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1935 · réf. 59961 — Chicago: Sears Roebuck & Co. 1935. 4to. 20 pp unpaginated. including 4 pp. order blank with measuring instructions. With printed illustrations throughout in orange & black 50 mounted fabric swatch samples of worsted wool and worsted wool blends. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers in orange & black Art Deco cover art & lettering w/ “Easter” promotional label mounted at upper left front cover dated March 23 1935 minor creasing shelfwear still a VG copy. Early edition of this scarce and unusually complete sample catalogue for men and young men’s suits featuring the Syracuse Parkway Collegian Kenwood Wall Street & Walton styles from Sears Roebuck & Co. These special sample catalogues were issued as supplements to their famous catalogue which were issued in millions of copies even during the Great Depression. These catalogues were more expensive to produce and were intended to provide a reasonable alternative to the larger Men’s suit purveyors such as J.L. Taylor M. Born and others. This catalogue provides invaluable illustrated historical reference for the colours styles and fabrics during the era of fashion influenced by the elegance and glamor of Hollywood films at the time. There is definite evidence of influence from the popular Film Noir films of the period. The men’s suits showed a trend towards padded shoulders suit lapels that were not as long and an increased weight and drape to the clothes as well as wider legs for the younger “fast” crowd. Worldcat locates only 1 copy Ohio University. Sears, Roebuck & Co., paperback