Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine Vol. Lxi- 1860 by Hale, Mrs Sarah and Louis A. Godey - 1860

LOUIS A.GODEY, 1863-01-01. Leather Bound. Good. . Half red leather with red cloth boards, raised bands on spine, gilt lettering. Some rubbing at edges, general shelf wear. Spine still looks nice on a shelf. Pages clean, binding sturdy.

EB. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Published by Louis A Godey, Philadelphia, PA. 1863. 588 pgs. Illustrated with hand-colored plates and black and white engravings. Bound in 3/4 brown leather and paper covered cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and previous owner's leather bookplate present to the front board. Front board detached from the binding. Missing the title page. Offset present to the endpapers. No ownership marks present. Foxing Present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Bound in 3/4 brown leather and paper covered cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and previous owner's leather bookplate present to the front board. Front board detached from the binding. Missing the title page. Offset present to the endpapers. No ownership marks present. Foxing Present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Extensively illustrated with gorgeous engravings regarding a myriad of lady's topics of the day,… Read More

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1854. Leather. 570p. A hardcover book bound with a black leather spine and corners and marbled boards. Good condition overall. Edges and surfaces heavily scuffed. Foxing and occasional stains inside. Owner's signature and some tape fragments on a blank front endpaper, but otherwise, text unmarked and pages securely bound. Volume 49 (6 monthly issues for July through December 1854) of this popular antebellum women's magazine. Contains 6 color fashion plates and numerous black and white engravings.

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. 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 .