Author: [Salesman's Sample Catalogue]
Title: The CLOTHES AMERICANS WEAR. Reliable Tailoring Company. Spring and Summer 1923
Description: Chicago: Reliable Tailoring Co, 1923. 1st printing. All housed in green wallet-type porfolio, with snap closure & gilt stamped lettering. Booklet: 31, [1 (blank)] pp. 22 sheet sample book, with first two 8-1/8" x 3-3/4" sheets having 6 2-inch square cloth samples [3 per side], the remaining 20 with 3 samples to one side, advertising copy on the opposite. 3 price list cards [Regular, Wholesale & 'Secret'] in pocket underneath cloth samples. Cloth tape measure laid-in. Oblong orientation. Closed: 4-1/4" x 8-3/8". Open: 8-3/8" x 13-1/4" Located "at Jackson and Desplaines streets," likely 911 Jackson Blvd as listed in the Certified List of Domestic and Foreign Corporations of 1920. Minor wear to wallet. Crease to booklet front wrapper. Some fraying to a few sample edges. Withal, a respectable VG [or better] example.

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