Dressed to Kill, Dressed to Till

Lot 38:

THE SUPREME SYSTEM OF CUTTING AND GRADING COATS AND VESTS BY FRED’K T. CROONBORG

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Start price: $70

Estimated price: $150 - $300

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[COSTUME]. THE SUPREME SYSTEM OF CUTTING AND GRADING COATS AND VESTS BY FRED’K T. CROONBORG. Chicago: F. T. Croonborg, 1903. Clothbound with gilt title on front board, blank spine; large quarto (11 ¾ x 9 ¼ in.), 108 pp. with frontispiece and numerous photographic plates and pattern drafts. One of the more practical drafting and grading systems for men’s garments of all sorts. SELIGMAN 1903.3. Extremely rare, only 3 originals found in Worldcat. Hinges loose and 1 ½ inch loss from top edge of spine; internal contents complete and very good, excepting separated front endpaper and ¼ x 1 ¾ inch loss in lower RH corner of frontispiece.