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Published by Wm. H. Wise & Co., New York, New York, 1949
Seller: Keener Books (Member IOBA), Menomonee Falls, WI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition: First Printing. 312 pages: 7.25 x 9.75 in.: 2.6: KB#017063: Dustjacket is complete but is worn along edges and spine. Light Green Boards with Dark Red Lettering and Emblems on front and spine. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This book presents the self-same guidance that is the basis of a $110 course given at the famous Traphagen School of Fashion. It clearly shows and illustrates EVERYTHING the average woman needs to know to do her own smart designing and patternmaking . or to become a professional designer or patternmaker. Covers every imaginable detail of design that can ever come into style any year. Every treatment of shoulders, sleeves, neckline, bodice, waist, etc. Every type of dart, gore, pleat, shirring, gather. By varying and combining these basic features you can make flattering high-fashion 'originals' in every season's latest mode - this year, next year and every year! Includes 800 how-to pictures and diagrams.".
Published by Wm. H. Wise & Co., New York, 1949
Seller: COOK AND BAKERS BOOKS, PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Line Drawings (illustrator). End pages have light foxing, small light stain page 5, otherwise clean and well bound. 7 X 10" 312 pages Weight Over 1 Kg (may require extra postage) from 1949. Written by a professional pattern maker for the home sewer. The designs are for constructing ladies fashions popular in the 1930s & 40s, allowing today's designer to create truly unique and well crafted creations.