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A very scarce first edition of this beautifully hand-coloured humorous work by Alfred Henry Forrester, an immensely entertaining volume. The very scarce first edition of this work. A selection of nonsense and satirical pieces, a perfect example of the popular Victorian humour literature genre. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and twelve hand-coloured plates. Written and illustrated by Alfred Henry Forrester, a popular comic author and artist of the Victorian era. Bookplate of Alfred Sutro to the front pastedown. Sutro was an author, dramatist, and translator, writing the first English translation of the works of his friend, Maurice Maeterlinck. He was also a playwright in his own right, writing a more than twenty successful plays. Prior bookseller's description to the verso to the front endpaper. In a lovely half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart, with just a little rubbing. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Prior bookseller's description to the verso to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots. Near Fine.

Folio. 10.75 x 14.25 in. 98 pp. Numerous colour plates, many double-page, colour photographs, 23 (of 30) fabric samples tipped-in, photo illustrations, colour photo illustrations. Quarter-blue cloth over colour-illustrated photo boards, cover art of divers in swim suits from high dive platforms (edgewear, rubbing, rubbing to corners, some dustsoiling), still VG-copy. First edition of this World War II-era trade magazine launched in 1931 in the depths of the Great Depression by Weintraub, Smart & Gingrich from the Menswear Service Corporation. This issue features illustrations, and advertisements by such artists as John Lagatta (1894-1977); Allen for Portis hats, the modernist master Paul Rand's (1914-1996) Summer 1941 poster, the iconic fashion illustrator Laurence Fellows (1885-1964), and other mainstays. This installment features advertisements from such menswear brands as Botany Worsted Mills, Jockey, Manhattan Shirt Co., Dobbs Hats, Hickok, John Cyril Woolen Co., and even Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. fashion displays. By the 1940's, the magazine was printed by Esquire, Inc., issued 8 times a year, continuing in print until replaced by Gentlemen's Quarterly (GQ) in 1959. See: Marianne Brown, Apparel Arts & Conde Nast (May 10, 2017).

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First edition. Oblong small folio. Quarter white cloth decorated and titled in silver, and silk cloth decorated in red and gold. Printed title page plus 10 Japan-tissue photogravures each tack-glued at the corners onto a larger page, and printed by Edward Edwards' New York Photo-Gravure Company. Very good with rubbing on the boards, light corner wear and dampstaining on the spine, but with the interior images fine. A group of 10 hand-pulled photogravures, including one of the earliest known published works by American photographer Alfred Stieglitz: "After the Rain, " which is, ironically for this American view book, a study done in 1886 in Mittenwald, Germany. All of the other images are believed to be from New York State. A rare volume, *OCLC* locates eight copies.