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The Dressmaker’s Archive

100 Vintage Books

A curated PDF reference collection on a physical USB drive

Explore a carefully organised historical library devoted to dressmaking, sewing, millinery, historic fashion. ZipMyBook is a UK-based seller. This is a tangible product: one USB drive will be posted to you; it is not an email or download link.

Contents100 historical books in PDF format
DeliveryPhysical USB posted from the United Kingdom
OrganisationClearly named folders plus a title index
CompatibilityWindows, macOS and Linux computers with a USB port and PDF reader

Subjects inside the collection

  • Dress cutting
  • Hand sewing
  • Millinery and costume

A selection of included titles

  • The American system of dressmaking β€” ['Merwin, Pearl. [from old catalog]', 'American college of dressmaking, Kansas City, Mo. [from old catalog]']
  • No. H5527-10 - WE sewing machine manual β€” United States. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
  • No. H5527-10 - W.E. sewing machine Ads / W.E. News, inside of front cover β€” United States. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
  • State Bank of Virginia v. Domestic Sewing Machine Co. Decided at Wytheville, June 20, 1901
  • Dressmaking made easy β€” Conover, Isabel De Nyse
  • The home dressmakers' guide; containing knowledge found to be of inestinable value during a lifetime of experience in dressmaking and tailoring .. β€” Blackburn, Judith., Mrs. [from old catalog]
  • Home dressmaking made easy β€” Hooper, Emma Margaret, 1865- [from old catalog]
  • Home millinery, Madame Margariete's manual β€” [Creamer, Margariet Alice (Hoffa), Mrs.] 1878- [from old catalog]

Please note: These are scans of historical publications. Typography, spelling, illustrations and scan quality naturally vary between volumes. They are supplied for reading, research and historical interest.

What you will receive

One tested physical USB drive containing the organised PDF collection and title index, securely packaged and dispatched by ZipMyBook from the UK.

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ZIPMYBOOK Β· CURATED HISTORICAL LIBRARIES Β· DISPATCHED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM
Books in this Collection (100 titles)
  • The American system of dressmaking β€” ['Merwin, Pearl. [from old catalog]', 'American college of dressmaking, Kansas City, Mo. [from old catalog]']
  • No. H5527-10 - WE sewing machine manual β€” United States. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
  • No. H5527-10 - W.E. sewing machine Ads / W.E. News, inside of front cover β€” United States. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
  • State Bank of Virginia v. Domestic Sewing Machine Co. Decided at Wytheville, June 20, 1901
  • Dressmaking made easy β€” Conover, Isabel De Nyse
  • The home dressmakers' guide; containing knowledge found to be of inestinable value during a lifetime of experience in dressmaking and tailoring .. β€” Blackburn, Judith., Mrs. [from old catalog]
  • Home dressmaking made easy β€” Hooper, Emma Margaret, 1865- [from old catalog]
  • Home millinery, Madame Margariete's manual β€” [Creamer, Margariet Alice (Hoffa), Mrs.] 1878- [from old catalog]
  • The Mary Frances sewing book; or, Adventures among the thimble people β€” Fryer, Jane Eayre, 1876-
  • 裁縫独習書 - Sewing Self-study Book
  • A complete course in dressmaking, (Vol. 8, Draping and Pattern Making) β€” Conover, Isabel De Nyse. [from old catalog]
  • Home Dressmaking β€” Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
  • Lucy Shinn's letter to her daughter, Milicent, about her impecunious condition, Joe, spring, sewing circle, E.L. Beard's condition β€” Shinn, Lucy Clark
  • White Sewing Mach. Co. v. Gilmore Furniture Co. Nov. 18, 1920. [105 S. E. 134.]
  • No. 3068 - Power Driven Saw for sewing stumps off, close to ground. Made by J. Krier & Co. Market Tree. Ark. Price. $444. / Osceola, Arkansas
  • Dressmaking as a trade for women in Massachusetts β€” ['Allinson, May, 1880-', "Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.). Dept. of Research"]
  • Domestic science, a text in cooking and syllabus in sewing, prepared for use in the Kansas City elementary schools, yet eminently fitted for home work β€” Johnson, Gertrude Tacy, 1856-
  • Home dressmaking; a complete guide to household sewing β€” Myers, Annie E
  • The Canadian Millinery Review January-December 1910
  • Manual of apparel drafting and sewing β€” Kunz, Mattie G
  • A handbook of elementary sewing β€” ['Flagg, Etta Proctor', 'Flagg, Etta Proctor, b. 1868']
  • The American system of dressmaking β€” ['Merwin, Pearl. [from old catalog]', 'American college of dressmaking, Kansas City, Mo. [from old catalog]']
  • Wills Famous Inventions No. 26 - Howe's Sewing Machine β€” W. D. & H. O. Wills
  • The Sewing Machine in Glasgow, and Its Effects on Production, Prices, and Wages β€” Strang, John
  • woman's institute library of dressmaking
  • A complete course in dressmaking, (Vol. 1, Introduction) β€” Conover, Isabel De Nyse. [from old catalog]
  • School needlework. A course of study in sewing designed for use in schools β€” Hapgood, Olive C. [from old catalog]
  • Dressmaking A Manual for Schools and Colleges β€” Jane Fales
  • Mabel Ross, the Sewing-girl β€” the Chicago Newsboy Author of Luke Darrell, John N. Hyde
  • The millinery department β€” Aiken, Charlotte Rankin
  • Millinery : theoretical and practical β€” Hill, Clare, active 1900
  • The measurement of certain elements of hand sewing β€” Murdoch, Katharine, 1884-
  • While sewing sandals : or, Tales of a Telugu pariah tribe β€” Rauschenbusch-Clough, Emma
  • A complete course in dressmaking, (Vol. 2, Aprons and House Dresses) β€” Conover, Isabel De Nyse. [from old catalog]
  • Manufacturers' Supplies Co. : Everything for the Automobile, Bicycle, Motorcycle and Sewing Machine Dealer β€” Manufacturers' Supplies Co.
  • Sumner School Sewing Class Register, 1870s?, Washington DC β€” Sumner School
  • A complete course in dressmaking, (Vol. 4, Blouses) β€” Conover, Isabel De Nyse. [from old catalog]
  • The accomplisht cook, or, The art & mystery of cookery : wherein the whole art is revealed in a more easie and perfect method, than hath been publisht in any language : expert and ready ways for the dressing of all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, with variety of sauces proper for each of them, and how to raise all manner of pastes, the best directions for all sorts of kickshaws, also the terms of carving and sewing : an exact account of all dishes for all seasons of the year, with other aΜ€-la-mode curiosities β€” May, Robert, 1588- author
  • A complete course in dressmaking, (Vol. 11, Boys' Clothes) β€” Conover, Isabel De Nyse. [from old catalog]
  • A complete course in dressmaking (Vol. 12, Men's clothes & index) β€” Conover, Isabel De Nyse. [from old catalog]
  • Fashion book : novelties, costumes, mantles, millinery, etc. β€” Debenham & Freebody (London, England)
  • U.S Air Service - Hand Sewing of Material for the Covering of Airplane Surfaces - 1919 β€” Air Service
  • Sewing and textiles; a textbook for grades and rural schools β€” Turner, Annabell
  • Sewing and brush work in the kindergarten β€” Devereaux, Anna W. [from old catalog]
  • Report of the Penn Sewing School of Philadelphia β€” Penn Sewing School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • Catalogue of ironmongery, fire grates, mantel pieces, cooking utensils, household furniture and effects, tiled grates, mantel pieces ... excellent double barrelled breech-loading guns and rifles, several hundred central and pin fire cartridge cases, sewing machines, oak pedestal library table, bookcases, inlaid walnut 3-door cabinet, old oak chest, various figures and chromo lithographs, wood and iron French and half-tester bedsteads, gas stove & kitchener β€” Powell & Powell
  • Sheldon's jobbing trade and city offices : containing jobbers in dry goods, cloths, tailors' trimmings, furnishing goods, hosiery, notions and millinery, arranged in states and cities .. β€” ['J.D. Sheldon Company', 'Warshaw Collection of Business Americana']
  • Home dressmaking made easy β€” Hooper, Emma M. [from old catalog]
  • Sternberg, H.A., 1921-1930 (H.A. Sternberg & Co., The Dundee Department Store, Groceries, Crockery, Dry Goods, Millinery, Clothing, Shoes, Dundee, Illinois) [ANS Chapman brothers business correspondence] β€” Sternberg, H.A.
  • The sewing machine : an historical and practical exposition of the sewing machine from its inception to the present time : containing explanations showing the modern methods of garment making applied to all kinds of tailor-made garments β€” ['Lyons, Lewis', 'Allen, T. W', 'Vincent, W. D. F. (William D. F.), 1860-1926', "Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. NcD"]
  • Mental development and manual training combined, taking up the one stitch dropped in sewing by drills to sound-singing β€” Dunham, Mary Elizabeth. [from old catalog]
  • The unprotected; or, Facts in dressmaking life, by a dressmaker [M. Guignard, ed. by W. Landels]. β€” Mary Guignard
  • Steiger's elementary sewing designs on practice-cloth with directions and suggestions β€” ['Steiger, Ernest. [from old catalog]', 'Kornmann, Elisa. [from old catalog]']
  • Practical sewing and dressmaking β€” Allington, Sara May
  • Coates sewing and dress making manual .. β€” Coates, Lydia Trattles
  • Elementary home economics : first lessons in sewing and textiles, foods and cookery, and the care of the house β€” Matthews, Mary Lockwood, 1882-
  • Elementary Home Economics: First Lessons in Sewing and Textiles, Foods and Cookery and the Care of the House β€” Matthews, Mary Lockwood, 1882-
  • A little sewing book for a little girl β€” Cornell, Louise Frances
  • Millinery β€” Aiken, Charlotte Rankin
  • First course in modern mechanical methods of home sewing β€” Institute of modern sewing, inc., New Haven. [from old catalog]
  • Sewing laboratory manual β€” Meldrum, E. L
  • The measurement of certain elements of hand sewing β€” Murdoch, Katharine, 1884-
  • The measurement of certain elements of hand sewing β€” Murdoch, Katharine, 1884-
  • Instructions in dressmaking, basting and fitting β€” [Moschocowitz brothers, New York] [from old catalog]
  • Musical and Sewing Machine Courier 1880-03-13: Vol 1 Iss 6
  • Trademarks. License to Use. Validity. Lea v. New Home Sewing Mach. Co., 139 Fed. 732
  • Solid Foundations 103A Department of Millinery (1915) β€” Ora CnΓ©
  • Kindergartens, music, sewing, cooking, modern languages in elementary schools β€” New York (City) Board of education. Superintendent of schools. [from old catalog]
  • History of the sewing machine β€” Parton, James, 1822-1891
  • Home and school sewing β€” Patton, Frances
  • Solid Foundations 103B Department of Millinery (1915) β€” Ora CnΓ©
  • Dressmaking as a trade for women in Massachusetts β€” Allinson, May, 1880-
  • Dressmaking course; β€” ['Pratt institute, Brooklyn. School of domestic arts. [from old catalog]', 'Sackett, Harriet S. [from old catalog]']
  • The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework. Dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described. Illustrated with upwards of 800 wood engravings, and coloured plates. Plain sewing, textiles, dressmaking, appliances, and terms β€” Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, author
  • Millinery β€” Aiken, Charlotte Rankin
  • The national course in home economics; how to practice economy in the home, containing original suggestions on home milinery[!] home dressmaking, fancy work, home decorating, home laundry, home gardening, home cooking, etc., etc. β€” ['Beezley, Ruth Allen', 'Gregory, Annie R', 'Chabrison, A']
  • School sewing based on home problems β€” ['Burton, Ida Robinson', 'Burton, Myron Garfield, 1880- joint author']
  • No number - Showing position of cover and motor when closing machine / [Sewing machine] β€” United States. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
  • Lucy Shinn's letter to her daughter, Milicent, who was traveling on the East Coast, about gossip from the sewing circle β€” Shinn, Lucy Clark
  • Champion family shuttle sewing machine : adapted to every variety of family sewing / W.A. White & Co. β€” W. A. White & Co
  • Dressmaking as a Trade for Women in Massachusetts β€” May Allinson
  • Dressmaking as a trade for women in Massachusetts β€” Allinson, May, 1880-
  • Standard Sewing Machine Co. v. GΓΊnter. Supreme Court of Appeals. March 10, 1904
  • Goodwin's course in sewing; practical instruction in needlework for use in schools and at home β€” Goodwin, Emma E
  • School needlework. A course of study in sewing designed for use in schools β€” Hapgood, Olive C
  • Stephens' parallel vise : adapted to locomotive works, car builders, machinists, gun, sewing machine and carriage manufacturers, jewelers and artisans generally β€” A.P. & M. Stephens & Co
  • Knitting and sewing; how to make seventy useful articles for men in the army and navy β€” Nicoll, Maud Churchill Mrs., 1871-
  • School needlework. A course of study in sewing designed for use in schools β€” Hapgood, Olive C
  • The American system of dressmaking β€” ['Merwin, Pearl', 'American college of dressmaking, Kansas City, Mo']
  • Instructions for using the new improved Raymond family sewing machines and attachments β€” Raymond Manufacturing Company of Guelph
  • Textiles and sewing; a supplement to Morris's Household science and arts β€” ['Myers, Manette A. [from old catalog]', 'Morris, Josephine, 1863- Household science and arts. [from old catalog]']
  • Dressmaking β€” Fales, Jane. [from old catalog]
  • What Is a Sewing Machine?
  • Bryological Millinery β€” Clarke, Cora H.
  • Home dressmaking; β€” Ford, Jane. Mrs. [from old catalog]
  • A Handbook for Sewing School Teachers
  • The gymnasium at home. : Utility and amusement combined. : Barnett's patent parlor gymnasium and chest expander, for schools and families. : For the young, old and middle-aged; for the narrow-chested; for the round-shouldered; for persons afflicted with spinal distortions; for dyspeptics; for ladies sitting at the sewing machine, and all persons engaged in sedentary employment. : With illustrations from life. β€” ['Barnett, S. M', 'Polhemus, John, printer', 'Hammar, George D., engraver', 'J. Becker & Co., publisher']
  • Catalogue of the manufactured and unmanufactured stock, working plant and machinery, comprising 6-horse high pressure horizontal steam engine by Griffin, Bath 8-horse Cornish boiler and fittings in good order, shafting and pulleys ... squaring and boring machine fitted with American chuck, fluting machine, hot plates, glue pots, gas-fittings, benches, cramps, &c. Merlin chair-frames, AthenΓ¦eum ditto, easy and fancy chairs and ottomans, springs, and upholstery materials, sewing machine ... which will be sold by auction by order of Messrs. Lansdown Brothers β€” Powell & Powell
  • The mate and his duties: containing remarks on discipline, his duties toward the master, duties of the watch ... useful suggestions in rigging, directions for repairing, sewing and cutting out sails, words of command and sea terms in Italian, Spanish, French, and Bengalee .. β€” Kelly, James Joseph, 1822-1858
  • Mechanics of the sewing machine.. β€” Singer Sewing Machine Company

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