New York & Chicago, 1933
A scarce trade catalogue for the menswear firm J. L. Taylor, includes dozens of 'woollen' samples and elegantly illustrated showing sharply dressed men.
Folio (53.5 x 41 cm); printed on thick card, 'Dress Chart' denoting what is required for which occasion and time of day, 12 full-page colour plates and further black & white ones, mounted textile samples (lacking two), each numbered and captioned, light wear, soiling and occasional spotting, mild staining to bottom of blank margins and the upper ones of last leaf and rear pastedown, otherwise good; original half green morocco over cloth, embossed gilt letting to upper cover, worn, rear board stained but overall still very presentable; 47pp.
Folio (53.5 x 41 cm); printed on thick card, 'Dress Chart' denoting what is required for which occasion and time of day, 12 full-page colour plates and further black & white ones, mounted textile samples (lacking two), each numbered and captioned, light wear, soiling and occasional spotting, mild staining to bottom of blank margins and the upper ones of last leaf and rear pastedown, otherwise good; original half green morocco over cloth, embossed gilt letting to upper cover, worn, rear board stained but overall still very presentable; 47pp.
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