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Godey's lady's book
by GODEY, Louis Antoine
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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COLUMBIA, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
1849 FASHION Godey Lady's Book American Magazine Illustrated Dress Costume Music
'Godey's Lady's Book' was a 19th-century American magazine known for its collection of poetry, illustrations, and articles by prominent female authors and artists. It addressed fashion trends, women's dress, and directions on how to make dresses and garments. This 1849 volume provides an excellent view into the styles and fashion of the mid-19th-century. Note the full-page engravings throughout.
'Godey's Lady's Book' was also a source of popular literature at the time; many volumes featured the work of prominent authors and poets, with names such as Timothy Shay Arthur, William Alexander, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Washington Irving, and Edgar Allan Poe making appearances!
Item number: #18685
Price: $499
GODEY, Louis Antoine
Godey's lady's book
Philadelphia: L.A. Godey, 1849. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o iv, 440; iv, 470
o Heavily illustrated throughout
· Provenance: Binding stamp – M. E. Wilson
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10.25in X 6.5in (26cm x 16.5cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18685
- Title
- Godey's lady's book
- Author
- GODEY, Louis Antoine
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L.A. Godey
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1849
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1849 FASHION Godey Lady’s Book American Magazine Illustrated Dress Costume Music, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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