BOOKS

An original illustration from the book 'The Evolution of Fashion'.

A lavishly produced Franco Maria Ricci monograph on the fashion illustrator Rene Gruau.

The first issue of America's colour standard system.

The 1941 edition of America's colour standard system.

A very good copy of Bill Brandt's first, influential photo book.

An amusing cookbook with a difference, including Warhol's Campbell's Milk of Tomato Soup.

A first edition of Edward James' privately-published collection of poems, illustrated by Whistler.

The second volume in David Hick's classic series of design volumes, with the iconic stripy dust jacket.

See through the eyes of Fornasetti with this inspirational scrapbook of ideas and designs.

The New York graphic design master in his own words.

A photographic record of the women encountered by Deborah Turbeveille on a tour of Guatemala.

A prose poem from the Surrealist art patron Edward James.

Inscribed by Edward James to Penelope Betjeman.

The sale catalogue for the auction of Edward James' Surrealist and Neo-Romantic art collection.

The contents of Versace's South Beach, Malibu palazzo.

The auction catalogue for the contents of Versace's Manhattan townhouse.

The baroque theatricality of the Duquettes and Dawnridge.

The uncommon hardback edition of the auction catalogue.

Auction catalogue of Princess Margaret's jewellery collection and the contents of her Kensington Palace apartment.

The auction catalogue for the American fashion designer's remarkable collection.