The Modern Tailor Outfitter and Clothier Vol. 1

Known as the Blue Book of Men's Tailoring, this 1907 system covers proportional measurement, drafting squares, and pattern construction for coats, vests, trousers, and overcoats with mathematical precision.

Frederick T. Croonborg

Known as the Red Book of Men's Tailoring, this 1917 update introduces direct measurement, block patterns, and detailed treatment of body variations including stooping, erect, and corpulent forms across coats, vests, and overcoats.

Frederick T. Croonborg

Self-instruction manual on the art and science of drafting men's garments, with chapters on frock coats, dress coats, body parts for regular and corpulent forms, sleeves, and complete overcoat construction using the drafting square method.

S. S. Gordon

Manufacturing-focused treatise on cutting and producing men's clothing at scale, with drafts for coats, vests, overcoats, trousers, knickerbockers, jackets, and shirts plus grading systems, factory layouts, and time-keeping methods.

Charles A. Snodgrass

Reference dictionary of all terms in the men's wear trades including raw and finished products, production stages, selling vocabulary, and trade slang, with appendices on uniforms, livery, and correct dress for retail clothiers.

William Henry Baker