Constructive Sewing: Books 3 and 4

Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.: Industrial Book & Equipment Co., 1917. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; former owner's name and address are written in ink on the ffep with some scribble in pencil there as well; some scribble in pencil on a few of the interior pages as well as on the inner front and rear covers; small portion of the upper corner missing from the first three pages; overall a nice used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Brown cloth with brown lettering on the front board. 93 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "One thing for which the world may well be thankful is the general awakening to the fact that home keeping is not a sentimental playing with pretty things and that it should not be drudgery. People have discovered that the making and ordering of a home is a real profession and as such calls for as much and as careful training as other vocations. As a consequence, the welfare of girls is being considered today as never before, and the subject of home making, including home planning, cooking, dieteties, hygiene, sanitation, home nursing, laundering, sewing, dressmaking, textiles, millinery, etc., is taking its place in the school curriculum............." ---- from the Introduction.. First Edition / First Printing. Brown Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.