Vantine's: The Oriental Store

New York: A.A. Vantine & Company (5th Ave.@ 39th St.), 1918. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. Uncommon 1918 catalogue from this major New York department store (located at 5th Ave. and 39th St.), offering clothing, furniture, housewares, fabric and other merchandise imported directly from China and Japan and described --often at length-- in this catalogue. A clean, sharp copy, crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial stapled wrappers, with very light creasing along the upper rear tip. Over 55 pages all told, each boasting multiple photographs --a number of them in color-- of Asian exotica, from "Victory dresses of imported cotton crepe" to "Japanese Hand-painted Writing Paper". A very impressive record of early 20th century high-end imports from Asia.