Dressmaking & Tailoring

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Making Smart Clothes - Modern Methods in Cutting, Fitting and Finishing
Butterick Publishing Co. 2nd edn 1931
8vo, clth vred bds, wr to edges + surfaces + v sl grubby o/w VG 305 gms
(Order reference 3327)
 
£4.50
Cutting and Fitting
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts nd (1920's)
8vo, no d/w, impressed titling + device to fr bd + gold titling to sp VG++ 215 gms
(Order reference 4568)
 
£7.50
Making Smart Clothes - modern methods in cutting, fitting and finishing
Butterick Publishing Co. 1930
large 8vo, printed paper-cvred bds with clth spine. Bds dulled + stained o/w VG+ 305 gms
(Order reference 7523)
 
£5.00
   
Simply Tailoring - Simplicity's how-to book of contemporary, traditional and revolutionary tailoring techniques
Simplicity Patterns 1975
4to softback 80pp VG+ 205 gms
(Order reference 5702)
 
£5.00
Sewing for Profit
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts nd (1920's)
8vo, no d/w, impressed titling + device to fr bd + gold titling to sp VG++
(Order reference 4571)
 
£7.50
   
Harmony in Dress
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts nd (1920's)
8vo, no d/w, impressed titling + device to fr bd + gold titling to sp VG++ 215 gms
(Order reference 4566)
 
£7.50
Children's and Maternity Garments
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts nd (1920's)
8vo, no d/w, impressed titling + device to fr bd + gold titling to sp VG++ 240 gms
(Order reference 4565)
 
£7.50
Sew Simple - a step-by-step guide to dressmaking - revised edition
Hutchinson rep 1987
4to ladscape format pb 231pp, v v min wr to edges of cvrs o/w VG++ 700 gms
(Order reference 6231)
 
£5.00
Dressmaking Simplified - second edition metric
Crosby Lockwood Staples rep 1977
8vo, glazed pictorial boards F 430 gms
(Order reference 6643)
 
£8.50
     
The New Dressmaker - a new and revised + enlarged edn
Butterick Publishing Co. 1921
4to, no d/w, v min bmps + wr to cvrs o/w VG+ 720 gms
(Order reference 7487)
 
£5.00
First Steps in Dressmaking
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts nd (1920's)
8vo, no d/w impressed titling + device to fr bd + gold titling to sp VG++
(Order reference 4563)
 
£7.50
Aitken, Leila: Sew Successfully with Style - Leila Atkin's Dressmaking Course
Martin 1st 1986
4to pb 96pp, cvrs cvred with self-adh film o/w VG++ 390 gms
(Order reference 4943)
 
£5.00
Aitken, Leila: Simply Sewing
Collins 1st 1981
4to pb 71pp, wr + rbs to edges of cvrs o/w VG++ 230 gms
(Order reference 3337)
 
£3.50
Angell, Jack (ed): Lingerie - Original Designs for You to Make
David & Charles 1st 1981 M/F 870 gms
(Order reference 3591)
 
£8.50
Bawden, Juliet: The Hat Book - Creating Hats for Every Occasion
Letts 1st 1992
squ format 4to, v min crsing to d/w edges o/w F/VG++ 805 gms
(Order reference 4371)
 
£6.50
Benton, Kitty: Sewing Classic Clothes for Children - Illustrated step-by-step instructions and techniques
Hamlyn (date?)
4to, wr, chips + crsing to d/w, title p mssg o/w VG++/VG+ 980 gms
(Order reference 7440)
 
£5.00
Bergh, Rene: Make Your Own Patterns - an easy step-by-step guide to making over 60 patterns
New Holland rep 1997
4to pb 128pp VG++ 550 gms
(Order reference 5720)
 
£10.00
   
Bruce, Pauline: Fashion Accessories
Studio Vista/W I Books 1st 1979
4to pb 64pp, v v min wr to edges of cvrs o/w VG++ 250 gms
(Order reference 5727)
 
£3.00
Butler, Margaret: Clothes - their choosing, making and care
B T Batsford new edn 1975
8vo pb 319pp, cancelled name to fep + ep, v min wr + sl indents to cvrs o/w VG+ 350 gms
(Order reference 7446)
 
£8.00
Butler, Margaret G: Clothes - their choosing, making and care
B T Batsford 3rd edn 1965
rems of prize plate to fr pd, v min bmp to bds, wr + rbs to d/w edges o/w VG++/VG 690 gms
(Order reference 2697)
 
£8.00
Cardy, Lynn & Dart, Alan: Kids' Clothes - making a complete wardrobe from babyhood to eleven years
Bell & Hyman
4to, feint blue crayon mark to fep o/w VG++/VG++ 605 gms
(Order reference 4976)
 
£6.00
Cock, Valerie: Dressmaking Simplified - second edition (metric)
Crosby Lockwood Staples rep 1972
8vo glazed pictorial boards F 460 gms
(Order reference 5976)
 
£8.50
The Dressmaker
Butterick Publishing Co. 1911
4to, green clth cvred bds, bds sl grubby with min mrks + wr o/w VG+ 510 gms
(Order reference 3319)
 
£16.00
Foster, Betty: Making Clothes for Children - 38 easy-to-make outfits from basic pieces
Macdonald 1st 1985
large 4to, ex lib, tape damage to pds + eps, sm tr to rear ep o/w VG/VG 1020 gms
(Order reference 6195)
 
£5.00
Foster, Betty: Betty Foster's Adapting To Fashion
Macdonald 1st 1980
4to pb 63pp F 220 gms
(Order reference 3324)
 
£3.00
Foster, Betty: Betty Foster's Adapting to Fashion
Macdonald 1st 1980
4to pb 64pp, v v min wr to edges of cvrs o/w VG++ 210 gms
(Order reference 5714)
 
£3.00
Greenhowe, Jean: Fancy Dress for Girls and Boys
B T Batsford 1st 1987
4to, d/w in library type clear protective cvr taped to bds VG+/VG+ 490 gms
(Order reference 5607)
 
£8.50
   
Hawkins, Diana: Creative Cutting - easy ways to design and make stylish clothes
J M Dent 1st 1986
4to, sl rbs + wr to d/w with short closed tr o/w VG++/VG+ 760 gms
(Order reference 3334)
 
£10.50
Heafield, Margaret J: Young Dressmaker
B T Batsford 1st 1984
4to, glazed pict bds F 415 gms
(Order reference 5169)
 
£6.50
Hughes, Talbot: The Artistic Craft Series of Technical Handbooks - Dress Design
Isaac Pitman rep 1920
8vo, paper-cvred bds with cloth sp, wr to cnrs + bds grubbyo/w VG 570 gms
(Order reference 4615)
 
£20.00
Kennett, Frances: Secrets of the Couturiers
Orbis rep 1986
large 4to pb 160pp, sm name to fep o/w VG++ 605 gms
(Order reference 5431)
 
£15.00
Ladbury, Ann: The Batsford Book of Sewing
BCA 1974
4to, sl sunning to top edge of bds, sunning + fading to d/w o/w VG++/VG+ 745 gms
(Order reference 3330)
 
£6.50
Ladbury, Ann: The Dressmaker's Dictionary
B T Batsford pb edn 1985
4to pb 358pp, ex school lib, v min wr o/w VG++ 950 gms
(Order reference 5831)
 
£6.50
Ladbury, Ann: The Dressmaker's Dictionary
B T Batsford 1st 1982
thick 4to, min wr to d/w o/w F/VG++ 1170 gms
(Order reference 3333)
 
£15.00
Ladbury, Ann: The Batsford Book of Sewing
BCA 1974
4to, min wr to bd edges, d/w sp sl sunned o/w VG+/VG+ 750 gms
(Order reference 3523)
 
£4.50
Ladbury, Ann: Improve Your Dressmaking
B T Batsford 1st 1978
4to VG++/VG++ 535 gms
(Order reference 3673)
 
£8.50
Ladbury, Ann: Short Cuts for Busy Dressmakers
B T Batsford 1st 1980
4to, d/w spine slightly sunned o/w VG++/VG++ 590 gms
(Order reference 7218)
 
£5.00
Ladbury, Ann: Short Cuts for Busy Dressmakers
B T Batsford 1st 1980
4to, v v min crsing + wr to d/w o/w VG+/VG+ 880 gms
(Order reference 7715)
 
£8.00
   
Lippman, Gidon & Erskine, Dorothy: Dressmaking Made Simple
W H Allen 1st 1974
8vo pb 310 gms, min wr to edges of cvrs o/w VG+ 360 gms
(Order reference 6639)
 
£5.00
Lippman, Gidon & Erskine, Dorothy: Dressmaking Made Simple
Heinemann rep 1982
8vo, F/F 430 gms
(Order reference 7160)
 
£6.00
   
Mactaggart, Ann: Dressmaking Skills
B T Batsford rep 1984
4to pb 168pp, ex school lib, v min wr o/w VG++ 460 gms
(Order reference 5830)
 
£6.00
Mathews, Kate: Weekend Sewers Guide to Dresses
Lark Books 1st 1998
4to F/F 710 gms
(Order reference 6732)
 
£7.50
Mathews, Kate: Sewing a Travel Wardrobe
Lark Books 1999
large 4to pb 128pp F 490 gms
(Order reference 5565)
 
£5.50
Mayhew, Joy: The Encyclopedia of Dressmaking
Guild 1988
lrge 4to, glazed pict bds F 1120 gms
(Order reference 3340)
 
£5.00
McCall's Step-by-Step Sewing Book
McCall's 1969
lrge 4to pb 160pp, crsing + curling to cvrs o/w VG 400 gms
(Order reference 3335)
 
£3.00
Mordle-Barnes, Mollie: Good Housekeeping - making Children's Clothes
Ebury Press 1st 1977
4to, glazed pictorial boards F 480 gms
(Order reference 6191)
 
£5.00
Mordle-Barnes, Mollie: Good Housekeeping - Making Children's Clothes
Ebury Press 1st 1977
4to, glazed pictorial boards VG++ 470 gms
(Order reference 6248)
 
£5.00
Morgan, Fay: Clothes Without Patterns
Mills & Boon rep 1980
4to pb 160pp VG++ 440 gms
(Order reference 6802)
 
£20.00
Musgrave, Belinda: Patterns for Pregnancy
B T Batsford 1st 1987
4to, glazed pictorial boards VG++ 445 gms
(Order reference 6524)
 
£10.00
Musgrave, Belinda: Blouses, Skirts and Tops
B T Batsford 1st 1985
4to M/F 500 gms
(Order reference 5088)
 
£10.00
Pearce, Lynn & Cousins, Gladys (eds): New Sewing Book
Butterick 1956
4to stapled booklet 84pp, wr + crsing to cvrs, cvrs paretly detached o/w VG 250 gms
(Order reference 5735)
 
£3.00
Peters, Joan & Stcliffe, Anna: Making Costumes for School Plays
B T Batsford 1st 1970
ex lib, inscr to fep, sm tape stn to fr pd, sl sunning to sp o/w VG+/VG+ 502 gms
(Order reference 2699)
 
£5.50
Redmile, Brenda: Make Your Own Dress Patterns
B T Batsford 1st 1977
4to, crsing to first few pp, min bmps to bds o/w VG++/VG++ 530 gms
(Order reference 3326)
 
£12.50
Riley, Patricia: The Skirtmaking Book
B T Batsford 1st 1979 VG++/VG++ 522 gms
(Order reference 2614)
 
£8.00
Stanley, Helen: Modelling and Flat Cutting for Fashion - from Design to Pattern
Hutchinson third corrected impression 1977
4to pb 180pp VG++ 405 gms
(Order reference 7917)
 
£22.00
Stevenson, Amanda: The Batsford Book of Practical Dressmaking
B T Batsford 1st 1985
4to VG++/VG++ 700 gms
(Order reference 3323)
 
£10.50
Stevenson, Amanda: The Batsford Book of Practical Dressmaking
B T Batsford 1st 1985
4to pb 192pp F 540 gms
(Order reference 4058)
 
£8.50
Stuart, Jennifer: Dressmaking - a practical guide to making clothes for all the family
Macdonald Educational 1st 1982
4to, v min crsing + v v min dulling to d/w o/w VG+/VG+ 610 gms
(Order reference 6236)
 
£5.50
Towers, E Lucy: Standard Processes in Dressmaking
Univ. of London Press 8th imp 1969
4to, v min bmps to bds, wr + chps to d/w, sunning to d/w sp, name to fep o/w VG++/VG++ 410 gms
(Order reference 4050)
 
£5.00
Watkins, Charmian: Designer Clothes to Make
Guild 1985
4to, glazed pict bds in similar d/w F/VG++ 795 gms
(Order reference 3338)
 
£8.50
Watkins, Charmian: Designer Clothes to Make
Collins 1st 1985
lrge 4to, glazed pict bds F/VG++ 790 gms
(Order reference 4481)
 
£8.50
Watts, Gwyneth: Modern Dressmaking
Hutchinson 1st 1981
4to, ex lib, glazed pictorial boards, wr + chps tp edges, sunning to sp, dmge to hd + tail of sp o/w VG 485 gms
(Order reference 5281)
 
£6.50
Watts, Gwyneth: Decorative Dress and Fashion
Hutchinson 1st 1984
4to pb 79pp, ex college lib, covers neatly covered in clear self-adh film 205 gms
(Order reference 6964)
 
£5.00
Wilson, John Arthur & Merrill, Henry Baldwin: Analysis of Leather and Materials Used in Making It
McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1931
4to, VG++. Inscribed 'James Cock & Sons Shrewsbury October 10 1932'. 1155 gms
(Order reference 6641)
 
£125.00
   
Zinkeisen, Doris: Studio 'How To Do It' book No. 18 - Designing for the Stage
The Studio Pubs nd (1938?)
4to, glazed bds with clth sp,43 tipped-in plates + 3 drgsmin rbs to bd edges + surface o/w VG+ 608 gms
(Order reference 2710)
 
£8.50
   
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