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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 18.5cm x 12.5cm. 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 24. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, original wrappers bound in. A bound set of the complete volume 15 of The Berlie Review, being the company journal for Australian lingerie company Berlie for the year 1936. Volume 15 comprises 10 parts, with January/February and October/November being double issues. Founded by Fred R. Burley and first operating in Sydney from 1910 as Unique Corsets, before Frenchifying to Berlie in 1917, with the vision "To Design and Manufacture Corsets and Brassieres of such perfect Fit, Quality, and Workmanship, as will bring pleasure and profit to all concerned, while at the same time rendering such excellent service to our Clients and Consumers as will merit their permanent patronage." Burlei Australia is still operating today. Neatly bound in contemporary cloth, with each of the issues wrappers bound in, a previous owner's name to the front endpaper dated 1937. Some of imprints on the lower wrappers of each issue cut short or cropped. Category: Fashion, Fabrics & Style; Inventory No: 0037003.