Haskell Ira J (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Privately Printed by Carole Mailing Service, 1956, 124 pages, A4 size, typescript in plastic comb bound | the author was an American collector of hosiery; this is his 'historical treatise' on the subject - dealing manufacturing and commerce, not at all titillating | this copy is ex library and has a few library stamps and marks, but is generally in good condition, especially considering its age and non-standard format | professional booksellers based in the UK | we package with great care and usually dispatch within 24hrs, always within two working days | please request scans or further information on any of our listings, which are all in stock and ready to be dispatched | our ref JS.

First Edition. Quarto. Comb-bound heavy card wrappers; iv,124pp; illus. Printed from typescript, rectos only. Clean, unmarked copy, about Fine. Illustrated throughout from photographs (halftones) and reproduced line drawings. Includes bibliography, glossary, and chronology. A privately-published treatise by Ira J. Haskell, a hosiery specialist at the T.W. Rogers Company Department Store in Lynn, Mass. From the title page: "Mr. Haskell's unusual activities as a private collector of hosiery are well-known to readers of the Underwear and Hosiery Review through articles previously published." Frontispiece portrait of the author at the opening of an exhibition of Mr. Haskell's collection, "Stockings on Parade," at the Commercial Museum of Philadelphia, May 23-30, 1945. Scarce in commerce.