[Fashion] Powe, Hector. Rhyme and Reason

Tendering, with apologies, some doubtful verse, and, with pride, very important reasons for your continued patronage. Illustrations and Rhymes by F. Whitby Cox Artist & Bard to Hector Powe. Regent Street 165 in London, printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. for Hector Powe, 1936, design Lovell & Rubert Curtis, (20) (fold.) p., w. num. ills. printed in black, green and orange, orig. stapled wr., 4to. Wrappers a bit foxed, frontwr. w. central vertical crease, a good copy.

Very rare trade catalogue w. unusual design and humorous ills., promoting Regent Street haberdasher. The Hector Powe firm was founded in 1908, and re-launched in 2018, specialising in luxury clothing. Cf. Hector Powe Tailors. 1910-1960. Fifty years of Service to Men Who know good clothes (1960), also illustrated by F. Whitby Cox.