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A Passion for Purses: 1600-2005 Paula Higgins & Lori Blaser. The passionate history, art, and design of more than 500 antique, vintage, and contemporary purses that were chosen from private collections and from Cora Ginsburg LLC, the premier dealer of antique textiles and costume in the United States. Many have never been published before, providing a fresh resource for collectors. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 737 color photos • 256 pp. • 978-0-7643-2617-2 • HC • $49.95 Plastic Handbags: Sculpture to Wear 2E Kate E. Dooner. Twentieth century plastic handbags are a wearable art. More than 300 color photos reveal their beauty and the creativity of their designers that attracts today’s collectors. The most productive manufacturers of plastic handbags are featured in separate sections. A price guide is included. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •Over 300 color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-2213-6 • PB • $24.95 Popular Purses: It’s in the Bag! Leslie Piña & Donald-Brian Johnson From fun and funky to excitingly exotic, the popular purses of the mid-20th century are entic- ingly displayed in over 400 color photos and vintage ads An informative text pays tribute to fashion, while the current price guide will aid collectors Leslie Piña & Don- ald-Brian Johnson. An informative text pays tribute to fashion, while the current price guide will aid collectors. 11" × 8 1/2" • 425 color photos (279 x215mm) •PriceGuide•168pp. •978-0-7643-1293-9•HC•$39.95 Trunks, Traveling Bags, and Satchels Rose- ann Ettinger. The variety of packing trunks and carrying bags from the 1890s for salesmen, tradesmen, bankers, doctors, and travelers shown here will astound you. Taken from sales catalogs, these illustrations were advertising pieces to the new mail order business • 9" x 6" (228 x 152mm) •190b/willus. •160pp. •978-0-7643-0617-4•PB•$14.95 Vintage Purses: At Their Best 2E Lynell K. Schwartz. 100s of purses, primarily from the 19th and 20th cen- turies, in full color photos. Catalogs, advertising, trade cards, and original drawings, along with histories of the leading manufacturers, such as Bliss, Napier, Whit- ing & Davis, and Mandalian are included. Updated values. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 522 color photos •160 pp. •978-0-7643-1903-7•HC•$29.95 Whiting & Davis Purses: The Perfect Mesh Leslie Piña & Donald-Brian Johnson. With more than 600 color photos, vintage ads, catalog pages, and archival material, the informal, informative text explores the colorful Whiting & Davis history. A current price guide completes this look at the purses called the loveliest of all feminine accessories. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 600+ color photos • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643- 1642-5 • HC • $59.95 1,000 Hats Norma Shephard. More than 1,240 im- ages of museum quality hats show millinery history from the 1790s to the 1970s and include ascots, bour- relets, bigonnets, chapeaux rouges, nurses’ hats, Pa- melas, pillboxes, toreodors, turbans, and wedding hats. Materials including felts, furs (real and imitation), and feathers are adorned with beads, flowers, and sequins • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 1190 color & 58 b/w photos • 240 pp. • 978-0-7643-2403-1 • HC • $39.95 Baker’s Encyclopedia of Hatpins and Hatpin Holders Lillian Baker. This updated and expanded edition of the classic hatpin reference is enhanced with hundreds of new color photographs depicting a wide array of collectors’ treasures. Victorian hatpins are shown in close-up views with extensive text to interpret their use and place in history • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) •566photos •204pp. •978-0-7643-0485-9•HC• $39.95 Decades of Hats: 1900 to the 1970s Sue Night- ingale. An easy-to-use compilation of catalog images spanning more than seven decades and featuring hat styles available to the general female population. Chronologically presented from nearly 100 sources, the hats are showcased and presented without commentary to allow the reader to enjoy looking at them and form- ing their own conclusions as to style changes and trends in any era • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 302 images • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-4511-1 • PB • $29.99 Hats Desire Smith. Fashion hats from the early 19th century to the present in more than 350 color photos. They are presented chronological- ly by primary materials: straw, felt, horsehair, feathers, silk, velvet, and flowers. Trends in hat designs, styles, and tips on collecting, along with current prices • 11" x 81/2" (279 x 215mm) •Over 350 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-0030-1 • HC • $39.95 High Fashion Hats, 1950-1980 Rose Jamieson and Joanne Deardorff. Expert styling and flattering designs characterize the high fashion hats of the 1950s–’80s. Combines 700+ color photos with carefully researched facts about historical events, hairstyles, and hat de- signers in each decade. Includes an extensive millinery glossary. • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •710color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-2450-5 • PB • $29.95 Stetson Hats & The John B Stetson Com- pany: 1865-1970 Jeffrey B. Snyder. With beautiful full color photos, this history of the Stetson Hat Company is richly illustrated with hats, hat boxes, miniature boxes, and a large number of collectible items associated with this most famous hat company. A value guide is in- cluded. • 11"x81/2" (279x215mm) •503photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-0211-4 • HC • $39.95 Women’s Hats of the 20th Century: For Design- ers and Collectors Maureen Reilly & Mary Beth Detrich. 100s of beautiful American and European hats illustrated in more than 550 color photos. Profiles of the creators and lists of the most desirable labels. Special sections with tips on dating, storing, and dec- oration, as well as a useful value guide. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215x279mm) •570 color photos •240pp. •978-0-7643- 0204-6 • HC • $49.99 Knitting Beaded Purses: A Complete Guide to Creating Your Own Nancy Seven VanDerPuy. Antique beaded purses capture the imagination of artists and crafters today. This book will show how to use patterns and motifs of vintage bags to create replicas of the purses with today’s materials in easy step-by-step di- rections. Seven original patterns for bead-knit purses are also presented • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 157 color photos • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-2870-1 • PB • $17.00 More Beaded Purses: Lessons in Knitting Tech- niques Nancy Seven VanDerPuy. Fascinated with beaded purses? The centuries-old art of bead knitting is revived in this illustrated guide. New techniques and basic knitting instructions of 15 old and new patterns will help you make your own beaded purses. A gallery shows more ideas for variety • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 177 color images • 80 pp. • 978-0-7643-3172-5 • PB • $19.99 3000 Shoes from 1896 Roseann Ettinger. Engravings of 3,000 styles of shoes and boots for men, women, and children dating from 1896 that are again seen as stylish and enjoy renewed popularity among young and old alike • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 3000 illustrations • 72 pp. • 978-0-7643-0606-8 • PB • $19.95 Fashion Footwear: 1800-1970 Desire Smith. Footwear can most certainly be magical. More than 500 color photographs displaying fantastic footwear appear with an interview of contem- porary shoe designer Howard Davis. Details of construction are highlighted, styles are shown and explained with a thorough Footwear Glos- sary, and value ranges are offered for beginning collectors • 9" x 6" (228 x 152mm)•501color photos•256pp. •978-0-7643-1132-1•PB•$19.95 The Fashion Shoe: A Timeline of the Twentieth Century Desire Smith Beatty. This comprehensive survey, with nearly 1,100 photos, includes a visual guide by decade, with detailed information on each shoe’s design and craftsmanship. It also covers the great shoe designers, cultural and societal influences on footwear, and the role of the celebrity shoe design- er • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 1,212 color & b/w im- ages • 256 pp. • 978-0-7643-5531-8 • HC • $45.00 Hot Shoes: One Hundred Years Maureen Reilly. Explore women’s shoes as a powerful talisman of fashion, culture, and sexual energy. With 500 original color photographs and two dozen vintage illustrations, this book tells the real history of shoes real women wore. Each photo caption includes a value range • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 540 color photos • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643-0435-4 • HC • $49.95 In Step with Fashion: 200 Years of Shoe Styles Norma Shephard. Take an intimate look at shoe design over two centuries. More than 550 full color photographs reveal foot fashion favorites and their correlation to ever-changing social factors. Savor past designs and glimpse the future of shoe styles through the work of avante garde designers John Fluevog and Danny Sullivan • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 540 color & 34 b/w photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2817-6 • PB • $29.99 Made for Walking: A Modest History of the Fash- ion Boot Andy Peake. Straddling the line between practical and stylish, between fashion and fetish, this story of the boot as women’s fashion moves from boots’ origins in the ancient world, to Prohibition, to online shopping and fashion blogs. Going beyond design, it reveals the role of social history, culture, and media in the development of the boot • 7" x 10" (177 x 254mm) • 118 color &b/w images •192pp. •978-0-7643-5499-1•PB • $24.99 VINTAGE HATS MAKING BEADED PURSES VINTAGE SHOES BACKLIST VINTAGE FASHION | 87