[Baltimore?]: [1901?] Bifolium (14 cm). Foxed, rubbed, and creased with closed tears to margins and previous fold lines visible. Pictorial front panel advertising the easy-to-use curlers and wavers for sale at "Baltimore's Best Store" Hochschild, Kohn & Co. A Very Good example. More
Suzuka, Japan: n.d., [ca. 1940-1960]. Nineteen original hand-stenciled designs (ca 48x35cm); thirteen examples with rubber-stamp from two different craft shops, the remaining six unattributed. Light wear and soil, else a Very Good to Near Fine collection. Colorful multi-decade sampling of designs for the Japanese casual summertime cotton kimono known..... More
Istanbul, Turkiye: Tannerie Kazlicesme, n.d., ca. 1970s. Quarto (25.5cm); publisher's brown post-bound card wrappers printed in gilt; title page and thirty (30) leaves of stiff black stock to which are mounted twenty-eight gelatin fashion photographs captioned in white ink manuscript. Wrapper margins a bit rubbed, occasional white ink splatters, else..... More
Correy, PA: The NuBone Corset Co., 1915. Side stapled, sewn, and glued narrow quarto in illustrated self wrappers (23 cm); [3],80pp; illus. throughout. Lightly soiled and spotted overall, with wrapper split at tail up to middle of fold and a quarter-sized chip at bottom corner of rear cover with no..... More
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New York: Revlon, Inc., 1962. First Edition. Quarto. Bifolium. Seventeen hair color samples mounted to interior. Light edgewear; punctures from hair mounts to rear; general surface scratching, overall Very Good. This trade catalog includes Revlon's "Predict-A-Mat" chart to interior, indicating how stylists and patrons can change their natural..... More
Substantial collection of original amateur artwork and fashion plates dated 1941 to 1945 by a young woman named Gladys Warren (almost all pieces signed "G. Warren," "G.W.," or "Gladys Warren"). The collection consists of nine large format watercolors (56x38cm.); one small format watercolor (32.5x23); four large format pencil sketches (56x38cm.);..... More
Bridgeport, CT: Hollander Metal Product Corp., [ca. 1950s]. Six-panel folding trade catalog with 58 belt buckle samples. Belt buckles tied down and numbered and first four sample pages are labeled either bronze cast, bronze + brass wire, or steel wire. Variance in design and size are subtle though apparent. Hollander..... More