American Fabrics Color Source Book.
Printed in the USA. Doric Publishing Company. 1971. Limited first edition. Loose clamshell box. One stapled brochure and 47 folders contained in a hardcover clamshell (grey cloth) box. 4to. Brochure viii pp. Each folder is numbered from 1-47 and contains explanatory text on the interior verso with a varying number of hand silk-screened colour samples pasted on the recto protected by an intervening tissue guard. This copy is complete, with no missing parts. Number 400 out of a limited 500 copies. The brochure is slightly yellowed. The folders show slight yellowing and some darkening on the back where the samples are pasted. Folder 10 has a crease along it, and folders 24+25 have a brown water stain roughly 3cm across. This copy contains a single folded sheet advertisement for American Fabrics, and a single leaf explanator letter. All contents covered in bubble wrap. Clamshell box shows minor wear and rubbing. The panel on the spine has split from the two halves of the box, and is only adhered by the book tape ribbon in the interior. Additionally, the foot panel by the spine has bulged outward and has a closed tear along the edge between it and the back board. Paper label with half title pasted on the spine panel. Good. Item #67084
Price: $500.00