Offered here is a wonderful anquitarian Victorian Era book: "Arthur's Home Magazine, January-December, 1854, Bound vol. - complete, S. Arthur & Co., Philadelphia, 1854, 462 pp. There is NO Vol.# listed inside - in light this my search shows the magazine was published from October 1852-1898, thus this is likley the 2nd year. Dark red leather bound with ornately embossed cover design and name: Mary E. Lane in gilt - Magazine title on spine is mostly worn off. The extremities are worn Brown endpages, front hinge is very loose - several pages are loose inside and many have flocking. Seems complete but not guaranteed. Loaded with numerous engravings - each month has more than one wonderful engraved frontis. This is loaded with numerous fashion plates and engravings etc. Really loaded with great lithos!!
Offered here is a vintage antique 19th century home magazine: "Arthur's Home Magazine, May, 1865- GREAT cover Litho. [hey, I use to hold yarn for my grandmother like the kid in that litho - 100 years later - cool], Vol. XXIX, No. 4, T. S. Arthur, Publisher GREAT cover lithography - untrimmed paper wraps with minor chipping on edges, Wonderful steelplate portrait engraving of a little boy staring into a fire with to older women behind him, "Watts First Conception Of The Steam Engine", Cool frontis, "My Ain Fireside", an embroidery pattern (Names For Marking, Caroline", two more pages of fancywork - one "Fancy Workbag", and two of of sheet music, followed by one of fashion. Back cover has an add for Grover & Baker's Sewing Machines on the inside. A 138 year old magazine with great serials and articles, in Great Shape - piece missing from bottom right front cover - back cover partially detached! Any white/pink/red lines are reflections on the plastic covering on the magazine NOT the cover.
Offered here is an antique vintage ladies and general interest magazine: "Ballou's Monthly Magazine - April 1871, Vol. XXXIII, No. 4", Thomas & Taylor, Publisher GREAT cover thography - paper wraps with chipping and tearing on edges. Numerous serial stories and articles of interest, including a GREAT title page story: "Fishes and Angling" with an engraving showing flies For Fishing and a story about fish with several engravings of the salmon and brook trout and others (10 engravinsg all together). There is an engraving: "Scenes of The Washington Street" There is a story: "What We Found In The Hollow Tree" by Kit Carson, Jr. The last page has a story in cartoons titled: "Our Picure Gallery" View the scan! 124 years old!!! The back cover is missing! We have a couple of dozen complete Ballou's issues and several incomplete (missing covers or back covers and adds from back). Any white/pink/red lines are reflections on the plastic covering on the magazine NOT the cover
Offered here is a vintage 19th century magazine: "Ballou's Monthly Magazine - April, 1875, Vol. XLII, No. 4, Thomas & Taylor, Publisher GREAT cover lithography - paper wraps with chipping and tearing on edges. The title page has an article "Verona" with a great litho of the city. There is an article totled "The Confidante" by Alice Fitzgerald with a great litho of two ladies. At the back there is a story in cartoons titled "The Rise of the Chignin" showing hairstyles - some really weird ones. Numerous serial stories and articles of interest. The front cover is chipped along the edges - the back cover is missing - the spine is seperating - it is I30 years old!!! Any white/pink/red lines are reflections on the plastic covering on the magazine NOT the cover.
Offered here is a vintage antique 19th century yong ladies magazine: "Ballou's Monthly Magazine - August, 1876, Vol. XLIV, No. 2, Thomas & Taylor, Publisher GREAT cover lithography - paper wraps with chipping and tearing on edges. The title page has a great litho of "Milton and His Home", "Sacred To Milton". Numerous serial stories and articles of interest. The front cover is chipped the back cover missing - else complete - I30 years old!!! The last page has a great cartoon story - "Popular Novels Illustrated" [check the scan]. Any white/pink/red lines are reflections on the plastic covering on the magazine NOT the cover.
Offered here is a vintage antique 19th century women's home magazine, Ballou's Monthly Magazine - March 1873, Vol. XXXVII, No. 3", Thomas & Taylor, Publisher GREAT cover lithography - paper wraps with chipping and tearing on edges. Numerous serial stories and articles of interest. The last page is a story in cartoons called "The Lost hair" (see scan). This one has several adds for seed companies too. 122 years old!!! We have a couple of dozen complete Ballou's issues and several incomplete (missing covers or back covers and adds from back). Any white/pink/red lines are reflections on the plastic covering on the magazine NOT the cover
Offered here is a vintage antique 19th century home magazine, "Ballou's Monthly Magazine - March, 1876, Vol. XLIII, No. 3, Thomas & Taylor, Publisher GREAT cover lithography - paper wraps with chipping and tearing on edges. The title page has an article "A Wolf Raid In An Alpine Forest" with a great litho illustrating a pack of wolves running in the winter: "A Winter's Night Raid". There is an article on English Docks - with a litho with sailing vessels. After that is a great litho with a girl sleeping with her dog " The Two Pets". At the back there is a story in cartoons titled "Home Pictures" in profile showing two men and a monkey and more. Numerous serial stories and articles of interest. Any white/pink/red lines are reflections on the plastic covering on the magazine NOT the cover.
Offered here is an anitque 19th century general women's home magazine, "Ballou's Monthly Magazine - May 1873, Vol. XXXVII, No. 5", Thomas & Taylor, Publisher GREAT cover lithography - paper wraps with chipping and tearing on edges. The tile page has a great illustration of a lighthouse". Numerous serial stories and articles of interest, including one by "Kit Carson, Jr" - "Fishing For Pickerel". The last oage is a story in cartoons called "Geniuses of the Past" (see scan) I22 years old!!!
Offered here is a vintage antique 19th century home and general news magazine: "Ballou's Monthly Magazine - October, 1873, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 4, Thomas & Taylor, Publisher GREAT cover lithography - paper wraps with chipping and tearing on edges. The title page has an article and litho of Jupiter at Olympus. There is an article titled "The Lost Game" showing a girl playing croquet. At the back there is a story in cartoons titled "Waiting to Solve a Problem" in proifile - cool one. Numerous serial stories and articles of interest. The front cover is chipped along the edges - the back cover is missing - the spine is seperating - it is I30 years old!!! We have a couple of dozen complete Ballou's issues and several incomplete (missing covers or back covers and adds from back). Any white/pink/red lines are reflections on the plastic covering on the magazine NOT the cover.
Offered here is a vintage antique 19th century general women's home magazine; "Ballou's Monthly Magazine - September 1871, Vol. XXXIV, No. 3", Thomas & Taylor, Publisher GREAT cover lithography - paper wraps with chipping and tearing on edges. Numerous serial stories and articles of interest, including the title page story about castles in Scotland with a liograph. There is a cool story "A Nut For Naturalists" by Kit Carson, Jr. The last page has a feature titled The Housekeeper. 124 years old!!! The back cover is detached - it has a little add, among others, for a child's Steam engine toy by J. M. Halsted. There is a GREAT early baseball equipment add on the inside of the back cover = Cable Screw Wire Co offereing shoes for Baseball Players.
Offered here is a vintage antique 19th century home magazine: "Ballou's Monthly Magazine - January 1874, Vol. XXXIX, No. 1", Thomas & Taylor, Publisher GREAT cover lithography - paper wraps with chipping and tearing on edges. The tile page has a great illustration of a man a lady skating, with related article "An Icy Encounter". Numerous serial stories and articles of interest. Back cover missing - else complete - I20 years old!!!
ELLEN CURTIS DEMOREST (1824-1898), built a New York fashion empire with her husband, William Jennings Demorest, an revolutionized home dressmaking as the sewing machine became a common household fixture. The Demorests helped democratize American dress by placing high style within easy reach of the average woman. Ellen followed the path of thousands of women in dressmaking and millinery when her father provided her with the financial backing to open a millinery shop in Saratoga Springs, New York. Seeking greater opportunity, Ellen moved to Brooklyn and met her husband, owner of Mme. Demorest's Emporium of Fashions, an enterprise begun with his first wife. Together, they expanded their business to a national market by launching a series of successful women's fashion magazines with tissue paper patterns in each issue. The first to do so. Through their magazines, the paper pattern industry, and Emporium, the Demorests dominated the apparel business
ELLEN CURTIS DEMOREST (1824-1898), built a New York fashion empire with her husband, William Jennings Demorest, an revolutionized home dressmaking as the sewing machine became a common household fixture. The Demorests helped democratize American dress by placing high style within easy reach of the average woman. Ellen followed the path of thousands of women in dressmaking and millinery when her father provided her with the financial backing to open a millinery shop in Saratoga Springs, New York. Seeking greater opportunity, Ellen moved to Brooklyn and met her husband, owner of Mme. Demorest's Emporium of Fashions, an enterprise begun with his first wife. Together, they expanded their business to a national market by launching a series of successful women's fashion magazines with tissue paper patterns in each issue. The first to do so. Through their magazines, the paper pattern industry, and Emporium, the Demorests dominated the apparel business.
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