[Rarebooks] fs: Fashion & Tailoring -a selection

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

A diverse selection-

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Blum, Andre. HISTOIRE DU COSTUME LES MODES au XVIIe et au XVIIIe SIECLE.

Paris; Librairie Hachette: 1928. A copiously illustrated survey of fashion 
in 17th and 18th century Europe using period illustrations of various types 
-prints, paintings, book illustrations, etc. Hardcover. 7.5"x10.5", 216 
pages, color frontispiece and numerous b/w illustrations; light soil, a 
nice copy. [06335] $85.00


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DOCKHAM'S SHOE AND LEATHER REPORT AND DIRECTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND 
CANADA. 1883.

Boston; C.A. Dockham & Co.: 1883. 7th edition. A great resource for 
information about the Victorian boot, shoe and leather industry in the 
United States and Canada with listings, by state, of boot & shoe 
manufacturers, and tanners & curriers, and listings nationwide of leather 
dealers, boot & show dealers, and boot & shoe findings. As usual with this 
sort of directory, the many advertisements are as interesting and 
informative as the listings. Hardcover. 8"x10.5", 255 page, plus 
advertisements at the front and rear; many b/w illustrations in 
advertisements. Somewhat worn, as usual with this sort of trade directory; 
front and rear hinges partially cracked internally and loose; some soil, 
but overall not a bad copy. [05094] $275.00


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Hill, Margot Hamilton & Peter A. Bucknell. THE EVOLUTION OF FASHION, 
PATTERN AND CUT FROM 1066 to 1930.

London; B.T. Batsford: 1970. 2nd prtg. A very informative fashion survey 
which not only illustrates and describes the evolution of fashions from 
1066 to 1930, but also provides patterns for the articles of clothing (in 
reduced size). Fifty-six men's and women's examples are included, with 
information on fabrics, colors, patterns and construction details. The book 
was written to be useful to theatrical costumers, but also provides 
invaluable information and insight to fashion historians and enthusiasts. 
Hardcover. 10"x13", 225pages, b/w illustrations, patterns; dj. A little 
wear, jacket with light soil. [06317] $75.00


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Holthaus, P.D. WANDERINGS OF A JOURNEYMAN TAILOR THROUGH EUROPE AND THE 
EAST, DURING THE YEARS 1824 to 1840. Translated by William Howitt.

London; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman's:1844. 3rd edition. An 
interesting travelogue, dealing mostly with the author's various adventures 
and the people and things he encounters. The life of a traveling tailor was 
not an easy one.  Hardcover. 4.5"x7", 286 pages, portrait frontispiece; old 
quarter leather and marbled boards, covers scuffed. [10263] $135.00


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Moore, Doris Langley. THE CHILD IN FASHION.

London; B.T. Batsford: 1953. Doris Moore owned one of the finest 
collections of vintage 19th and 20th century English fashions in private 
hands, and she showcased it in several books featuring noted society women 
and in this case children, wearing her clothing in vintage-decorated 
surroundings. Her models for this book included Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave. 
Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 102 pages, 52 b/w plates and a color frontispiece; 
jacket. A little light wear, jacket with a little wear, inscription on 
endpaper; but a nice copy. [03052] $65.00


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Stewart, Horace. HISTORY OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GOLD AND SILVER 
WYRE-DRAWERS and of the Origin and Development of the Industry which the 
Company Represents.

London; printed for the Company by The Leadenhall Press: 1891. The Company 
made gold and silver thread for use in embroidery and fine fashions. This 
history not only speaks of charters and dinners and Company officers, but 
of the history of the trade itself through English history. Hardcover. 
8"x10.5", xvi + 140 pages, 3 plates, and many headpieces illustrating 
scenes from the history of the Company, as well as decorated initial 
letters. Original blue cloth with gilt titles and the arms of the Company 
on the cover; light cover soil; contents with some light foxing, a little 
soil, etc, hinges shaken. With a nicely penned 1955 birthday inscription to 
a member of the London Company on the endpaper. [06334] $350.00


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