Dresses from the Collection of Diana, Princess of Wales; Christie's, 1997, NF HC w/DJ

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New York: Christie's, 1997. 
English, Near Fine, HC, Folio, 17" x 12", 204 pp. 

Hardcover in dark blue cloth with an attached silver cloth bookmark. Laid-in is a blank Absentee Bid Form for the auction. 204 pp. Near Fine dark blue pictorial dust jacket, light shelf wear, now in Mylar. Includes full-color reproduced photographs of Princess Diana in the 80 dresses up for auction, as well as details of each dress and a few illustrations from the designers. From the title page: "Christie's is conducting this sale on behalf of AIDS Crisis Trust and The Royal Marsden Hospital Cancer Fund. A portion of the proceeds of this sale, as well as the profits from catalogue sales, will also benefit AIDS Care Center, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, The Harvard AIDS Institute and the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center." Published on the occasion of the not-for-profit charity sale conducted by Christie's in New York on Wednesday, June 25, 1997, at 6:30 pm, a few months before her untimely death. Scarce as hardcover.