New Releases by Tom Tierney

Scores of carefully rendered illustrations depict more than 4,000 years of Celtic apparel-from cloaks worn by European Celts ca. 2000 b.c. to the plaid tunics of British-Celtic farm women (100 b.c.) and the elaborately embroidered costume of a 20th-century Irish step dancer. Fascinating, ready-to-color archive with detailed captions also includes illustrations of period headgear, footwear, and jewelry.

Paper doll collection spotlights the monarch who led sixteenth-century England to a period of enormous prosperity. The Queen''s seven magnificent gowns of silk, satin, and brocade are accented with pleated ruffs, pearls, and polished gemstones. Sir Walter Raleigh and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, two of her admirers, are also included.

Eight leading ladies with costumes from 4 different movies each. Includes Cher from Moonstruck; Geena Davis from Beetlejuice; Glenn Close from Dangerous Liaisons; Michelle Pfeiffer from Batman Returns; Dolly Parton from Nine to Five; Daryl Hannah from The Clan of the Cave Bear; Jessica Lange from Frances; and Bette Midler from The Rose.

The ill-fated French Queen became the fashion paragon of the 18th century, thanks to the able assistance of her dressmaker, Rose Bertin. This lavish paper doll collection features 2 figures portraying the Queen and her stylist, accompanied by 15 sumptuous costumes. Meticulous, accurate notes provide detailed descriptions for the dazzling array of apparel.

Two dolls, each wearing a "dress improver," or bustle, are accompanied by a lavish wardrobe of 26 costumes, including a riding outfit, walking dress, visiting gown for afternoon calls, a seaside promenade costume, elegant ball gowns, and a bridal outfit with a sash of orange blossoms. A delightful treasure for paper doll fans and students of costume design and fashion history.

This coloring book panorama of late-18th- and early-19th-century French fashions offers a fascinating survey of styles. 45 plates of detailed, accurate illustrations include representations of claw-hammer frock coats and vests for the well-dressed man, loose pantaloons and shorter skirts for the working classes, high-waisted promenade gowns for fashionable ladies, and accessories. 45 black-and-white illustrations.

From the era that gave the world an energy crisis, runaway inflation, punk rock, and "Saturday Night Fever" comes this vibrant collection of styles from the 1970s. A lively American family of paper dolls models the decade''s distinctive fashions in a nostalgic tribune to a time when everyone wanted to have a Nice Day. Seven dolls — a mother and father, their four children, and son-in-law — are accompanied by wardrobes appropriate for work, school, jogging, skiing, skateboarding, dancing, and a wedding. Garments include a string bikini, colorful T-shirts, a polyester business suit with wide lapels and flared cuffs, hot pants, knee-high patent leather books, bell-bottoms, pantsuits, a disco dress with spaghetti straps, a Chanel-style suit, tuxedos, a floor-length wedding gown with a fitted bodice, and much more. Sure to delight collectors and paper doll enthusiasts of all ages, this fashion retrospective will also appeal to anyone with fond memories of the 1970s.

Meticulously rendered collection pays tribute to 7th U.S. President. 11 dolls, including Jackson, his wife Rachel, a niece and her husband, as well as other family members and friends, can be dressed in 22 costumes, among them a military uniform, waistcoats, trousers, frock coats, hoop-skirted evening gowns, a wedding dress, dinner apparel, and more.

Four figures depict Her Majesty at various periods in her long life (along with one of her husband in full military dress). 22 costumes include robes of state for her 1937 coronation; a salmon pink gown worn for a ceremony honoring her 100th birthday in August 2000; and many other stylish outfits.

Forty-five handsome, ready-to-color plates depict styles worn by all social classes in 15th- and 16th-century England -- from woolen tunics of country workers to elegant apparel of Tudor monarchs. Captions.

Forty-five finely detailed, ready-to color illustrations depict an Italian peasant couple in wedding dress, children of a German royal family garbed in velvet, an English lord and lady in riding outfits, and more.

2 dolls model 33 outfits that span 50 years of British clothing styles for women. Lavish costumes by Laura Ashley, Edward Molyneaux, Mary Quant, Vivienne Westwood, Hardy Amies, and many others.

3 dolls, including the designer and 2 models, with 27 outfits from 1930s1960s among them lavish evening gowns and cocktail dresses, tailored suits, elegant capes. Notes. "

Beautiful tribute to a remarkable woman contains 7 lifelike dolls: the former First Lady as a child, debutante, White House hostess, young widow, and wife of Aristotle Onassis. Also included are a doll of JFK and Onassis. Accompanying the dolls are 27 detailed costumes: wedding dress, tailored suits and dresses, evening gowns, and much more.

One adorable doll and 8 costumes -- for practice sessions, "Dance of the Clowns," "Kitty Capers," "Toy Shop Jamboree," a "Yankee Doodle" tap number, and more.

Colorful depictions of the famous monarch and all 6 of his queens include 9 dolls — one of each of the 6 wives, plus 3 of the king in early, middle, and later years. The 16 lavish costumes include royal armor and elegant gowns, all accurately rendered and with informative notes.

Outlines the clothing styles worn by the people of ancient Egypt.

Jane Fonda, Natalie Wood, Kim Novak, Anne Bancroft, Joanne Woodward, Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine in costumes from Barbarella, West Side Story, Pal Joey, The Miracle Worker, more. 8 dolls, 32 costumes.

Three dolls, 28 costumes capture the highlights of St. Laurent''s distinguished career: a Mondrian-inspired dress, a satin-trimmed tuxedo, a day dress in the "trapeze" style, and much more.

2 figures (male and female) and 16 elaborately embroidered and artfully draped costumes from major historical periods: Archaic (c. 750–500 BC), Classical (c. 500–232 BC), and Hellenistic (323–30 BC). Descriptive notes included.

8 appealing costumes for freckle-faced little miss come in such hues as silver lace, yellow, blue, and red with gold trim -- sure to delight devotees of Irish dancing and paper doll fans.

One teenaged doll comes with 8 stylish outfits, including casual and formal attire. Authentic detail.

11 dolls, including the Russian royal couple and their children, plus 20 sumptuous costumes for weddings, coronations, more. Introduction. Notes.

Forty-five accurate depictions of 17th-century Puritans, an indentured servant, an English officer and his lady, pirates, a colonial merchant''s family of the mid-1700s, more. Descriptive captions.

Two dolls and 16 lavish costumes: flamboyant tunics, shirts, and fur-lined gowns for the man; dresses of heavy brocade, embroidered velvet, satin, and damask for the lady.

Illustrations portray people from every class of society, from farmers to courtiers.

Elegant paper doll collection features 31 evening dresses offered for charity auction by the late Princess. A keepsake treasure for paper doll collectors and Diana''s fans. 1 doll, 31 costumes. Notes.

2 dolls model 28 elegant costumes created for 11 czars, czarinas, and their consorts -- from garments of early rulers to late 19th- and early 20th-century military outfits of the Romanovs.

Apretty little doll with 8 costumes: for Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz," Becky Thatcher of "Tom Sawyer" fame, Alice (in Wonderland), Heidi, Pollyanna, and 3 others."

The full-skirted, narrow-waisted styles of the Victorian society appear in a lavish collection of 45 ready-to-color line drawings. Lovingly adapted from vintage fashion magazines of the era. Captions.