Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, 1863

Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1863 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 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..