Halloween issue of this monthly guide for girls of the early 1950s; the publication was equal parts part social training manual, craft project suggestions, and advertisement for Dennison Crepe Paper (sold by the publisher.)

Lovely salesman's sample book of sacramental vestment textiles from the French firm of G.

Meticulous record of a home sewer's completed garments, with fabric swatches (noting material, cost per yard, and place of purchase), construction techniques, and completion times, along with illustrations both clipped from patterns and hand-drawn.

The inaugural issue of GLAMOUR magazine, "The Hollywood way to Fashion, Beauty, Charm."

Lovely selection of original fashion art depicting various women's runway dresses, all ca.

An illustrated product catalog from the Advance Watch and Jewelry Supply Company, wholesale suppliers of men's and women's jewelry and watches.

The birth of an iconic brand.

The Melville Company of Cincinatti OH operated during the 1940s and 50s recruiting women to sell dresses and other items of apparel (children's clothes, socks, lingerie, men's shirts) to their friends and family. As the marketing materials enclosed make clear, it was pitched at housewives looking to make extra money and apparently operated much like Tupperware would a decade later.

A rich series of collages and assemblages with thoroughly referential pop-art sensibilities.

Cultural history of Doc Martens, heavily illustrated throughout. With an introduction by John Peel.

A broad survey of "cool," taking examples from all sides of American pop culture.

First edition / printing of this memoir of the long-time and beloved editor of fashion's Harper's Bazaar.