REPRINT
Designing, Cutting, and Grading
Boot and Shoe Patterns: A Complete
Manual for the Stitching Room
by an Expert of Thirty Years.
Charles Hatfield: 1899, Boston
Hardcover: 8.5x11"
ISBN 13: 9 78-0-9796651-0-3
ISBN 10: 0-9796651-0-8
Edited by LD Cresson
Pub Date: 10/31/2007
One of the oldest books on pattern
making, it offers instruction on childrens'
womens and men's shoes in the
Victorian era. It documents techniques
for getting a pattern to fit the last which are
still industry standards in 20th century.

REPRINT
The American Footwear Designer
E. Nevin Meck, 1918
New York, American Footwear Publishing
Hardcover: Oversized 11x14" B&W
ISBN 13: 978-0-9796651-2-7
ISBN 10: 0-9796651-2-4
Edited by LD Cresson
Pub Date: 12/31/2007
This book is on patterns for womens' low leather
street boots from the begriming of the 20th Cen-
tury. End chapters have information on the
"Parisian Style" was most popular in New York
City at that time. A shoe fashion style timeline from
1860 with cowboy style boots with top stitching,
stars, and inlay designed for stores.

*NEW*
Bibliography of Books on Footwear
and Other Original Sources
LD Cresson : 2008, New York
Hardcover: 8.5x11":
ISBN 13: 978-0-9796651-9-6
ISBN 10:  0-9796651-9-1
LD Cresson
Pub Date: 6/30/2008