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THE GENTLEMAN’S
TAILORING
COLLECTION
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A truly stunningcollection of over 130 vintage books compiled together for the first time onone unique DVD covering all aspects of GENTLEMAN’S TAILORING.
Discover the secretsbehind designing men’s suits and garments. Learn how to measure up, draft andcut all types of gentleman’s clothing. All aspects and numerous methods forcutting garments are explained as well as methods for making alterations. Thiswonderful collection of vintage tailoring books and guides is an absolute mustfor anyone with an interest in designing and creating men’s clothes.
Some of these books areextremely rare and will provide a valuable reference archive for anyone with aninterest in tailoring for gentleman and boys. The full list of titles speaksfor itself!
This unique collection of135 rare and out-of-print books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of greatcontent and fabulous illustrations for the reader. All of the books have beenscanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read onyour laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can alsoprint entire books or select pages.
This iswithout doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time byrare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List ofTitles Included is as Follows:
12 blank trimmings cost sheets and suit cost andselling price tables to be used in connection with cost and selling price formerchant tailors (c1916)
A complete handbook of tailoring and shopmanagement on the sectional or group system by F. Deiner (1920)
A complete system of cutting by W. Brundage (1867)
A dictionary of men's wear by W. H. Baker (1908)
A scientific guide to practical cutting by W.Glencross (1873)
A treatise on cutting garments to fit the humanform containing fifty diagrams and designs reduced to mathematical principlesby Scott & Wilson (1841)
A treatise on the measurement of the human body andthe art of cutting materials for gentlemen's clothes by W.Selle (1873)
Acton's improved system ofactual measurement by W. R. Acton (1867)
Acton's improvements onThe tailor's transfer by W. R. Acton (1862)
Alterations and how to make them by Internationalassociation of clothing designers(1918)
Buying men's suits by C. L. Scott (1919)
Campbell's clothingadvertising brochure by F. S. Evanson (1921)
Carbery's practical work on coat cutting by J. J.Carbery (1896)
Clothes dictionary by W. H. Baker (1901)
Complete sewing instructions by M. Russel (1917)
Concerning the urgent necessity for, and the vastadvantages of, the Thomson cutting method by C. H. Thomson (1913)
Corticelli Home Needlework by L. Barton (1898)
Cost and selling price for merchant tailors by C.V. Beeman (1916)
Crawford's system on the science and art of garmentcutting by W. T. Crawford (1874)
Der zuschneider wie er sein soll, oder, Gründlicheanweisung zum selbst-unterricht im zuschneiden von S. Geer (1854)
Designing boys' and juveniles' clothing; a completeand reliable system for drafting all kinds of garments by H. Simons (1922)
Designing overcoat patterns for men and young menby H. Simons (1916)
Designing sack coats, dress coats and vests by H.Simons (1918)
Die lehre der körpermessung und der kunst des zuschneidensvon herrenkleidern by W. Selle (1873)
Directions for cutting garments with the Davis improved square byM. Davis (1888)
Distinctive Clothes, How To Select And Make Them AnIntermediate Course by F. Consalus (1920)
Divisional and exact measurement systems forgarment cutting by W. O. Linthicum (1876)
Dr. Wampen's world renowned system of anthropometryas simplified and Americanized by J. Hutcheson (1903)
Drafting cotton garments and mackinaws by H. Simons(1918)
Drafting pants and overalls by H. Simons (1916)
Dress - a magazine for men illustrating the newstyles for fall and winter 1910-11 (1910)
Efficiency in clothing by R. S. Reed (1921)
Elements of garment cutting by J. O. Madison (1878)
Erste franzsisch-amerikanische lehr-methode deszuschneidens für herrn und knaben anzüge von E. M. Greenstein (1895)
Every day alterations by J. A. Carlstrom (1916)
Facts versus fables about the present cost of goodclothing (1920)
Fall and Winter, 1890-91 Fashion Catalogue by H.O'Neill and Co. (1890)
Garment cutting in the twentieth century by G. F.Hertzer (1892)
Garment cutting self-taught by E. Abercrombie(1889)
Garment drafting by simple rule method by M. M.Gingles (1907)
Gordon's work on cutting men's garments by S. S.Gordon (1910)
Grand edition of Supreme system for producing men'sgarments by F. T. Croonborg (1907)
H. Matheson's scientific and practical guide forthe tailor's cutting department by H. Matheson (1871)
Hansen's seamless and artistic frock coat system byH. J. Hansen (1889)
Human proportions in growth exemplified in a chart,showing the complete measurement of the human body by D. E. Ryan (1879)
If they came back for Easter Sunday - how thefamous figures of history would look as Royal Tailored men by The Royal tailors(1916)
Instruction book for the standard tailor system byH. P. Evan (1896)
Madison's method by breast or shoulder measures,and operated with the ordinary square or with a graduated scale or graduatedsquare by J. O. Madison (1885)
Madison's shoulder measurecoat and vest systems improved, and elements of garment cutting by J. O.Madison (1885)
Make-overs from coats and suits by C. L. Scott(1921)
Manual - True guide to practical cutting by W.Glencross (1866)
Manual of apparel drafting and sewing by M. G. Kunz(1914)
Mending Men's Suits by C. L. Scott (1921)
Men's outfitter - Fall & Winter, 1894-1895 byE. P. Peyser, New York(1894)
Men's ready made clothing by Sears, Roebuck andCompany (1906)
Morse made clothingSpring & Summer, 1907 by Leopold Morse Co. (1907)
New standard trousers and breeches systems,self-varying in distribution of material and in balance; an encyclopedia ofstyles in trousers and breeches for all sizes and forms (1908)
New supreme system for production of men's garmentsby F. T. Croonborg (1917)
Our advance agent by Work Bros & co. (1893)
Popular gentleman system for cutting and designingof men's garments (1917)
Practical hand-book for tailors & seamstressesfor self-instruction by F. O. Vogel (1883)
Practical instruction, how to alter ill-fittinggarments and how to handle try-ons, showing illustrations how to avoid faultsfrom the beginning by W. Lehmann(1919)
Praktyczny podrecznik krawiecki kroju meskiego,zestawil i ulozy by J. Sankowski (1917)
Prof. M. Kaphan's kid glove-fitting system forladies', misses', children's and gents' garments by M. Kaphan (1890)
Proportionate system of coat cutting by C.Hecklinger (1883)
Report of the present fashions, with the squarerules and variations to fit the human shape by J. G. Wilson (1827)
Report on men’s clothing industry, by A. A.Imberman (1916)
Salisbury's great pantaloons system, devoted to theæsthetics of pantaloons cutting, etc. by W. Salisbury(1871)
Schulman's system of garment cutting, coat and vestmeasure and adjustable trouser system by L. Schulman (1916)
Sewing and textiles by M. Matthews (1921)
Sewing machines by R. C. Cook (1922)
Short methods; a treatise on cutting, designing& manufacturing men's clothing by C. A. Snodgrass (1911)
Simplified sewing by E. Dodson (1921)
Standard work on cutting by The Jno J. Mitchell Co.(1886)
Stone's advanced superlative trouser system, basedupon the proportions of the human form by J. C. Stone (1913)
Stone's new superlative coat and vest system, basedupon the proportions of the human form by J. C. Stone (1900)
Stone's new superlative trouser system, based upona scientific, sure and simple method by J. C. Stone (1901)
Stone's paramount-cutter; a system for cuttinggarments, based upon scientific principles, including the self-varying shoulderin connection with the division of the breast-measure (1891)
Stone's scientific system of grading patterns formen's garments by C. J. Stone (1912)
Straight shoulder rules, systems and methods of thepresent day by O. T. Doolittle (1901)
Streiff's system of garment cutting by E. L.Streiff (1913)
Style book - fall & winter, 1905 by Hart,Schaffner & Marx (1905)
Styles for mena book issued to show authoritatively what is fashionable and correctfor fall and winter 1907-'08 by Kuppenheimer and Company (1907)
Suits for the small boy by C. L. Scott (1921)
Tables. Giving the quantity of cloth and trimmingsrequired in making men's and boys' clothing by C. Hecklinger (1878)
Textiles and clothing by K. Watson (1907)
The adjustable pantaloon system by C. H. Scott(1888)
The Alfred Scott system of actual measure of coatand vest by P. Colavita (1906)
The American coat, vest and trousers system by S.S. Gordon (1895)
The American garment cutter by S. Regal (1904)
The American pattern grader; a complete, practical,up-to-date work on the grading of patterns for men's garments, the use of blockpatterns, alterations and how to make them by S. Regal (1917)
The Americanized French cutting method by A. H.Proud (1906)
The art of designing, cutting and grading gentlemenand boys clothes with elegance and perfection without the aid of a teacher byA. Alessio (1906)
The Arvidson coat and vest system by P. N. Arvidson(1891)
The clothing trades industry by B. W. Poole (1920)
The Copeland method; a complete manual forcleaning, repairing, altering and pressing all kinds of garments for men andwomen by V. Copeland (1908)
The cutter and guide by A. Koch (1883)
The designer by S. Schuman (1911)
The excelsior trousers cutter by R. Phillips (1892)
The garment trades by E. Bryner (1916)
The geometric - a system of cutting garments forladies and gentlemen on geometrical lines and principles by J. Denieffe (1900)
The great balance-measure system, for cuttingcoats, vests, pants, cloaks, and shirts by W. Brockaway (1864)
The Holmes cutter. A practical system for garmentcutting that is based on selfvarying principles for block patterns by N. Holmes(1894)
The incline method by Moore & Radcliffe (1889)
The International cutting school's system of cuttingby L. Gibson (1913)
The international encyclopedia of scientific tailorprinciples, for all kinds and styles of garment-making by D. C. Christner(1885)
The Keif method of cutting coats and vests by F. A.Keif (1899)
The keystone systems, coats, vests and trousers byC. Hecklinger (1903)
The modern designer. A work showing the natural wayof producing garments that are perfectly balanced by L. N. Bishop (1900)
The new dressmaker; sewing, dressmaking andtailoring, from the actual stitches to the cutting, ... ladies, misses, girls,children, infants, men and boys (1921)
The Royal Tailors junior sample book (1916)
The Schulman system of garment cutting by L.Schulman (1904)
The science of coat and vest cutting by H. G.Kennedy (1891)
The science of grading patterns for men's, boys'and children's clothing by H. Simons (1916)
The scientific tailor, based on geometry by E. L.Phelps (1904)
The secret of successful tailoring by E. Watkins(1910)
The self-instructor by C. Moore (1892)
The sewing machine - an historical and practicalexposition of the sewing machine from its inception to the present time by L.Lyons (1921)
The tailor; new system of drafting direct from themeasurement taken with a tape measure, without any instrument, for all thevarious forms of the human body by L. Phyliky (1867)
The tailors' director, containing an importantdiscovery for fitting the human shape by J. Jackson (1833)
The tailors' guide - containing systems ofdraughting frock and sack coats, pants, vests and shirts by L. Cole (1868)
The tailor's scientific guide; being a mathematicalprinciple for balancing, drafting, and cutting pantaloons by A. S. De Lany(1849)
The tailors' transfer; or, A new and improvedsystem of measurement and garment cutting by W. Acton(1846)
The taylors'instructor, or, A comprehensive analysis, of the elements of cutting garments,of every kind by J. Queen (1809)
The U. S. A. system of ladies & gentlemen'sgarments cutting by F. Spikman (1918)
The young crook's guide by W. Schweinhart (1851)
Thirty years at the cutting-board being a workdesigned to assist the student to acquire knowledge in the art of cutting by W.Larder (1882)
V.B. Depierris & co.'s French rule ofproportions (1841)
Vest cutting, a manual for the practical tailor andcutter by C. Hecklinger (1883)
Weir's balance and proof measure system, forcutting coats, calculated to fit all variety of shapes, with unerring certaintyby R. Weir (1855)
Wendorf's practical cutting method; a new systemwhich enables one to take correct measurements and draft patterns for ladies'and men's garments by W. Wendorf (1913)
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