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Evolution Of Our Favorite Book (AFI and UPB book): By Pictures and words

 1865-1940: The magazine was intended to entertain, inform and educate the women of America. In addition to extensive fashion descriptions and plates, the early issues included biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health and hygiene, recipes and remedies and the like. Each issue also contained two pages of sheet music, written essentially for the pianoforte. Gradually the periodical matured into an important literary magazine containing extensive book reviews and works by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and many other celebrated 19th century authors who regularly furnished the magazine with essays, poetry and short stories.

In 1865, they called our fashion idol: "Godey's Fashion's For January 1865."
1940-1953: This book is a wonderful spiral-bound book for women, is a "gentle effort to recall the past in terms of the present", much like a Godey's or Peterson's annual. "What can life hold for a woman who has no chromium in her bathroom, no pedigreed pup on a leash, no star sapphires in her slipper buckles..." Lavishly illustrated with great black and white photos of department store windows. It is different from the original version of this book and it has modern design and fashion. 


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A modern version of our book circa: 1940-1953
1953-1971: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. It has sewing patterns for dolls for every size or inch. It has quotes or verses from the original versions of our book. This book is for sewing doll's clothes and articles about it.

In 1953, our book started to have verses from fashion illustrations.
1971-1985: This book has commentary supplements the fifteen faithful reproductions of the justly famed full-colour illustrations, the hundreds of black and white illustrations and the delightful text culled from the magazine. Together they present an ... edifying panorama of Victorian America's tastes, foibles, and attitudes. The cover is a scrapbook full of victorian fashions on it. It has different fonts on it. The cursive font is for the word "Edited by.''

Mr. Godey's Ladies: Being A Mosaic of Fashions and Fancies: Robert Kunciov
A book with a victorian fashion scrapbook cover.
1985-1998: It is a unique fashion image developed in mid-nineteenth-century America reflecting the influences of Queen Victoria, the court of Napoleon III and American adaptions of European designs, many of the stylish silhouettes that emerged from this spirited era are still admired today. It has a picture of "Godey's Fashions For January 1864 on it. It has 8 full coloured illustrations on it. This book presents a fashion parade of authentic ladies' and children's styles.

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In 1985, our book cover has an elegant picture of "Godey's Fashions For January 1864." 
1998-2008: Superb illustrations from a rare source provide authentic views of evolving Victorian fashions — from high necklines, elongated bodices, and fitted bonnets to extravagant bustles. The meticulously reproduced plates include depictions of dresses, gowns, and coats as well as accessories. A must for costume designers, cultural historians, and fashion enthusiasts. On the cover, there is: "Godey's Fashions For July 1876." But they cut it out on the computer. It contains 80 fashion illustrations, for fashion designing also, it contains 6 fashion illustrations from our special collections.
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Cutted Godey's fashions for July 1876: Circa: 1998-2008.
2008-2016: Enjoy their beauty or study them to perfect a period impression. Volume 12 presents the fashion plates of Godey's Lady's Book from the years 1860 to 1865. Presented here in 300 dpi as closely as possible to the size of the original plates. On the cover, they started putting "Godey's Fashions For January 1863" on it.

In 2008, they put this elegant: "Godey's Fashions For January 1863." 
The intro for both 2008 and 2016 edition, has this lovely girl wearing a bonnet circa the 1860s.
2016-present: In 2016, they change double covers instead of a marble background on it. They created a new edition of the book with "Godey's Fashions for January 1863." But is was zoomed most of the parts in. They have double fashion illustrations: Front is Godey's Fashions For January 1863, and back is "Godey's Fashions For February 1864."  And, in the intro, there is an engraving with a girl with a bonnet circa the 1860s. It has a marbled pattern on the cover, and even on the back also. And also, it has fashion illustrations from another magazine.

Today's Book after February 2016.


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