![Item #3478 [TEXTILES] Tailor's Garment Construction Models From Sewing Course](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3478.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1678397378)
c. 1930. 32 x 25 cm. closed - 49 x 32 cm. opened. Unique handmade folder housing the work of a tailor, most likely the sample pieces for a customer's jacket. Four garments, four patterns. The first garment is the anatomy of the collar and the interior pocket of a...... More
![Item #3974 [TOYS] [TRADE CATALOG] Barbie and Ken and Barbie's Best Friend Midge](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3974.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699563432)
Japan: Kokusai Boeki Kaisha, Ltd., 1962. Staplebound wraps. 30 pages. 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. GROOVY Color illustrated Barbie, Ken, and Midge catalog from Mattel, Inc., Toymakers. Catalog includes prices for all dolls, outfits, games, and sewing patterns. More
London: Bancroft & Co., 1964. Staplebound. 20 pages. 24.5 x 32 cm. Here Comes The Bride! Set in Dollytown, this unused paper doll set tells the story of Tishu, a dainty little doll with very blue eyes, and pretty curly hair is asked to marry John Sebastain Sailor Doll -..... More
![Item #4090 [TEXTILES] NEEDLEWORK SAMPLE BOOK - LENCERIA MUESTRARIO; ACADEMIA MENDIA. Emilia Sobun](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4090.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1704984504)
Buenos Aires: 1934. Hardcover. Oblong folio (21.6 x 36 cm.) Six unumbered pages with 13 samples (of 14). These "Lingerie" samples show intricate needlework, each about 16.5 x 16.5 cm. - including a small circular stamp, or the Academia, behind each sample. Owner's handwritten title page with school stamp. Interior..... More
![Item #3214 [TRADE CATALOG] Grates, Franklin Stoves, & Fire Frames; Authentic Reproductions of...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3214.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685017972)
New York City, NY: Todhunter Inc., 1930. 14-e. staplebound. 16 pages, 27.5 x 21.5 cm. An elegantly produced trade catalog. Inside, each style of grate is given a brief history and paired with the individual products that are sold in this style. They are described and illustrated in extreme detail..... More
![Item #3925 [FASHION] [TRADE CATALOG] A LA PLACE CLICHY; HIVER (Winter) 1890-1891](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3925.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1697812753)
Paris: Mouillot, 1890. Sewn binding. 52 pages. A year after the 1889 Paris Exhibition, including 14 fabric samples tipped in. Copiously illustrated, with prices, this pamphlet presents the assortment of trades of the times. A growing "ready to wear" branch of consumer goods accessible to a larger population. Includes merchandise..... More
![Item #3228 [TRADE CATALOG] A Millionaire's Kitchen?; No... It Can Be Yours. Angel Products](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3228.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685017972)
Fitchburg, MA: Angel Products, [1937]. Staplebound. 24 pages, 28 x 21.5 cm. On the hunt for that Millionaire aesthetic? Look no further than this Angel Cabinets catalog, which advertises its array of quality options with detailed illustrations on every page. This line includes the Milk Cabinet which "saves the housewife..... More
![Item #3227 [TRADE CATALOG] Bathrooms & Kitchens of Vitrolite. Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3227.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685017972)
Toledo, OH: Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, 1937. Staplebound. 15 pages, 29 x 22 cm. This 1937 catalog features pages of beautiful full color illustrations of bathrooms and kitchens outfitted with Vitrolite, a "colorful structural glass." This Art Deco style catalog shows its audience a strikingly "modern" aesthetic for the times, with..... More
Kansas City: Kansas City Womans Liberation, circa 1970s. First Edition. Loose_leaf. 28 x 22 cm. Unpaginated. Two-page statement discussing the complexities of fashion, beauty, and identity in the lives of women. "... the average woman spends about 2 hours a day, 1/8th of her waking hours in personal grooming. When..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. Hardcover. 180 pages. 26 x 20 cm. An illustrated history of fashion. From 1786 and The Court of Louis XVI to Bicycle outfits for the athletic woman - this profusely illustrated book has it all. Lightly foxed. More
![Item #3922 [WOMEN] [FASHION DESIGN] Six Hand Drawn Haute Couture Designs. Dorothy Stransky](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3922.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695939463)
San Francisco: 1929. Dorothy Stransky (1895-1987) was born in Iowa and made her way to San Francisco as a young woman to become a fashion designer. In 1928 we find Dorothy, thanks to the California Voter Registration, in San Francisco working as a designer. In this collection, there are six..... More