Millinery Manual: Basic Hat Patterns, Stephens College, 1953, RARE, Very Good+ comb bound

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Old, Gladys. Columbia: Stephens College, 1953. 
English, Very Good+, SC, 8vo, 8 1/2" x 6 1/4", Unpaginated. 

Comb-bound in red leatherette wraps. Light sunning to edges and little toning to first and last pages. Unpaginated. Includes reproduced black ink instructional illustrations. A rare, vintage guidebook that allows for a glimpse at mid-century fashion trends with patterns on hat brims, side crowns, tips, and sectional crowns, along with a short list of terms and other information needed to be introduced to hat-making in the 1950s. Published by the second-oldest women's college in the United States, Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri.