GODEY'S LADY BOOK AND MAGAZINE; Vol. XLIX - from July to December, 1854 by HALE, Sarah J. and Louis A. Godey, editors - 1854

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1844., 1844.. Good. - Octavo, 9-3/4 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, disbound & removed in the distant past from a larger collection of bound periodicals, with remnants of the spine. iv, 48 & [2] pages, illustrated with 2 full-page plates and 2 full-page illustrations, including a bright polychrome lithographic frontispiece of a peacock and other birds by Pinkerton, Wagner & McGuigan of Philadelphia. There is light dampstaining along the front and bottom edges of the pages. Good. The first appearance of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Drowne's Wooden Image", which was later published in his collection of stories "Mosses From an Old Manse". In an August 1844 letter to James Russell Lowell, Edgar Allan Poe writes: "Do you ever see Mr. Hawthorne? He is a man of rare genius. A day or two since I met with a sketch by him called 'Browne's Wooden Image' - delicious. The leading idea, however, is suggested by Michael Angelo's couplet...."Referred to as the "Cradle of… Read More

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1855. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 574 & 572 pages; Complete with all 12 issues bound in 1 volume. 3/4 leather and cloth boards with minor scuffing and wear. 16 color lithographs and 10 hand colored fashion plates. .

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1865 First edition. A bound volume for 1865 of this famous fashion magazine. Thick octavo (8¾x5¾ inches). Pp. 565 +iv, 550. Table of contents. Profusely illustrated with drawings, music scores, poetry, gossip, patterns, fashions, etc., including 11 (of 12) folding double-page hand-colored fashion plates. Rebound in half black leatherette, blue cloth boards. First double-page fashion plate lacking, and first seven leaves seriously damaged at upper corner near gutter, else a fine copy. For this year, the plates are double-page and fold out. Lacking the hand-colored plate for January. Everything the fashionable lady could want including designs, music, poetry, drawings, gossip, sewing patterns, etc. along with the lovely double-page, fold-out, hand-colored fashion plates covering the latest in lady's dress fashions..

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1866 First edition. A complete bound volume of all twelve issues for 1866 of this famous fashion magazine. Thick octavo (8¾x5¾ inches). Pp. 564 +iv, 546. Table of contents. Profusely illustrated with drawings, music scores, poetry, gossip, patterns, fashions, etc., including 12 double-page hand-colored fashion plates. Rebound in half black leatherette, blue cloth boards. First double-page fashion plate and adjacent leaves seriously damaged at lower edge, as well as damage to fore-edge of last three leaves, else a fine copy. A complete bound volume of all twelve issues for 1866 of this famous fashion magazine. Everything the fashionable lady could want including designs, music, poetry, drawings, gossip, sewing patterns, etc. along with twelve lovely double-page hand-colored fashion plates covering the latest in lady's dress fashions..

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Half leather with cloth. Two volumes, 588 and 594pp, bound as one. Complete monthly issues of 1863. Firmly bound with minor foxing, few spots. Numerous illustrations, some in color. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1855 First edition. A complete bound volume of all twelve issues for 1855 of this famous fashion magazine. Thick octavo (9½x6 inches). Pp. 574 + 572. Table of contents. Profusely illustrated with drawings, music scores, poetry, gossip, patterns, fashions, etc., including 12 hand-colored fashion plates. Newly bound in blue cloth sides, black leather spine, gilt. Stain near gutter of first 3 blank leaves, one minor plate damages, else a fine, complete copy. Everything the fashionable lady could want including designs, music, poetry, drawings, gossip, sewing patterns, etc. along with twelve lovely hand-colored fashion plates covering the latest in lady's dress fashions..

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1849 First edition. A complete bound volume of all twelve issues for June, 1849 until June, 1850 of this famous fashion magazine. Thick octavo (9¾x6 inches). Pp. 470 + 422 plus Table of contents, music. Profusely illustrated with drawings, music scores, poetry, gossip, patterns, fashions, etc., including 12 hand-colored fashion plates. Publisher's gilt decorated red leather, red leather spine lettered and decorated in gilt. A few pages lightly toned. A fine, complete copy. Everything the fashionable lady could want including designs, music, poetry, drawings, gossip, sewing patterns, etc. along with twelve lovely hand-colored fashion plates covering the latest in lady's dress fashions..

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1854 First edition. A complete bound volume of all twelve issues of this famous fashion magazine. Thick octavo (9½x6 inches). Pp. 572 + 570. Table of contents. Profusely illustrated with drawings, music scores, poetry, gossip, patterns, fashions, etc., including 12 hand-colored fashion plates. Publisher's gilt decorated red cloth, red leather spine lettered and decorated in gilt. A few preliminary pages lightly toned. A fine, complete copy. Everything the fashionable lady could want including designs, music, poetry, drawings, gossip, sewing patterns, etc. along with twelve lovely hand-colored fashion plates covering the latest in lady's dress fashions..

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1863 First edition. A bound volume for 1863 of this famous fashion magazine. Thick octavo (9x6 inches). Pp. 588 + iv, 594. Table of contents. Illustrated with drawings, music scores, poetry, gossip, patterns, fashions, etc., including 12 folding double-page hand-colored fashion plates. Three-quarter black leather, marbled boards. A fine copy. For this year, the plates are double-page and fold out. Everything the fashionable lady could want including designs, music, poetry, drawings, gossip, sewing patterns, etc. along with the lovely double-page, fold-out, hand-colored fashion plates covering the latest in lady's dress fashions..

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Later half leather/cloth titled in gilt. 12 issues of this monthly magazine. Mild general wear to boards, corners lightly bumped. Firm binding. Bookplate of Annie Edgerly Thayer. Illustrated with plates, some of them colored. Contains the first printed appearance of three tales by Edgar Allen Poe: A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (April, 1844) , The Oblong Box (Sept. , 1844) and Thou Art the Man! (Nov. ,1844) Mild scattered foxing. Firm binding. ; quarto; 292; 284 pages .