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Lara's Fashion History Research Library

(Antique periodicals, catalogs & publications I own)
 
Listed for my own reference, books are not for sale
(This list is incomplete and there is much yet to be inventoried and organized.... I've been collecting for nearly 25 years)
 
Arranged by decade:
 
 

1810s & Earlier
 

1820s
 
 

1830s

 
 

1840s
 
 

1850s
 

  • 1858 The Illuminated Magazine, January through June bound. 5 color fashion plates, patterns, good.
 
 

1860s
 
 

1870s
 
 

1880s

           Books on the shelves:

  • 1881 through 1884 -  The American Tailor, Multiple issues bound into one volume. Tons of great patterns and tailoring lessons. Mostly Men's wear.

           In the 1880's Box:

  • Young Ladies' Journal:  May 1886 issue, May 1884 Triple fashion plate

  • Young Ladies' Journal pattern supplements without the periodical:

          #139 - June 1883 (have issue bound in full year volume)

          #187 - June 1887

          #188 - July 1887

  • Harper's Bazaar issues with the pattern supplement:

          5/29/1880

          1/10/1885

          1/29/1887, 2/12/1887

          6/8/1889, 6/22/1889, 7/6/1889 

  • Harper's Bazaar issues without the pattern supplement:

          4/30/1881

          11/1/1884, 11/8/1884, 11/15/1884, 11/29/1884

          1/17/1885, 1/31/1885

          3/31/1888

  • Metropolitan Fashions by E. Butterick & Co.:

          1880 May

          1881 October

          1883 Spring & Summer Vol XVII, No 1 (oversized)

          1886 October, November & December issues

  • E. Butterick & Co. pattern Catalogs:

          1881 Spring

          1883 Fall

          1887 Autumn

          1888 Autumn

  • Delineator Magazines:

          1882 July, October

          1884 September

          1885 December

          1888 April

  • Demorest's Monthly Magazine:

          1882 January, February

  • Department store catalogs:

          1881-82  Fall & Winter B. Altman Catalog

          1884-85 Autumn & Winter Cooper & Conards Catalog

 

  • Godey's Ladies' Book:

          1880 October (single issue)

          1889 September (single issue)

 

 

 
 

1890s
 
 

1900-1910

 
 

1910s
 
 

1920s
 
 

1930s
 
1940s
 
 
 
 
Collection arranged Alphabetically:
 
  Cottage Hearth "a Magazine of Home Arts and Home Culture" (Boston, published ?):
  • 1878  Full Year Bound (Vol. V)  ***The treasure is at the back of this volume - 11 issues of The Butterick Fashion Mirror!***
  The Delineator (New York?, published by Butterick 1873-1937) :

  • 1882 July, October

    1884 September

    1885 December

    1888 April

     
  • 1911 - March issue
  • So many more yet to be inventoried

 
  Demorest's' (New York, published 1865-1899) :

  • 1860-63 - bound volume (Fall of 1860 through Summer 1863)

  • 1867 - Full Year bound (Demorest's Illustrated Monthly Vol. 3, 13 beautiful color plates and fold-outs. very good)
  • 1872 - Full Year bound (Demorest's Illustrated Monthly Vol. 9, 12 beautiful color plates. good)
  • 1873 - Full Year bound (11 color fashion plates. good.)
  • 1874 - Full Year bound (12 color fashion plates. ok-good.)

  • 1875 - Individual issues of May and June

  • 1876 - Full Year bound (Demorest's Monthly Magazine, 11 beautiful color plates. very good.)
  • 1876 - Full Year bound (Demorest's Monthly Magazine, 12 beautiful color plates. very good.) (second copy)

  • 1877 - No

  • 1878 - No

  • 1879 - Full Year bound (2 color fashion plates. poor.)

  • 1880 - No

  • 1881- No

  • 1881-2 - (Demorest's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XVII, Dec 1881 - December 1882, no color fashion plates. very good.)

  • 1883 - No

  • 1884 - No

  • 1885 - No

  • 1885-6 - (Demorest's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXII, Nov 1885 - October 1886, no color fashion plates. very good.)
  • 1887-8 - (Demorest's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIV, Nov 1887 - October 1888, no color fashion plates. near mint- library binding.)

 
 

Der Bazar (German, Dutch & Italian versions published 1854-?) :

  • Yet to be inventoried
  The English Women's Domestic Magazine ( London, published 1852-1877):
  • 1861 - (Vol 2, Jan - April, 4 color plates, very good.)
  • 1861-62 - (Vol 3 & 4, May 1861 - April 1862, 11 color plates, very good.)
  • 1862 - (Vol 4, Nov 1861 - April 1862, 6 color plates, mint- library binding.)
  Frank Leslie's (New York, "Ladies Gazette of Fashion" published 1854-1871) :
  • 1855-56 - (Frank Leslie's Gazette of Fashion, Feb 1855 through Oct 1856 in one volume, 3 color fashion plates, poor.)
  • 1858 - (Frank Leslie's New Family Magazine, Vol. 2 January - June, no color plates. good)
  • 1858 - (Frank Leslie's New Family Magazine, Vol. 3 July - December, no color plates. poor)
  • 1863 - (Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine, Vol XII Full year, no color plates but does have fold-outs and patterns, ok.)
  • 1864 - (Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine, Vol XIV Full year, 3 color plates, ok/poor.)
  • 1866 - (Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine, Vol. XVIII  January - June, beautiful but torn color plates + fold-outs. poor)
  • 1868 - (Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine, Vol XXII Full year, no color plates but does have fold-outs and patterns, ok.)
  • 1880 - (Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine, Vol XLVII Full year, 22 beautiful color plates! very good.)

 

 Godey's Lady's Book (Philadelphia, published 1830-1898) :
  • 1830 - No
  • 1831 - No
  • 1832 - No
  • 1833 - No
  • 1834 - No
  • 1835 - Jan-June bound, - plate, good
  • 1836 - July-Dec bound, no plates, good
  • 1837 - Jan-June bound, no plates, good-foxing
  • 1838 - full year, 9 fashion plates, poor
  • 1839 - No
  • 1840 - No
  • 1841 - Jan-Nov bound, 7 fashion plates, ok-foxing
  • 1842 - full year, 7 fashion plates, ok-foxing
  • 1843 - full year, 10 fashion plates, good
  • 1844 - No
  • 1845 - No
  • 1846 - full year, 10 fashion plates, very good
  • 1847 - July-Dec bound, 3 fashion plates, very good
  • 1848 - No
  • 1849 - May-Dec bound in 1851 volume by mistake, very good
  • 1850 - Full Year bound
  • 1851 - Jan-April bound, 3 fashion plates, very good
  • 1852 - full year, no color plates, good
  • 1853 - Full Year bound
  • 1854 - No
  • 1855 - full year, 13 color plates, patterns, good
  • 1856 - Jan - June bound, 4 fashion plates, patterns, ok
  • 1857 - full year, 13 color plates, patterns, very good
  • 1858 - full year, 12 fashion plates, patterns, near mint
  • 1859 - full year, 12 fashion plates, patterns, very good
  • 1860 - Full Year bound (poor.) 
  • 1861 - No
  • 1862 - Full Year bound
  • 1863 - No
  • 1864 - full year, 11 fashion plates, good
  
  • 1865 - No
  • 1866 - Full Year bound
  • 1867 - Jan-June bound, 6 fashion plates, good
  • 1868 - Full Year bound (good.)
  • 1868 - Full Year bound (poor.)
  • 1869 - No
  • 1870 - full year, 12 fashion plates, very good
  • 1871 - full year, 12 fashion plates, patterns, good
  • 1872 - Full Year bound, no color plates, near mint
  • 1872 - Full Year Bound, complete with plates, near mint
  • 1872 - Full Year bound
  • 1873 - Full Year bound
  • 1873-76, 48 Color fashion plates bound into large volume **wow**
  • 1874 - No
  • 1875 - Full Year bound
  • 1875 - Full Year bound, 12 fashion plates, very good
  • 1876 - No
  • 1877 - Full Year bound
  • 1877 - Full Year bound (mint condition, complete)
  • 1878 - No
  • 1879 - Full Year bound
  • 1880 - No October (single issue)
  • 1881 - No
  • 1882 - Full Year bound
  • 1883 - No
  • 1884 - No
  • 1885 - full year, 20 fashion plates, good
  • 1886 - No
  • 1887 - No
  • 1888 - July-Dec bound, 7 fashion plates, very good
  • 1889 - No  September (single issue)
  • 1890 - No
  • 1891 - No
  • 1892 - No
  • 1893 - No
  • 1894 - No
  • 1895 - No
  • 1896 - No
  • 1897 - No
  • 1898 - No

 
Graham's American Monthly Magazine (Philadelphia, published 1826-1858 ) Fashion Plates titled "Le Follet" :
  • 1846 - Full Year bound ( Vol XXVII & XXIX, all 12 plates intact, most in color. good.)
  • 1847 - Full Year bound ( Vol XXX & XXXI, 9 plates intact, most in color. good.)
  • 1848 - Full Year bound ( Vol XXXII & XXXIII, 9 plates intact, most not in color. good.)
  Harper's Bazar (published 1867-1929) :
  • Yet to be inventoried

 

 The Ladies' Gazette of Fashion (London, published 1842-1894) :
  • Yet to be inventoried

 

 The Ladies' Treasury (London, published 1858-1895) :
  • 1881 - Full year Bound (10 color plates, Very good condition.)

 

 The Lady's Friend (Philadelphia) :
  • 1865 - Full year Bound (8 color plates. good condition.)
  • 1869 - Full year Bound ( Dec 1868 through November 1869, nine color plates. Poor condition.)
  The Lady's Home Magazine (Philadelphia, published ?) :
  • 1857 - Full year bound with 10 (out of 12) color plates

 
  The Lady's Museum (published ?) :
  • 1831 - 6 months bound, Jan - June, six color fashion plates
  Le Magasin des Demoiselles  (Paris, published 1844-1893) :
  • 1864-65 - 1 year bound (October 1864 - Sept 1865) 13 color plates (the Sept 1866 plate is at the back of this volume by mistake)
  • 1865-66 - 1 year bound (October 1865 - August 1866) 13 color plates  (both volumes in very good condition)

 

 La Mode Illustree - Journal de la Famille (Paris, published 1860-?) :
  • 1866 - Full year bound with 12 color plates (but not the plate I want most, darn)
  • 1878 - Full year bound with 9 color plates

 

Le Moniteur de la Mode (French, published 1843-19?) :

Le Moniteur de la Mode (London, published 1882-1889) :

  • Yet to be inventoried
  La Musee des Familles (Paris, published 1833-1891) :
  • Yet to be inventoried
  New Idea Woman's Magazine (, published 18-1) :
  • 1905 - March
  • More yet to be inventoried
  The New York Fashion Bazar (New York, published 18-1) :
  • 1882 - Full year bound + March 1883 in back as well, 11 color plates, good.)

 

 Le Petit Echo de la Mode (Paris, published 1879-19?) :
  • Yet to be inventoried
 

Peterson's Magazine (published 1850s-1890s) :

  • 1858 - Full Year bound

  • 1859 - Full Year bound

  • 1861 - Full Year bound

  • 1862 - No

  • 1863 - No

  • 1864 - Full Year bound (x2)

  • 1865 - Full Year bound

  • 1866 - Full Year bound

  • 1867 - Full Year bound (x2)

  • 1868 - No

  • 1869 - Full Year bound

  • 1870 - No

  • 1871 - Full Year bound

  • 1872 - No

  • 1873 - No

  • 1874 - Full Year bound

  • 1875 - Full Year bound

  • 1876 - Full Year bound

  • 1877 - No

  • 1878 - Full Year Bound

  • 1879 - Full Year bound (x2)

  • 1880-81, 24 color fashion plates bound in Volume with Godey's plates of 1873-76 **wow**

  • 1880 - Full Year bound

  • 1881 - Full Year bound (poor.)

  • 1882 - Full Year bound

  • 1883 - Full Year bound

  • 1884 - No

  • 1885 - No

  • 1886 - Full Year bound

  • 1887 - Full Year bound

  • 1888 - No

 

 The Queen (London, published 1861-today) :
  • Yet to be inventoried
Women's Home Companion (, published 1-19? ):
  • 1903 - May through December bound volume

 
The Young Lady's Journal (London, published 1864-19? ):
  • 1883 - Full Year Bound, no color plates (I don't think it had any), poor.
  •  

    • Young Ladies' Journal:  May 1886 issue, May 1884 Triple fashion plate

    • Young Ladies' Journal pattern supplements without the periodical:

              #139 - June 1883

              #187 - June 1887

              #188 - July 1887

     

 
 
 

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