre\"\u003eLouvre\u003c\/a\u003e in Paris on 28 March 1945, and was enormously popular, drawing 100,000 visitors and raising a million francs for war relief. With the success of the exhibit in Paris, the \u003ci\u003eThéâtre de la Mode\u003c\/i\u003e went on a tour of Europe, with shows in London, Leeds, Barcelona, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Vienna.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Kawamura47_5-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Kawamura47-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Phoenix2011_11-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Phoenix2011-11\"\u003e[11]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e To promote the exhibit abroad, a French government official wrote to the Ambassador of France in Britain: \"France has little, alas to export, but she has her appreciation of beautiful things and the skill of her couture houses\".\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Kawamura47_5-2\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Kawamura47-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Phoenix2011_11-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Phoenix2011-11\"\u003e[11]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e After touring Europe in 1945, the mannequins were outfitted with new clothes designed for the 1946 season and the exhibition traveled to the United States, where it was displayed in New York City and San Francisco in 1946.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Kawamura47_5-3\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Kawamura47-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-HsuSeattle_9-2\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-HsuSeattle-9\"\u003e[9]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Phoenix2011_11-2\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Phoenix2011-11\"\u003e[11]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e After the final show, the mannequins were left behind in San Francisco, while the jewellery was returned to Paris.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Kawamura47_5-4\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Kawamura47-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Phoenix2011_11-3\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Phoenix2011-11\"\u003e[11]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Restoration_and_later_tours\"\u003eRestoration and later tours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"thumb tright\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"thumbinner\" style=\"width: 222px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jean_Cocteau_I_Married_a_Witch_Maryhill_Museum.jpg\" class=\"image\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2f\/Jean_Cocteau_I_Married_a_Witch_Maryhill_Museum.jpg\/220px-Jean_Cocteau_I_Married_a_Witch_Maryhill_Museum.jpg\" class=\"thumbimage\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2f\/Jean_Cocteau_I_Married_a_Witch_Maryhill_Museum.jpg\/330px-Jean_Cocteau_I_Married_a_Witch_Maryhill_Museum.jpg 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2f\/Jean_Cocteau_I_Married_a_Witch_Maryhill_Museum.jpg\/440px-Jean_Cocteau_I_Married_a_Witch_Maryhill_Museum.jpg 2x\" height=\"187\" width=\"220\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"thumbcaption\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"magnify\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"thumb tright\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"thumbinner\" style=\"width: 222px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"thumbcaption\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTribute to René Clair: I Married a Witch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Cocteau\" title=\"Jean Cocteau\"\u003eJean Cocteau\u003c\/a\u003e (1945), a restored set design for the Théâtre de la Mode.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maryhill_Museum_of_Art\" title=\"Maryhill Museum of Art\"\u003eMaryhill Museum of Art\u003c\/a\u003e in the United States acquired the mannequins in 1952 through a donation by art patron \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alma_de_Bretteville_Spreckels\" title=\"Alma de Bretteville Spreckels\"\u003eAlma de Bretteville Spreckels\u003c\/a\u003e. The original sets accompanying the dolls, which had been crafted by such artists as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christian_B%C3%A9rard\" title=\"Christian Bérard\"\u003eChristian Bérard\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Jean_Saint-Martin\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\" class=\"new\" title=\"Jean Saint-Martin (page does not exist)\"\u003eJean Saint-Martin\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georges_Wakhevitch\" title=\"Georges Wakhevitch\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eGeorges Wakhevitch\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Cocteau\" title=\"Jean Cocteau\"\u003eJean Cocteau\u003c\/a\u003e, were lost before the Maryhill acquired the exhibit. In 1988, Paris’s \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_de_la_Mode_et_du_Textile\" title=\"Musée de la Mode et du Textile\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eMusée de la Mode et du Textile\u003c\/a\u003e undertook an extensive restoration of the mannequins and painstakingly recreated the sets.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Phoenix2011_11-4\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Phoenix2011-11\"\u003e[11]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e The \u003ci\u003eThéâtre de la Mode\u003c\/i\u003e still exhibits at the Maryhill Museum of Art by rotating selections from the complete series of mannequins and sets. Parts of the \u003ci\u003eThéâtre de la Mode\u003c\/i\u003e also tour art and fashion museums throughout the United States and worldwide.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Maryhillweb_1-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_la_Mode#cite_note-Maryhillweb-1\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1980s, the designer \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BillyBoy*\" title=\"BillyBoy*\"\u003eBillyBoy*\u003c\/a\u003e organised a similar exhibition tour \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"fr\"\u003eLe Nouveau Théâtre de la Mode\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (New Theatre of Fashion) sponsored by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mattel\" title=\"Mattel\"\u003eMattel\u003c\/a\u003e with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbie\" title=\"Barbie\"\u003eBarbie\u003c\/a\u003e dolls dressed by contemporary fashion designers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_details\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":261051690,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/theatre-de-la-mode.jpeg?v=1571441106"},{"product_id":"vogue-paris-septembre-1978","title":"Vogue Paris Septembre 1978","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003eThick (472 page) issue. Gina Lollobrigida photographs the collections. Cover by Helmut Newton. Large advertising sections for Yves Saint Laurent Collection Automne-Hiver 1978\/1979, Emanuel Ungaro, Louis Feraud, Christian Aujard, Grosevnor furs. Guy Bourdin for Charles Jourdin. Sarah Moon photographs Cacharel. Horst photographs Tan Giudicelli. Elliott Erwitt photographs Saint-Laurent, Courreges, Nina Ricci, Laroche, Chanel, Madame Gres, Givenchy, Pierre Cardin, Ted Lapidus, Jean Patou, Hanae Mori, Lanvin, etc. Mile Reinhardt, Sarah Moon, Eric Boman, Guy Bourdin, Elisabetta Catalano, etc. Several pages of fashion illustration by Harvey Boyd. Pino Lancetti. Interior design by Studio Angeletti. Very good condition, light wear and light rubbing.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_authors\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_publishing\"\u003eCondé Nast , 1978\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_details\"\u003epaperback, very good condition\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":261052690,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/vogue-paris-septembre-1978.jpeg?v=1571441497"},{"product_id":"albert-hadley","title":"Albert Hadley","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Story of America's Preeminent Interior Designer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003eBy Adam Lewis. New York: Rizzoli, 2004. Large hardcover coffee-table book on the interior decorator. 272 pages. Inscribed by Hadley and Lewis. Light wear.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_authors\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":261052746,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/files\/IMG_2703.jpg?v=1775661959"},{"product_id":"the-art-of-fashion","title":"The Art of Fashion : An Auction for the Benefit of the Diana Vreeland Fund for Exhibitions","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ewith Gala invitation tucked in\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003eNew York: Sotheby's, April 18, 1990. A softcover exhibition catalogue 78 lots illustrated. Includes artwork by Giorgio Armani, Eric Mortensen, Hardy Amies, Manolo Blahnik, Bill Blass, Karl Lagerfeld, Victor Edelstein, Ferre, Perry Ellis, Emanuel, Erte, Galanos, Jean-Paul Gautier, Romeo Gigli, Givenchy, Hartnell, Carolina Herrera, Donna Karan, Louis Dell'Olio, Calvin Klein, Christian Lacroix, Bob Mackie, Mary McFadden, Missoni, Issey Miyake, Isaac Mizrahi, Edward Molyneux, Claude Montana, Hanae Mori, Bruce Oldfield, Ozbek,Oscar de la renta, Zandra Rhodes, Carolyne Roehme, Bellville Sassoon, Arnold Scaasi, Jean-Louis Scherrer, Emanuel Ungaro, Valentino, Gianni Versace, Roger Vivier, Antonio, Kenneth Paul Block, Rene Bouche, Roger Duncan, Joe Eula, Mats Gustafson, etc. Photographs by David Bailey, Henry Clarke, Patrick Demarchalier, Arthur Elgot, Horst, George Hoyningen-Huene, Peter Lindberg, Steven Meisel, Sheila Metzner, Helmut Newton, Norman Parkinson, Irving Penn, Paulo Reversi, Snowdon, Bert Stern, Deborah Turbeville, Albert Watson, Bruce Weber, Cecil Beaton. In very good condition, with light edgewear and faint grubbiness to front panel).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_authors\"\u003eVreeland, Diana\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_publishing\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":261052810,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/the-art-of-fashion.jpeg?v=1571441498"},{"product_id":"guerlain","title":"Guerlain by Colette Fellous","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003eDenoel, 1989. Large coffee-table book on the great French perfume manufacturer. In English. With lots of great color fashion shots throughout, including bottles, labels, ads reproduced. A lavish production. With original plain slipcase. Signed by a Guerlain...Christiane?\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":261052870,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/guerlain.jpeg?v=1571441499"},{"product_id":"jacques-fath","title":"Jacques Fath","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003eParis Musées, 1993. The great French monograph by Valerie Guillaume, on the French fashion designer. Hardcover. This has become quite hard to find lately. Slipcase has a little edge wear.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_authors\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_publishing\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":261052874,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/jacques-fath.jpeg?v=1571441499"},{"product_id":"vogue-s-book-of-houses-gardens-people","title":"Vogue's Book of Houses, Gardens, People","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003eNew York:Studio Book\/Viking, 1968. A nice bright copy with only minor flaws.  Articles from Vogue selected by Diana Vreeland with text by Valentine Lawford, photographs by Horst- featuring the homes of Madame Jacques Balsan, Mr \u0026amp; Mrs Carter Burden, Miss Doris Duke, Mr Henry Francis Du Pont, Lord \u0026amp; Lady Eliot, Mrs Charles Fuller, The Desmond Guinnesses, Horst's House, Mrs Nancy Lancaster, The President's House, Senator Taylor Pryor, Marchese Emilio Piucci, Baron \u0026amp; Baroness Philippe de Rothschild, Queen Mother of Rumania, Madame Claude Serreulles, Mr \u0026amp; Mrs Cy Twombly, Baroness Geoffrey de Waldner, Duke \u0026amp; Duchess of Windsor. A very nice copy with light shelf wear only, bright spine. Short closed tear and ends of spine, corners a little worn.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":261053718,"sku":"","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/files\/IMG_9836.jpg?v=1759092830"},{"product_id":"moments-preserved-slipcase-and-dust-jacket","title":"Moments Preserved by Irving Penn (slipcase and dust jacket)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003eNew York: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 1960. A nice copy of this classic book of photographs by Irving Penn, that regularly makes the lists of best 20th century photography books. Hardcover with with bright photographic slipcase, and fragile dust jacket) . A very nice copy with only minor flaws: small split at one end of seam of slipcase. Slipcase has some very slight grubbiness at seams-a little edgewear, otherwise a very tight, bright copy, with the plain dust jacket (dust jacket has light wear, slight loss, tape repair near spine). On the whole a very nice copy of a classic book of photography\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_authors\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":261057546,"sku":"","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/files\/IMG_1042_af96f90d-3f36-426e-a80d-a2e80659403e.jpg?v=1765550652"},{"product_id":"de-la-mode-des-jardins","title":"De La Mode \u0026 des Jardins au Musée Galliera","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003eParis: Imprimerie Nationale, 1997. Huge, lavishly produced fashion book devoted to flower motifs in fashion, from an exhibition in Paris, from the 18th century to the present. 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Book and jacket very good.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_publishing\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_details\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":261057650,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/de-la-mode-des-jardins.jpeg?v=1571442171"},{"product_id":"vionnet-deluxe-japanese-edition","title":"Vionnet\/ Deluxe Japanese Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eex-library copy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_body\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKyuryudo Art Publishing Co., 1991. \u003c\/span\u003eMassive Japanese edition of this beautiful work on Madeleine Vionnet by Betty Kirke- one of the rarest fashion monographs.  244 pages with original patterns reproduced, many full-page photographs of the dresses, details, archival images of the dressmaker at work. 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A very rare item in very good condition\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":924143041,"sku":"","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/A7E36570-F5DA-4B59-AF14-B2E36FDD5440.jpg?v=1644759955"},{"product_id":"mens-fashion-no-un-association-de-lelegance-masculine-francaise-2","title":"[Men's fashion] No. Un: Association de l'elegance masculine francaise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eL'homme et ses environs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAutomne 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe latest men's styles in Paris, offered in this fantastic magazine with an incredible design--have a look at the photographs. 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A handsomely produced book, 174 pages illustrated throughout (including reproductions of Alexandre Serebriakoff watercolors of the interiors, photographs of the balls and elaborate costumes, society snapshots). Book and dust jacket in very good condition, with only light handling wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efrom the dust jacket flap: \u003cem\u003eHere are the long-awaited, in some cases feared, memoirs of the Baron de Rede, a man who lived his life in the heart of the beau monde, and knew where aristocratic skeletons lie buried. He has written of his traumatic childhood, his courageous lone voyage to the United States, and how he caught the eye and heart of one of Europe's most enigmatic figures,  Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, Joining Lopez in Paris after the war, he took on the restoration of the Hotel Lambert. 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Binding has splitting along seams and spine coming loose...might need some professional help. Some foxing, age wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe perfect gift for the Mayor in your life...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":6412724613,"sku":"","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/L2470330.jpg?v=1571442983"},{"product_id":"versailles-et-les-tables-royales-en-europe","title":"Versailles et les tables royales en Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eXVIIeme-XIXeme siecles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusee National des Chateaux de Versailles et de Trianon, 1994. Massive French coffee-table book devoted to royal dining at Versailles over the centuries. 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The complex printing technique and the businesslike copyright marks are an inextricable part of the image.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17901389957,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/DSC07054.jpg?v=1571443014"},{"product_id":"marcel-breuer-new-buidings-and-projects","title":"Marcel Breuer New Buidings and Projects","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Tician Papachristou\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York: Praeger Publishers, 1970. Handsome monograph on Marcel Breuer--his projects up to 1969. Jacket has some edgewear, and longish closed tears near folds of spine, slight loss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27355851145,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/files\/IMG_9819.jpg?v=1759085817"},{"product_id":"kussharo-lake-tree-by-michael-kenna","title":"Kussharo Lake Tree by Michael Kenna","description":"\u003cp\u003eOregon: Nazraeli Press, 2013. Colorful little hardcover in the \"One Picture Book\" series from Nazraeli Press...each one has a signed original photograph, and is limited to 500 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Nazraeli Press website:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur popular One Picture Book series was conceived in 1998 as a way to make original artwork affordable. The series consists of uniformly designed, modestly-sized hardcover books, comprising 16 pages that serve as a “canvas” for the artist to display one cohesive body of work. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach One Picture Book is published in an edition of 500 numbered copies, and each contains an original tipped-in photograph, signed on the verso by the artist; hence the name of the series.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28553459081,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/L2500447.jpg?v=1571443035"},{"product_id":"cracked-trees-by-todd-hido-2009","title":"Cracked Trees by Todd Hido 2009","description":"\u003cp\u003eOregon: Nazraeli Press, 2009. Colorful little hardcover in the \"One Picture Book\" series from Nazraeli Press...each one has a signed original photograph, and is limited to 500 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Nazraeli Press website:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur popular \u003cem\u003eOne Picture Book \u003c\/em\u003eseries was conceived in 1998 as a way to make original artwork affordable. The series consists of uniformly designed, modestly-sized hardcover books, comprising 16 pages that serve as a “canvas” for the artist to display one cohesive body of work. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach \u003cem\u003eOne Picture Book\u003c\/em\u003e is published in an edition of 500 numbered copies, and each contains an original tipped-in photograph, signed on the verso by the artist; hence the name of the series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28553517577,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/L2500456.jpg?v=1571443036"},{"product_id":"songbook-by-alec-soth","title":"Songbook by Alec Soth (signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMack, 2015. Hardcover with pale green cloth boards. Signed by the photographer. A collection of photographs by Soth. Light wear only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003efrom wikipedia:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlec Soth\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1969, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minneapolis,_Minnesota\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Minneapolis, Minnesota\"\u003eMinneapolis, Minnesota\u003c\/a\u003e, United States) is an American \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photographer\" title=\"Photographer\"\u003ephotographer\u003c\/a\u003e, based in Minneapolis, who makes \"large-scale American projects\" featuring the midwestern \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" title=\"United States\"\u003eUnited States\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb16_1-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb16-1\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e His photography has a cinematic feel with elements of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Folklore\" title=\"Folklore\"\u003efolklore\u003c\/a\u003e that hint at a story behind the image. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Times\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"New York Times\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/a\u003e art critic Hilarie M. Sheets wrote that he has made a \"photographic career out of finding chemistry with strangers\" and photographs \"loners and dreamers\".\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e His work tends to focus on the \"off-beat, hauntingly banal images of modern America\" according to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Guardian\" title=\"The Guardian\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/a\u003e art critic Hannah Booth.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb16_1-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb16-1\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e His work has been compared to that of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walker_Evans\" title=\"Walker Evans\"\u003eWalker Evans\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Shore\" title=\"Stephen Shore\"\u003eStephen Shore\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb16_1-2\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb16-1\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e He is a member of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magnum_Photos\" title=\"Magnum Photos\"\u003eMagnum Photos\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoth has had various books of his work published by major publishers as well as self-published through his own Little Brown Mushroom.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-i-d-brumfitt_3-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-i-d-brumfitt-3\"\u003e[3]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e His major publications are Sleeping by the Mississippi, Niagara, Broken Manual and Songbook. He has received fellowships from the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McKnight_Foundation\" title=\"McKnight Foundation\"\u003eMcKnight\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerome_Foundation\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Jerome Foundation\"\u003eJerome\u003c\/a\u003e Foundations and was the recipient of the 2003 Santa Fe Prize for Photography. His photographs are in major public and private collections, including the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art\" title=\"San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\"\u003eSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art\u003c\/a\u003e, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Houston\" title=\"Museum of Fine Arts, Houston\"\u003eMuseum of Fine Arts Houston\u003c\/a\u003e, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minneapolis_Institute_of_Arts\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Minneapolis Institute of Arts\"\u003eMinneapolis Institute of Arts\u003c\/a\u003e, and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walker_Art_Center\" title=\"Walker Art Center\"\u003eWalker Art Center\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb17_4-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb17-4\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e His work has been exhibited widely including as part of the 2004 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whitney_Biennial\" title=\"Whitney Biennial\"\u003eWhitney Biennial\u003c\/a\u003e and a major solo exhibition at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Media_Space\" title=\"Media Space\"\u003eMedia Space\u003c\/a\u003e in London in 2015.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Life_and_work\"\u003eLife and work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoth studied at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarah_Lawrence_College\" title=\"Sarah Lawrence College\"\u003eSarah Lawrence College\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bronxville,_New_York\" title=\"Bronxville, New York\"\u003eBronxville, New York\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e He was reported to be \"painfully shy\" in his youth.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-2\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoth liked the work of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diane_Arbus\" title=\"Diane Arbus\"\u003eDiane Arbus\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-3\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e He traveled around the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mississippi_River\" title=\"Mississippi River\"\u003eMississippi River\u003c\/a\u003e and made a self-printed book entitled Sleeping by the Mississippi which included both landscapes and portraits.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-4\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e Curators for the 2004 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whitney_Biennial\" title=\"Whitney Biennial\"\u003eWhitney Biennial\u003c\/a\u003e put him in their show, and one of his photographs entitled \"Charles\", of a man in a flight suit on his roof holding two model airplanes, was used in their poster.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-5\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen he photographs people, Soth feels nervous at times. He said: \"My own awkwardness comforts people, I think. It’s part of the exchange.\"\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-6\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e When he was on the road, he'd have notes describing types of pictures he wanted taped to the steering wheel of his car.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-7\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e One list was: \"beards, birdwatchers, mushroom hunters, men’s retreats, after the rain, figures from behind, suitcases, tall people (especially skinny), targets, tents, treehouses and tree lines.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-8\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e With people, he'll ask their permission to photograph them, and often wait for them to get comfortable; he sometimes uses an 8x10 camera. He tries to find a \"narrative arc and true storytelling\" and pictures in which each picture will lead to the next one.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-9\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis first book, Sleeping by the Mississippi, was published in 2004.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-10\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e His second book, Niagara, was published in 2006. One of his photos is of a woman in a bridal gown sitting outside what appears to be a motel; he describes having made an arrangement with a particular wedding chapel in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niagara_Falls,_New_York\" title=\"Niagara Falls, New York\"\u003eNiagara Falls\u003c\/a\u003e which let him take pictures of couples getting married, by photographing them after their weddings.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb18_5-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb18-5\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoth made several more photographic books including Last Days of W, a book about a country \"exhausted by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_W._Bush\" title=\"George W. Bush\"\u003eGeorge W. Bush\u003c\/a\u003e's presidency\".\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-11\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoth has photographed for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times_Magazine\" title=\"The New York Times Magazine\"\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fortune_%28magazine%29\" title=\"Fortune (magazine)\"\u003eFortune\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newsweek\" title=\"Newsweek\"\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoth, along with writer Lester B. Morrison, created Broken Manual over four years (2006–2010) an underground instruction manual for those looking to escape their lives. Soth investigates the places in which people retreat to escape civilization, he photographs \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monk\" title=\"Monk\"\u003emonks\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Survivalism\" title=\"Survivalism\"\u003esurvivalists\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hermit\" title=\"Hermit\"\u003ehermits\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Runaway_%28dependent%29\" title=\"Runaway (dependent)\"\u003erunaways\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoth concurrently produced the photo book From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America an overview of Soth’s photography from the early 1990s to the present.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoth founded the publishing house, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Little_Brown_Mushroom_%28publisher%29\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\" class=\"new\" title=\"Little Brown Mushroom (publisher) (page does not exist)\"\u003eLittle Brown Mushroom\u003c\/a\u003e (LBM), in 2010. Through it, he publishes his own, and that of other like-minded people, \"narrative photography books that function in a similar way to children's books,\" in book, magazine and newspaper formats.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-sean-ohagan-guardian-2013_6-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-sean-ohagan-guardian-2013-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e He has collaborated on numerous books with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brad_Zellar\" title=\"Brad Zellar\"\u003eBrad Zellar\u003c\/a\u003e, a Minnesota writer from the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twin_Cities\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Twin Cities\"\u003eTwin Cities\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 2010, Soth flew to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" title=\"United Kingdom\"\u003eUnited Kingdom\u003c\/a\u003e but despite not having applied for a work visa was allowed into the country on the understanding that if he was \"caught taking photographs\" he could be put in prison for two years.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb16_1-3\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb16-1\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e So he handed the camera to his young daughter who took pictures in Brighton.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb16_1-4\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb16-1\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA 2016 photo exhibition, titled \"Hypnagogia\", featured 30 images from Soth's 20-year exploration of the state between wakefulness and sleep. “Described as a neurological phenomenon, one recurrently associated with creativity, a hypnagogic state is the dreamlike experience while awake that conjures vivid, sometimes realistic imagery,” Soth explained in the artist statement for the project.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 2004, Soth became a nominee of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magnum_Photos\" title=\"Magnum Photos\"\u003eMagnum Photos\u003c\/a\u003e agency and in 2008 he became a full member. He lives with his wife and children in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minneapolis,_Minnesota\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Minneapolis, Minnesota\"\u003eMinneapolis\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-twsDecZb15_2-12\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Soth#cite_note-twsDecZb15-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Publications_by_Soth\"\u003ePublications by Soth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eSleeping by the Mississippi. Photographs by Alec Soth, essays by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patricia_Hampl\" title=\"Patricia Hampl\"\u003ePatricia Hampl\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anne_Wilkes_Tucker\" title=\"Anne Wilkes Tucker\"\u003eAnne Wilkes Tucker\u003c\/a\u003e. Göttingen: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steidl\" title=\"Steidl\"\u003eSteidl\u003c\/a\u003e, 2004.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eNiagara. Göttingen: Steidl, 2006. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/9783865212337\" class=\"internal mw-magiclink-isbn\"\u003eISBN 978-3865212337\u003c\/a\u003e. Photographs by Alec Soth, essays by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Ford\" title=\"Richard Ford\"\u003eRichard Ford\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Philip_Brookman\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\" class=\"new\" title=\"Philip Brookman (page does not exist)\"\u003ePhilip Brookman\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eFashion Magazine. Paris: Magnum, 2007. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/9782952410212\" class=\"internal mw-magiclink-isbn\"\u003eISBN 978-2-9524102-1-2\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eDog Days Bogota. Göttingen: Steidl, 2007. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/9783865214515\" class=\"internal mw-magiclink-isbn\"\u003eISBN 978-3-865214-51-5\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eLast Days of W. St. Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2008.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eSheep. TBW Subscription Series #2. Oakland, CA: TBW, 2009. Edition of 800 copies. The other volumes are by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Todd_Hido\" title=\"Todd Hido\"\u003eTodd Hido\u003c\/a\u003e, Abner Nolan and Marianne Mueller.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eBroken Manual. Göttingen: Steidl, 2010. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/9783869301990\" class=\"internal mw-magiclink-isbn\"\u003eISBN 978-3-869301-99-0\u003c\/a\u003e. With Lester B. Morrison.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Here to There: Alec Soth’s America. Minneapolis, MN: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walker_Art_Center\" title=\"Walker Art Center\"\u003eWalker Art Center\u003c\/a\u003e, 2010. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/9780935640960\" class=\"internal mw-magiclink-isbn\"\u003eISBN 978-0-935640-96-0\u003c\/a\u003e. Catalogue of a retrospective exhibition curated by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siri_Engberg\" title=\"Siri Engberg\"\u003eSiri Engberg\u003c\/a\u003e. Foreword by Olga Viso; texts by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geoff_Dyer\" title=\"Geoff Dyer\"\u003eGeoff Dyer\u003c\/a\u003e, \"Riverrun\"; Britt Salvesen, \"American History\"; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barry_Schwabsky\" title=\"Barry Schwabsky\"\u003eBarry Schwabsky\u003c\/a\u003e, \"A Wandering Art\"; a poem by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_Kleinzahler\" title=\"August Kleinzahler\"\u003eAugust Kleinzahler\u003c\/a\u003e, \"Sleeping it off in Rapid City\"; and Soth in conversation with Bartholomew Ryan, \"Dismantling My Career\". Includes separate book The Loneliest Man in Missouri by Soth, inserted into back cover.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsh Wednesday, New Orleans. Kamakura, Japan: Super Labo, 2010.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne Mississippi. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazraeli_Press\" title=\"Nazraeli Press\"\u003eNazraeli Press\u003c\/a\u003e, 2010.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonely Boy Mag. No. A-1: Alec Soth’s Midwestern Exotica. St. Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2011. Edition of 1000 copies. Photographs and text by Soth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLa Belle Dame Sans Merci. Edizioni Punctum, 2011. Edition of 500 copies.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eItalian-language edition. Text in Italian. 175 copies of the 500 total edition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eLooking for Love. Berlin: Kominek Bücher, 2012.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eOhio. LBM Dispatch #1. Saint Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2012. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number\" title=\"Amazon Standard Identification Number\"\u003eASIN\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B008ESQB4Y\"\u003eB008ESQB4Y\u003c\/a\u003e. Text by Brad Zellar. Edition of 2000 copies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eUpstate. LBM Dispatch #2. Saint Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2012. Text by Brad Zellar. Edition of 2000 copies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eMichigan. LBM Dispatch #3. Saint Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2012. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number\" title=\"Amazon Standard Identification Number\"\u003eASIN\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00BT1KY14\"\u003eB00BT1KY14\u003c\/a\u003e. Text by Brad Zellar. Edition of 2000 copies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree Valleys. LBM Dispatch #4. Saint Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2013. Text by Brad Zellar. Edition of 2000 copies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eColorado. LBM Dispatch #5. Saint Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2013. Text by Brad Zellar Edition of 2000 copies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eTexas. LBM Dispatch #6. Saint Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2013. Text by Brad Zellar. Edition of 2000 copies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeorgia. LBM Dispatch #7. Saint Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2014. Text by Brad Zellar. Edition of 2000 copies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ePing Pong Conversations: Alec Soth with Francesco Zanot. Rome: Contrasto, 2013. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/9788869654091\" class=\"internal mw-magiclink-isbn\"\u003eISBN 978-8869654091\u003c\/a\u003e. Transcripts compiled from conversations between Soth and Zanot, with new and previously published photographs by Soth. Zanot contributes an introduction, \"Alec Soth: the Recycling of Photography\".\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eBogota Funsaver. One Picture Book 88. Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2014. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/9781590054178\" class=\"internal mw-magiclink-isbn\"\u003eISBN 9781590054178\u003c\/a\u003e. Edition of 500 copies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eSongbook. Göttingen: Steidl, 2015. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/9781910164020\" class=\"internal mw-magiclink-isbn\"\u003eISBN 978-1910164020\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eGathered Leaves. London: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mack_%28publishing%29\" title=\"Mack (publishing)\"\u003eMack\u003c\/a\u003e, 2015. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/9781910164365\" class=\"internal mw-magiclink-isbn\"\u003eISBN 9781910164365\u003c\/a\u003e. 29 large format postcards and mini facsimile versions of Sleeping by the Mississippi, Niagara, Broken Manual, and Songbook. With an introduction by Kate Bush and an essay by Aaron Schuman.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29512606793,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/L2500581.jpg?v=1571443040"},{"product_id":"australian-emigration-1847-phillipsland-by-john-dunmore-lang","title":"[Australian Emigration, 1847] Phillipsland by John Dunmore Lang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eor the Hitherto Designated Port Phillip: Its Present Condition and Prospects as a Highly Eligible Field for Emigration\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby John Dunmore Lang\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdinburgh: Printed by Thomas Constable, 1847. Scarce old hardcover-a little bit of early Australian history.  447 pages of description of the people and places of this Australian region. Original binding has some wear and a split neat top of spine. Pages have some browning. Marbled boards rubbed and tipped worn. Front hinge split but sound. Four plates and two maps mentioned in instructions to the binder not bound in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31991174921,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/L2510075.jpg?v=1571443048"},{"product_id":"histoire-des-moyens-de-communication","title":"Histoire des Moyens de Communication","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003esuivie d'un coup d'oeil pittoresque et archeologique sur les chateaux anciens et modernes, par Edmond Audouit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParis: Alphonse Desesserts, Editeur, (undated--1851?). Nice old leather volume on transportation and communication...including a large section on hot air balloons, trains, etc. animals used in communication, etc. With original lithographs. With an old ink stamp in three places. Great marbled endpapers and marbled boards. Some foxing, and foxing to tissue sheets protecting lithographs. Evidence of a skillful rebacking to leather spine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32076418057,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/L2510064.jpg?v=1571443049"},{"product_id":"poetry-and-poets-by-richard-ryan-1830","title":"Poetry and Poets by Richard Ryan 1830","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeing a collection of the choicest anecdotes relative to the poets of every age and nation; together with specimens of their works, and sketches of their biography. Written and compiled by Richard Ryan...in three volumes, illustrated by engravings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLondon: Wm Clarke, 1830.  Three small volumes--very rare--with attractive binding, and the bookplate of Thomas Hovey Gage in each. Also an old ink signature from 1862. Full of interesting anecdotes, and some nice plates.  Marbled boards quite rubbed. Hinges have opened a bit but binding sound.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32077802249,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/L2510069.jpg?v=1571443049"},{"product_id":"walter-gay","title":"Walter Gay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eNew York: Dutton, 1920. Early monograph on this beguiling painter of interiors. Large, scarce volume limited to 950 copies. Boards unevenly sunned, with a stain on back panel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Valley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":139430199305,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0187\/2886\/products\/L2510943.jpg?v=1571443056"},{"product_id":"halls-et-bureaux-modernes","title":"Halls et Bureaux Modernes","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Maxime Cizaletti\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParis: Editions Alexis Sinjon, undated [1930]. Scarce folio, complete of 48 loose plates of modern exhibition halls, banks, public spaces, entranceways and hotels. plus a two page introduction with a list of designers. J. Bourgon, E. L. Viret, Charles Bourgeois, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, Francis Jourdain, Auguste Drouot, etc. Plates have some age-toning at edges. 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