Author: BAKKER, G.P.(PREFACE),
Title: IMOVA handwerk-boekje [title on front boards]. Orig. edn.
Description: Hilversum, IMOVA [= Instituut Miep Ollff van Boven Amsterdam], s.d. [..], 1943. sm.8°. Orig. clothbacked pictorial coloured boards, after a design by [F.] Olff. 32pp. Num. ills. and ills. on plates, of which coloured, incl. diagrams and patterns, with extensive technical directions. A handy manual, published by Institute IMOVA(=Instituut Miep Olff-van Boven), for dutch housewives in nazi-occupied Holland, with instructions for home-needlecraft, mending and tailoring of clothing, especially for children. Published with consent of the german nazi-occupation under number K 1462. Very probably one of the few surviving copies, printed in a very limited edition. Very fine copy. Curious & rare.

Keywords: handwerken tailoring dressmaking second world war female craft needlework mending manual handboek second world war occupation holland