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Scurlock Publishing, 1998. Signed. Folio Hardcover. 123pp. Gray cloth boards, gilt golden lettering on spine and front board. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased glossy pages, b/w photos and illustrations throughout. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Some overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, large watermark/ waterwrinkle on textblock foredge.....
D. Appleton & Company, 1925. 1st. 12mo Hardcover. 159p. Warm pages are unmarked with a few b/w illustrations. Tightly bound with secure hinges. Blue cloth boards are pointed with a few small stains on surfaces. Small inscription on front endpage. Lacks a jacket.
D. Appleton & Company, 1925. Signed. 12mo Hardcover. 159p. Signed and inscribed by Chambers on half title. Warm pages are unmarked with a few b/w illustrations. Tightly bound with secure hinges. Blue cloth boards are pointed. Jacket is unclipped and protected in mylar with minimal wear. Small inscription on front.....
Bombay. D.B. Taraporevala & Co. Private Ltd., 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 244pp. Green boards. Text is clean and unmarked with some toning to pages. 138 monochrome images and 4 color images on glossy pages. Some minor water damage to boards with corner bumps and rubbing at the head and.....
The Kent State University Press, 2001. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 262pp. Text is unmarked on mostly white pages- there is a faint damp stain at the lower fore-edge corner throughout. A remainder mark is present at the bottom edge of the text block. Binding remains squared and tight. Covers are mildly.....
New York, NY: Harper Design, 2012. 1st edition. Hardcover. Folio. Pages are crisp, unmarked and filled with glossy, full page color illustrations throughout. Black cloth boards titled in silver foil along the spine remain clean, pointed and firmly bound. Dust jacket remains in very good condition, unclipped but panel surfaces.....
R.L. Shep, 1998. Paperback. 4to. Reproduction texts of The Tailor's Complete Guide (1796), The Tailor's Instructor (1809) and several other classical patterns and illustrations from various magazines. 217pp. Binding square and secure. Text unmarked. Glossy covers minimally worn.
Bloomsbury, 2002. 1st Printing. 8vo Softcover. 244p. Text is unmarked on bright pages. Black covers are glossy and pointed. Bookstore stamp present on FEP. Tightly bound with secure hinges. Spine is faintly creased.
Barnes & Noble, 1938. 4To Hardcover. 219pp. Brown semi-rigid boards, orange lettering on spine and front board, clipped jacket in mylar sheath. Text and photography is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate+ overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, some abrading on board and.....
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 1st. 8Vo, Hardcover. 251pp. Purple boards, gilt golden lettering on spine. Heavy hi-lighting in two chapters, otherwise text is clean on uncreased white pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Slight jacket edgewear.
R.L. Shep, 1991. 1st edition. Paperback. 4to. Reproduction text of two antique Gregorian costuming books, The Tailor's Friendly Instructor (1822) and The Art of Tying the Cravat (1828). Text unmarked on white pages. Binding square and uncreased. Glossy covers are clean, showing only minor edge wear.