tailor mechanic journal devoted science (1 risultati)

Condizione: Very good. New York, 1920., 1920. Very good. - Octavo, 7-3/4 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed cream wraps. The covers are soiled with a chip to the bottom corner of the front cover and top edges. There is a short tear along the spine and the booklet is vertically folded down the center. 21 & [1] pages, with numerous textual illustrations and patterns. Very good. "This is the first number of the New Edition of The Tailor Mechanic. The old edition was discontinued before this country entered the World War". [Quoted from page 6]. Numbered Volume 1, Number 1 on the title page. Of particular interest is an article by Felix J. Koch on "Making Clothes for Jugo-Slovakian: Strange and Interesting Manners and Customs That Attach to the Fashioning of the Garments of the New Nation", illustrated with photographs, presumably by Koch. Felix John Koch (1882-1933) was an author and freelance photographer. He traveled to the Balkan Peninsula in 1904. Koch traveled throughout the world, from Labrador and Newfoundland to Panama and throughout Europe, documenting in words and pictures the customs, people and sights of the many regions through which he traveled. He was the official War Department photographer for the Cincinnati area documenting local war efforts. RARE.