Godey Lady Book, Fashion Art, Philadelphia August 1856

"Godey's Lady's Book of Literature, Engravings and Fashion, August 1856."

Contains:

-Hand colored engraved plate "Godey's Unrivaled Colored Fashions"
-Embrodery to Let Cushion - full page plate
Insertion for a Hirt- plate
"My Own Fireside" A Balad, text by Watts, music by Nicholls Crouch [sheet music]
The Josephine [Elegant Style Mantilla]
Embroderies

Among many short stories, poems, and instructional articles are:

The Art and Mystery of Managing Canaries. The Choice [9-page story by Pauline Forsyth]; Godey's Course of Lessons in Drawing; "Beauty Out West, or How Three Fashionable Ladies Spent a Year in the Wilderness" by Metta Victoria Fuller [conclusion]; "Maternal Counsels to a Daughter" [Health- continued]; + several other stories and poems.

Reminiscences of Bonnets by Florence Fashionhunter; A Man's Confession by Alice B. Neal; The Art of Making Wax Fruit and Flowers [continuation]; Trials of An English Housekeeper No. IV; Bible and Newspaper Publishing [HardingÂ’s Publication Office]; College Temple, Newnan, Georgia, several poems, Design for a Double Cottage; Novelties for the Month for Our Nursery Department; Netted Curtains; Receipts Directions for Preserving Fruits [Second Article] Editorials and New Book Reviews

US: Priority (c 2-4 days) -------- $8.50
Canada: 1st Class (c 2-6 weeks) - $22.50
World: 1st Class (c2-8 weeks) --- $27.50
Condition Report: Soft cover, front cover is missing, some edge wear, folds, and creases; 6.1/4" x 10”; c. 100 pages, one plate is missing, one page is missing [see photos]; good condition.