Hosiery thru the Years
by [FASHION & COSTUME] [UNUSUAL ACTIVITIES] HASKELL, Ira J
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Lynn, MSA: Privately Published, 1956. First Edition. Quarto. Comb-bound heavy card wrappers; iv,124pp; illus. Printed from typescript, rectos only. Clean, unmarked copy, about Fine. Illustrated throughout from photographs (halftones) and reproduced line drawings. Includes bibliography, glossary, and chronology.
A privately-published treatise by Ira J. Haskell, a hosiery specialist at the T.W. Rogers Company Department Store in Lynn, Mass. From the title page: "Mr. Haskell's unusual activities as a private collector of hosiery are well-known to readers of the Underwear and Hosiery Review through articles previously published." Frontispiece portrait of the author at the opening of an exhibition of Mr. Haskell's collection, "Stockings on Parade," at the Commercial Museum of Philadelphia, May 23-30, 1945. Scarce in commerce.
A privately-published treatise by Ira J. Haskell, a hosiery specialist at the T.W. Rogers Company Department Store in Lynn, Mass. From the title page: "Mr. Haskell's unusual activities as a private collector of hosiery are well-known to readers of the Underwear and Hosiery Review through articles previously published." Frontispiece portrait of the author at the opening of an exhibition of Mr. Haskell's collection, "Stockings on Parade," at the Commercial Museum of Philadelphia, May 23-30, 1945. Scarce in commerce.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64146
- Title
- Hosiery thru the Years
- Author
- [FASHION & COSTUME] [UNUSUAL ACTIVITIES] HASKELL, Ira J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Published
- Place of Publication
- Lynn, MSA
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- feet foot undergarments socks fetish
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; Sexuality;
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