Essential Stitches and Seams, Part 1, Instruction Paper with Examination Questions, Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc

Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1915. First Edition. Staplebound. Very good +. First edition. 8vo; 30 + 2pp test questions; tan printed wrapper, 2 staple binding; illustrated in b&w; chipping to bottom front wrapper and light soiling, ownership in pencil to front wrapper; very good plus. This first edition in only 3 WorldCat libraries. Founder of the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mary Brooks Picken was a prolific writer and publishers of manuals on sewing and tailoring. She was an expert on fashion and taught at Columbia University. This pamphlet includes identification of sewing tools, sewing by hand and machine, hemming and other useful stitching techniques. Illustrated.