Penny, I saw the 'Men's" book yesterday at ABE bookseller. I forget the price but there it was! Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny Ladnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:11 PM Subject: [h-cost] Victorian Bristish Costume Book
> I have this book and been working on getting it on my website for the past > two years. Even though some of the costumes are not period correct, they > are the costumes that people during this time wore to fancy dressed balls, > plays, etc. We have about half of the book's descriptions typed. I can't > pull the book at this moment to quote from it. But going on memory, it was > written or supported by a large costume house in London. When I am working > on the book again, I will pull the credits and provide more information. > Kathleen once I have the book online, I will loan it to you. > > This book on eBay is *one* edition of the book and the costumes are for > women and children. There were a few editions. I think the last one was > published in 1900. I have been looking for the menwear edition of this book > for a few years. I found one dealer who had the men's costume book, but he > was in England and the price and shipping was more than I had at the time. > > The price of this book is high. I have seen it extremely high You can find > some tattered editions at antique bookstores online. My copy is in good > condition. > > Queen Victoria was fascinated with historically inspired costume balls and a > lot of research went behind the costumes worn to them. I have been working > on a few articles about these balls. One reason for the balls was to give a > boost to the economy of England in the 1840s & 1850s. There is a really > good article about her balls in an 1980s Costume Society of America's > journal "Dress." The article goes into more detail about this. > > Kathleen, your 1868 book, The Corset and the Crinoline, will have three more > chapters (5-7) online within a week or so. Watch for the announcements. > > Penny E. Ladnier > Owner, > The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com > Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com > Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
