Valentino: Thirty Years of Magic

Pellé, Marie-Paule; Patrick Mauries (text by). Valentino: Thirty Years of Magic. New York: Abbeville Press, 1990. First edition. Folio. 331pp, [2]. Original illustrated gold dust jacket with black lettering and design on front cover and spine. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Photo illustrated end papers. Illustrated frontispieces.

This book showcases the exquisite couture fashions created by Italian designer Valentino Garavani. Illustrated throughout with splendid b/w and color photographic reproductions. The book also contains a section of 250 color sketches spanning from 1960 to 1990, on handmade textured paper.

Dust jacket with some light rubbing and/or abrasions to extremities, some creasing near top edge of front and back covers with light scratches on front and back cover. Binding with some light scratches to the front cover. Dj in very good, binding in very good+, interior in near fine condition overall. vg to near fine. Hardcover. (44422) $75