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193058055Portland OR: Hollywood College of Music Dancing & Fine Arts Baker Studio Granada Studio La Vere Photo Shoppe Photo Craft Studios ca. 1930-1933. Oblong 4to. 24 original photographs all preserved in archival mylar sleeves sized 6.25 x 7 in. up to 8 x 10 in. some w/ photographer’s imprint w/in negative others w/ manuscript captions added a few w/ annotations and/or photographer’s instructions on versos all with bright strong contrast a few w/ offsetting from previous mounting on versos and one w/ very small pinholes at corners from prior mounting. Recent cloth binder stamping front cover excellent grouping. These photographs vividly document the dance and music studio operated by Annabelle Knowles reflecting the fast evolving costumes and aesthetics of the twilight of the Roaring 20’s as the U.S. descended into the Great Depression. These photos also clearly reflect the influence of Gus Edwards 1879-1945 vaudeville’s premier producer of kiddie acts and who had produced and released the shorts “Kiddie Revue†in 1930 and 1931. His influence was not only driven by his songs “By the Light of the Silvery Moon & “School Days†but also discovering such stars as Groucho Marx Eddie Cantor Mae Murray Sally Rand and many others. The images depict girls in two-piece outfits in front of Art Deco staging for “Body and Soulâ€; bare-backed girls in Flapper Era inspired costumes for chorus line “Kiddie Revueâ€; song and dance routines featuring Ronald Chetwood in top hat with Marcile Shillito Virginia Collins and chorus line in Jazz Age era costumes and canes; and several show Barbara Jane Wicks Shirley Jay Mulkey and Sunny Dentler in Spanish inspired costumes for “Baby Vanities.†Another shows adolescent boy and girl dance team in an “Apache†dance inspired costume number. The Hollywood College of Music Dance & Fine Arts offered classes and instruction in all ages with the last few photos showing teenage girls in chorus line with short hair coquettish expressions and teamwork or chorus line numbers. Annabelle Knowles 1900-1989 was a musician and dancer who founded the Hollywood College of Music Dancing & FIne Arts at 4112 NE Sandy Blvd. some time in the late 1920’s. Most of the street directory references focus on 1929-1932 and her British-America theatre-director husband at the time Vincent Knowles 1883-1944 worked at the studio as well. Baker 1882-1972 was a longtime commercial studio photographer in Portland OR who had initially begun as a photographer with noted tourist travel guide Howard Eaton photographing tours through National Pakrs. Beem 1892-1984 was founder and photographer at Granada Studio located in the 1930’s at 515 Swetland Building in Portland. Centlivere 1878-1964 owned and operated La Vere Photo Shoppe and Photo Craft Studios on Sandy Blvd. in Portland for nearly all of his career. We could find no similar collections or photographs or even references to Annabelle Knowles and very few examples of any of these three photography studios in institutional holdings. Hollywood College of Music, Dancing & Fine Arts, Baker Studio, Granada Studio, La Vere Photo Shoppe, Photo Craft Studios, hardcover
19423393<p>B&w photograph with snipe stamp and ink notation to verso. Light rippling; short crease to lower edge; recent sticker to verso. Good.</p><p>An uncommon press photograph from April 6 1942 of Helen Keller touching a bust of herself with her close friend sculptor Jo Davidson who made the bust standing in the background. Davidson reportedly called his work on this sculpture "the most inspirational thing I've ever done" newspressnow.com. The snipe reads: "HELEN KELLER 'SEES' HERSELF. Blind from birth Miss Helen Keller puts to use her sensitive fingers to 'see' this striking plastic likeness of herself made by world-famous sculptor Jo Davidson who stands in the background. Typical of Davidson's work the bust portrays the character patience and kindliness of the great woman who has overcome the handicaps of blind deaf and dumb to live a full useful life."</p> (n. p.)
D19736ca. 1920s-1950s. Ephemera. Good. Over 100 examples of dust jacket design virtually all being the front panels only. Included are a large number of examples from women authors and children's books. Others relate to travel Carl Akeley's In Brightest Africa. Housed in a binder with the jacket panels organized into 4 groups. Unfortunately the examples are mostly limited to the front panel but nevertheless the total showcases a wide range of dust jacket art many of these books being difficult to find in any wrapper. <br/><br/> unknown
194063579Los Angeles CA: Los Angeles City College 1940. 4to. 2 50 leaves mimeographed typescript w/ tables. Quarter-black cloth over tan printed wrappers black lettering printed on front cover minor tidemarks & chipping repaired & restored closed tears repaired tidemark at upper & lower fore-edge still G- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce volume by the noted teacher and administrator at Los Angeles City College who was also the Dean of Student Activities. Field 1908-1995 was a vociferous supporter of physical education supporter of camping activities and proponent of training professional young women and men to serve as counselors and administrators at Municipal Camps Private Camps for Girls and Boys as well as Private Organization Camps with an intent of offering job opportunities for LACC students. No copies in Worldcat; See: Evelyn Woodruff Field UCLA Student Leaders Oral History Transcript by David P. Gist published 1991 OCLC: 36968860 YRL Special Collections. Los Angeles City College, hardcover
176855807London: Printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell in the Strand 1768. 8vo. 4 252 pp. With 5 of 7 copper-engraved plates. Contemporary speckled calf gilt ruling on covers red & gilt morocco spine label minor scuffing & edgewear minor wear to corners rubbing chipping & wear to spine still good reference copy w/ bright interior. First edition of this work intended to teach women the importance of astronomy and science and which would continue in print until the 19th Century. In the dialogues set up between tutor and pupil the young woman asks whether science is really a suitable activity for a lady and she is reassured that not only does science promote domestic harmony and family values but improves the common sense of mankind. See: See: Henderson & Ferguson Life of James Ferguson pp. 349-350; Suzanne Le-May Sheffield Women and Science: Social Impact and Interaction 2004 pp. 62-63. Printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell, in the Strand, unknown
189164118London: George Routledge and Sons 1891. 8vo. xxvii 1 499 1 pp. Illustrated title page frontisp. w/ original tissue guard over 70 woodcut text engravings. Brick-red pictorial publisher’s cloth gilt illustrated borders of camel & pyramids gilt gray & black lettering very minor chipping head of spine minor edgewear slight scuffing still a VG bright copy w/ former ownership markings on endpapers. Second edition revised of this informative and well-illustrated work on her travels through Egypt and Egyptology by the famed Victorian Egyptologist world traveler journalist and author. Edwards 1831-1892 sailed a dahabiyey up the Nile to Abu Simbel and spent six weeks excavating at the Temple of Rameses II and writes against the pillaging and destruction of tomb looters. George Routledge and Sons, hardcover
168832092Lutetiae Parisiorum Lutetia Paris: Apud Viduam Simonis Benard via Jacobea e regione Collegii Soc. Jesu 1688. Very Good. Lutetiae Parisiorum Paris: Apud Viduam Simonis Benard a.k.a. Marie Benard via Jacobea e regione Collegii Soc. Jesu. 1688. Fifth Edition. 12mo; contemporary calf gilt spine in five compartments; 2331pp.; head and tail pieces; twenty-four 24 engraved emblems. Light wear to edges with shallow loss at spine ends. Binding sound. Bookplate of "C.T. Noel du Payrat" to front pastedown; interior else unmarked; a Very Good and sound copy of a scarce title originally published in 1680 and including "Lysimachis" "Panygyrici" "Symbola Heroica" with many emblems referring to persons associated with the Court of of Louis XIV. Published by Parisian printer Marie Benard the widow of Simon Benard. She went on to publish works for nearly twenty-five years through 1712 though we find little biographical information about her beyond her house's publications. . Apud Viduam Simonis Benard, via Jacobea e regione Collegii Soc. Jesu unknown
1843003795London: W. Clowes and Sons for H.M.S.O. 1843. 3 iv-xiv 2 2-378pp 2. Modern half calf and marbled paper over boards raised bands spine in six panels title label to second panel double rules in copper to either side of bands date to foot remaining panels with repeated small volute tool in blind. Externally very good. Internally lightly browned throughout a few corners creased small tear to top corner of M6 and M7. The reports of Alfred Austin Mr. Vaughan Mr. Stephen Denison and Sir Francis Doyle to Sir James Graham. Goldsmith's 33401. First Edition. Half Calf and Boards. Good. 8vo. W. Clowes and Sons for H.M.S.O. Hardcover
1857List3026Wilcox County Alabama 1857. Two documents totaling five double-sided pages measuring 8 x 13 inches and six double-sided pages measuring 7 ½ x 12 inches. Folded with some stains and wear; Near Fine. Two legal documents from an Alabama chancery court suit brought against Susannah Nettles by her husband James C. Nettles concerning ownership of an enslaved woman named Chloe. The documents are a set of cross interrogatories and objections and their replies which were given by William Mellard the writer of the deed that originally gave Susannah ownership of Chloe. Mellard recalls that the deed written in 1829 provided the following:<br /> <br /> “Mary Rudd declared to him while directing him how to write the Instrument that as Susannah was her youngest child and a daughter that she wished while she yet lived to secure to her that much of her Estate to wit Chloe and her future increase; and she wished the Instrument so written that it would convey to Susannah the said girl Chloe in such a manner that she would not be subject to the control of her husband should she afterwards marry . and that the negro girl should not be subject to the debts of her husband should she marryâ€.<br /> <br /> Mellard claims that after Susannah’s marriage “James C. Nettles admitted the right of his wife to the Negroes and acquiesced in her title to them and did not claim any right to them.â€<br /> <br /> At the time the deed was drawn up the legal doctrine of coverture was in effect: a married woman did not have legal rights and obligations including a right to property ownership separate from her husband. Though Susannah was single at the time Chloe would have become James Nettles’ property on his marriage to Susannah were it not for the part of Mary Rudd’s deed which Mellard insists he is remembering correctly that set aside Chloe as only Susannah’s property. Though some states had passed Married Women’s Property Acts or similar Alabama would pass any such laws until 1867.1<br /> <br /> These documents are a striking example of the enforcement of a key aspect of women’s rights—the right to own one’s own property—in which it specifically hinges on the denial of rights to another group of women—those who are owned as property. Of interest to legal historians particularly of women’s rights and enslavement.<br /> <br /> 1 B. Zorina Khan The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development 1790–1920 Cambridge University Press 2005 167. unknown
194556214New York: Funk & Wagnalls Feb. 1945. Tall 8vo. xiii 3 654 pp. Photo frntsp. photos illusts. Blue cloth gilt lettering minor shelfwear w/ d.j. chipping & tear to lower spine small tear lower fore-edge front cover old tape repairs still NF/G- copy. Revised and expanded 1945 edition first printing of this classic handbook on etiquette. The author has made a number of changes to account for wartime rationing as well as changing status for men and women with sections on where women should stay while their men are in training camp with wartime rationing men should definitely pay for a taxi in order to protect fragile and irreplaceable women’s clothing and even a chilling section on how to write your FBI office or local sheriff if local Junior Revolutionists are agitating. Funk & Wagnalls, hardcover
190364182Chicago IL: Madison Book Co. 1903. 8vo. 249 1 pp. Photo frontisp. 7 photo plates. Red & black pictorial publisher’s cloth wonderful Art Nouveau cover art by Gene Carr initials partially obscured lettering & decoration in white & black front cover & spine red dyed fore-edges slight shelfwear very slight rubbing still VG bright copy from the library of Eleanore Weinstock and fundraiser for Theodore Roosevelt memorial laid-in. First edition of this remarkably uncommon Progressive Era manual on etiquette issued during President Theodore Roosevelt’s first term with Edith Kermit Roosevelt 1861-1948 as frontispiece and also featuring interior shots of the Roosevelt White House entertaining areas and photos of Caroline Scott Harrison who died while First Lady and Ida Saxton McKinley first lady until death of President McKinley in 1901. This work touches on different rules of New York Philadelphia and Boston Society and how they were negotiated at the White House while also included sections on debutantes chaperons luncheons funerals mourning customs and more. Madison Book Co., hardcover
191168898New York: Duffield and Company 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Good . 128pp. Duodecimo 19 cm Light brown paper over boards with printed paper title labels on the spine and front board. Ex-library with traces of library markings on the rear endpaper. Spine subtly darkened. Ex-libris Emma K. Willits with her bookplate on the front pastedown. Emma K. Willits 20 September 1869 – 9 April 1965 was a physician and surgeon who played a significant role in the development of Children's Hospital in San Francisco now the California campus Women and Children's Center of the California Pacific Medical Center serving as the head of the Department of General Surgery from 1921 to 1934. She is thought to be the third woman to specialize in surgery in the United States and the first to head a surgery department. A play set among the Paiute Indians. A nice association copy. Duffield and Company hardcover
16218Executive Committee for amending the Law with respect to the Property of Married Women. Manchester: Alexander Ireland & Co. Printers. 1873. 10pp. 8vo. In good condition lightly-aged no wraps disbound. Three copies on COPAC. No copy at the BL. No other copy currently on the market. [Executive Committee for amending the Law with respect to the Property of Married Women.] Manchester: Alexander Ireland & Co., P paperback
16217Executive Committee for amending the Law with respect to the Property of Married Women Manchester: Alexander Ireland & Co. Printers. 1876. 15pp. 8vo. In good condition lightly-aged no wraps disbound. Two copies on COPAC at Cambridge and the London School of Economics. No other copy currently on the market. [Executive Committee for amending the Law with respect to the Property of Married Women] Manchester: Alexander Ireland & Co., Pr paperback
192760929St. Louis MO: Peters branch of International Shoe Co. 1927. Two vols. 4to. 96 26; 16 pp unpaginated. colour-illustrated throughout colour-illustrated borders sample wrapping papers colour-tinted order forms yellow & red. Colour-decorated embossed softcovers raised-embossed lettering in red blue & white on white field punch-hole at upper left corner red silk braid minor soiling foxing back cover edgewear minor shelfwear slight gouging to lower fore-edge of textblock; 2nd -- w/ self-printed softcovers age toning minor creasing & bumping to corners age toning still VG-/VG copies. First edition of this very scarce Roaring 20’s shoe fashion catalogue and price-list filled with the latest Diamond Brand styles for women’s & men’s footwear embellished with the Jazz Age fashion designs in the borders of Margaret Mosley. Work shoes work boots camping boots rubber footwear and high-top Keds sport shoes are all depicted in the catalogue. Of particular interest is the well-illustrated advertising and sales section for she and department stores featuring window display equipment window valances promotional calendars watches advertising billboards advertising chairs & stools for athletic stadiums unbreakable dolls and Diamond Brand Gloves. The company has also incorporated paper samples for printed wrapping papers. The Peters Shoe Company was first established in 1892 by Henry Peters who was later a primary partner in forming the International Shoe Company at one time one of the largest shoe manufacturers in the World. No copies in Worldcat. Peters, branch of International Shoe Co., paperback
194061451New York: Cohama Cravats United Merchants & Manufacturers 1412 Broadway 1940. Atlas folio. 13 x 18 in. 34 pp unpaginated. printed on thick tan paper stock with 21 different tipped-in advertising promotional samples including camera-ready newspaper ads sample window & counter display cards and folded promotional brochures for mailing each to be imprinted with the retailer’s name order book tucked into rear pocket mounted on last leaf. Tan boards plastic-comb binding to spine minor bumping to couple corners some dustsoiling minor chipping to foot of spine still a VG bright exemplar. First edition of this exceedingly scarce sales and advertising catalogue designed to present the 1940 plan by the company for their $ 1.00 men’s cravat ties. Featured are the proposed newspaper ad lines for the six different Cohama Cravats in the Spring & Summer including the Briar Bahama Camelot Rangoon Gamester and Seminole. American tie manufacturing emerged as a significant force at the end of the Jazz Age and through the 1930’s as their popularity grew world wide for their heavy use of colours vivid patterns and breaking away from the more sedate colour palate of the British tie industry. Contributing to the explosion of tie manufacturing in the 1930s and 1940s were the need by many men during the Great Depression and then the War years to change their fashion look by adding a decorative tie rather than buying a new suit or set of clothes. The Duke of Windsor heavily influenced ties styles and wearers by not only developing the Windsor knot but also wearing them with many different types of clothing. Cohama was a trademark of United Merchants which was a textile firm originally founded in 1912 as the Cohn-Hall-Marx Co. merging with United Merchants in 1928 and later clothing chains across the East and South through World War II. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Gibbings The tie trends and traditions 1990. Cohama Cravats, United Merchants & Manufacturers, 1412 Broadway, hardcover
195358213Seattle WA: Nancy Paine ca. 1953-54. Twenty-one original fashion design watercolour paintings all oblong folio 9 sized 15 x 12 in.; 12 sized 18 x 15 in. 1 is painted title only many of them signed by Nancy down in lower corner 1 graded and reviewed by teacher several with neat cursive annotations some curling minor edgewear to corners some toning still VG set with the 2nd set retaining the original portfolio cover sheet. These original watercolour fashion designs reflect the 1950’s emphasis on full circle skirts swing skirts pencil skirts tea length dresses and fitted tight waist blouses reflecting the influence of Christian Dior towards increased femininity in the post-World War II era. For the College Coed portfolio our young artist has included designs for Capri pants lingerie fitted wool dresses flowing “poodle†skirts bathing suits tennis outfit ice skating clothing riding outfits and evening wear. The second portfolio incorporates diamond pattern one-piece bathing suits terrycloth robes different evening weather and nighttime negligee. Although young Miss Paine would not go onto becoming a commercial artist she did work as office manager for many years for the Simpson Lumber Company. Nancy Paine, hardcover
195556299Vienna: Wiener Modellgesellschaft M.B.H. Editions de Mode Fashion Publications 1955. Folio. 9 x 13 in. 23 colour plates in pochoir-inspired hand-coloured style. Printed beige softcovers minor creasing head of spine minor dustsoiling still VG bright copy. First edition thus of this beautifully rendered collection of haute couture summer dress designs issued by the Viennese fashion cooperative in the 1950s. These designs show the decided shift towards elegance and perfectly matched accessories for women during the 1950s with nipped-in waists full-skirted dresses as well as tailored fitted clothes with a hint of playfulness and exuberance inspired by the designs of Cristobal Balenciaga and Hubert de Givenchy as well as the feminine silhouette of Christian Dior. No copies in Worldcat of this issue. Wiener Modellgesellschaft, M.B.H., Editions de Mode, Fashion Publications], paperback
191756418Boston New York & Chicago: Dorothy Dodd Shoe Co. 1917. Folio. 38 2 pp. Illustrated throughout green woodcut borders text diagram tables at end for shapes of heels and lasts for women’s shoes illustrated in the catalogue still retaining the original detachable index price list. Gray boards green embossed lettering graduated index thumb-tabs at fore-edge minor edgewear rubbing still VG copy. First edition of this scarce and nicely printed World War I-era catalogue for women’s shoes. This wholesale catalogue includes illustrations and listings for white oxfords and pumps laced patton and buttoned pumps high-top washable boots known as the “Chicago†as well as the Gold Medal pumps & boots in canvas and leather. The Dorothy Dodd shoes and boots were the most popular women’s shoe from the late Victorian through the Edwardian eras marketed in nearly every major department store and women’s shoe shop across the United States. No copies located in Worldcat. Dorothy Dodd Shoe Co., hardcover
194562617Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. 1945. 8vo. 204 2 pp. With 22 photo plates. Black publisher’s cloth silver lettering front cover & spine slight shelfwear minor bumping at foot of spine w/ d.j. cover art of Dragonia fabric by Everfast chipping & tear to upper fore-edge minor chipping foot of spine couple minor closed tears still VG/VG- copy. Second printing of this work drawn from interviews with 12 leading American fashion designers intended as a “splendid career book full of suggestions for the girl who who feels drawn to the great world of clothes and designers.†Those interviewed included Clare Potter - considered inventor of American sportswear; Emily Wilkens - pioneer in fashion clothing for teenagers; Hattie Carnegie with her ever elegant dresses; Edith Head - famed Hollywood costume designer; Louella Ballerino -- famed California designer of sportswear swimwear and distinct ethnographic influenced fashions and others. J.B. Lippincott Co., hardcover
189554146New York: Standard Fashion Company June 1895. 4to. 96 pp. 1 large folding colour chromolithograph frontisp. sized 21.5 x 10.75 in. 1 colour chromolithograph plate over 150 woodcut text illustrations & engravings. Gold-coloured printed softcovers brick-red lettering minor dustsoiling light wear to creases of folding frontisp. still VG copy. First edition of this scarce and beautifully printed fashion magazine which was published under this title only from 1894 through 1896 when it was forced to change the name to The Standard Designer after losing a lawsuit brought by the Butterick Publishing Co. against Frank Koewing d. 1933 their former western sales manager for Butterick. Founded in 1887 the Standard Fashion Co. would eventually become a serious rival to the Butterick Pattern Co. appropriating the “Delineator†for his magazine poaching employees and eventually building the company to issuing over 100000 cut patterns a week. While often facing bankruptcy and litigious to a fault the company was acquired as a subsidiary in 1900 by Butterick and the combined companies would thrive through the ensuing decades. Each of the Standard Delineator magazine issues featured a large chromolithograph frontispiece of the latest fashions as well as a smaller one of millinery designs. Worldcat locates primarily microfilm copies however individual issues are held by Notre Dame and Davidson College; See; A Man of the Hour Frank Koewing The Bookseller and Newsman Vol. 13 1896 pp. 4-5; Carol Ann Dickson Patterns for Garments: A History of the Paper Garment Pattern Industry in America 1979. Standard Fashion Company, paperback
193953215New York: Singer Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co. Departamento de Educacion January 1941; 1939. Two vols. 1st - Tall 8vo. 225 1 pp. Over 150 colour and black & white photo illustrations diagrams. Black textured softcovers gilt lettering & decoration printed on front cover edgewear bumping to corners minor soiling old tape repairs to front cover still G- copy; 2nd -- Oblong 4to. 12 x 7.75 in. 54 pp. on pink-tinted paper with 57 tipped-in fabric embroidered sewing samples including over on linen silk lace satin and wool textiles each w/ school stamp approving sample. Half-blue cloth post-binder over blue goards gilt lettering stamped on front cover sewn at gutter margin w/ white silk ribbon soiling minor dampstain curving to covers from the bulk of the tipped-in samples on the leaves still a VG exemplar. Both preserved in blue textured cardboard box & lid minor edgewear faint tidemark to lower fore-edge 1 corner. Fourth revised edition of this well-illustrated embroidery guide on stitches to be learned and executed on Singer Sewing Machines together with a beautifully done sample book showing Ms. Alos’ skills in learning the necessary skills in her Singer school in Villa Canas Argentina. The Singer Sewing Machine company developed special Singer Sewing Academia in Argentina Mexico and many other South American countries as well as Spain between the World Wars. These special private schools for professional dressmakers using the Singer manuals allowed female-owned dressmaking businesses to grow and create professional spaces separte from men. In addition these academias allowed women to pay by the class and embroidery was one of the advanced skills which commanded higher wages for women at the time. Singer actively encouraged this movement in order to develop home-based businesses and academias which in turn increased their sales of sewing machines. The sample book begins with a number of decorative types of embroidery stitches monograms and then displays floral patterns spider-web patterns laces a beautifully embroidered red roses and carnations on purple silks and satins. Worldcat locates 2 copies of the Libro Singer Bibliotecas del Tecnologico de Monterrey Mexico; British Library 3rd editions; See: Ketteler Sewing through the years in art women and society; Paula de la Cruz-Fernandez Atlantic Threads: Singer in Spain and Mexico 1860-1940 pp. 198-210. Singer Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co., Departamento de Educacion, paperback
190060928Porland OR: Lipman Wolfe & Co. 1900. 16mo. 32 pp unpaginated. w/ photo illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers view of the goddess Minerva holding broken sword city of Paris stretching into the background and medals which originally honored Czar Nicholas for the disarmament conference of 1898 now changed to the United States Seal w/ original mailing envelope post-marked 1¢ Franklin stamp NF/NF copy from the library of Caroline Augusta Gray Kamm 1840-1932 noted socialite and philanthropist in Portland built home for poor women & girls with the YWCA and was daughter of PNW pioneer William H. Gray 1810-1889 who traveled to the Lapwai Mission in Lewiston ID in 1836 where he was the Nez Perce secular agent and subsequently later married Jacob Kamm 1823-1912 pioneering Oregon industrialist and entrepreneur. First edition of this beautiful belle epoque 19th-Century fashion catalogue issued by the historic Lipman Wolfe & Co. department store in Portland OR featuring elaborate large-rimmed hats with extensive trimmings featuring fashions created by such women designers as Madam Michniwicz-Tuvee Esther Meyer Camille Roger perhaps best remembered later for her Art Deco Suffrage hats the Guillard sisters and others. The famed Lipman Wolfe & Co. department store was founded in 1880 by Adolphe Wolfe who teamed up with his uncle Solomon Lipman and at the time still maintained their original Dekum Building at 3rd Street and were the first to introduce customer elevators to their many floors. No copies in Worldcat. Lipman, Wolfe & Co., paperback
195054848Cincinnati OH: The Melville Company ca. 1950. 4to. 39 8.5 x 11 in. fashion plates with 97 tipped-in fabric samples including cotton cotton blends cotton-rayon blends satin nylon for men & women’s fashions dresses lingerie pants suits skirts. order blank booklet preserved in original cardboard portfolio w/ company design logo on rear flap an excellent collection. First edition of this scarce and unusually complete salesman sample sales kit for women’s dresses fashions coats lingerie as well as men’s overcoats underwear & socks and even women’s outerwear rubber pocket books and overcoats in post-World War II America. The Melville Company was a coordinated direct-sales fashion company supplied by Harford Frocks Inc. which maintained a large mail order tailoring operation in Ohio from the early 1920s up through the 1970s employing 100s of tailors and seamstresses to fill orders together with J.C. Field & Son Inc. direct marketing firm. The company focused on “plus sizes†while maintaining how these fashions emphasized trim appearances survived on a constant sales force composed primarily of young women and house wives earning extra money willing to peddle door-to-door and created a high-quality product. The catalogue offers invaluable illustrated historical reference for the colours styles and fabrics during the explosion and impact of Christian Dior’s new designs reflecting the refined femininity with severely cinched waists extra padding to the hips longer and decidedly more romantic skirts and dresses as well as nicely fitted jacket-and-skirt tailored suits. Israel 1901-1991 built and ran this very successful mail order dressmaking operation which also owned the Fashion Frocks Dress Company as well and operated out of the Oesterlein Machine Company historic building in Cincinnati OH now home to the American Sign Museum. The Melville Company, unknown
188746439London: Edward Harrison January 1887. Elephant folio. 17.25 x 25.25 ins. Hand-coloured engraving architectural details in the backgrounds originally folded into four sheets some chipping & edgewear to plate creases some minor repairs to verso small tears to lower fore-edge affecting a few letters a G- copy w/ the colour and images still very bright and crisp. First edition of this very scarce and beautiful fashion Supplement leaf which was laid-in with this Victorian monthly which was comprised of articles on fashion embroidery sewing craft work family reading sheet music and more. The fashions in the top row include day wear and more casual clothing for the well-dressed Victorian girl as well as winter jackets muffs and hats. The second row is devoted to evening gowns and formal wear reflecting the revived return to the bustle the fashionable tight corset which was intended to create a long torso and force an S-shape as well as high collars and chokers reflecting the influence of Alexandra Princess of Wales who hid a scar with these methods. The bottom row encompasses dress coats and evening coats which were long have elaborate hats fur trims and yards of rich fabrics. Each monthly issue would include descriptions of the illustrations and prices for cut-out fashion patterns which could be purchased from the Young Ladies’ Journal. Typically since these were published on fragile paper and often thrown away they have become quite scarce. Edward Harrison], hardcover
