Adrian: Silver Screen to Custom Label, Christian Esquevin, 2008, Fine w/DJ

Esquevin, Christian, and Yeohlee (Foreword). Adrian: Silver Screen to Custom Label (New York: The Monacelli Press, 2008).

English, First U.S. Edition, a Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, HC, 4to, 11 1/4" x 9 1/4," 223 pp., including illustrations, Notes, and Index.

ISBN: 9781580931939

First U.S. Edition. Fine black cloth-covered boards with silver-foil lettering on spine. Covers have a faint scratch mark on front and slight wear to head and tail of spine, else clean and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Fine black, white, and gray pictorial paper dust jacket. Black lettering on white spine. Black-and-white printed photograph on front panel. Dust jacket has light rubbing and slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with black-and-white illustrations. Beautiful monograph about the life and career of Gilbert Adrian (1903-1959), also known simply as Adrian, an American costume designer and fashion couture designer. He is perhaps best-known for his costume designs made for The Wizard of Oz and other MGM films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Out of print, a comprehensive work on an important designer in film and luxury fashion.