Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, 1865
by Godey, Louis A. and Sarah J. Hale [Editors]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
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..
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- Bookseller
- Argonaut Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8069
- Title
- Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, 1865
- Author
- Godey, Louis A. and Sarah J. Hale [Editors]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Louis A. Godey
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- Fashion, Magazine, Periodicals, Design, Music, Poetry, Gossip, Sewing Patterns
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About the Seller
Argonaut Book Shop
Biblio member since 2009
San Francisco, California
About Argonaut Book Shop
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