{"product_id":"godeys-ladys-book-vols-lxii-lxiii-volumes-62-and-63-comprising-january-december-1861","title":"Godey's Lady's Book: Vols. LXII \u0026 LXIII [Volumes 62 and 63], Comprising January - December, 1861","description":"iv, 574, iv, 542 pp. Leather spine and corners, patterned cloth boards. Includes numerous color plates and fold-out fashion plates, and engravings throughout text. Volumes LXII \u0026amp; LXIII (62 and 63), comprising the entire year of 1861, bound in one volume. \"Godey's Lady's Book, alternatively known as Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book, was an American women's magazine that was published in Philadelphia from 1830 to 1878. It was the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War. Its circulation rose from 70,000 in the 1840s to 150,000 in 1860. In the 1860s Godey's considered itself the \"queen of monthlies\". The magazine is best known for the hand-tinted fashion plate that appeared at the start of each issue, which provide a record of the progression of women's dress. Publisher Louis Godey boasted that in 1859, it cost $105,200 to produce the Lady's Book, with the coloring of the fashion-plates costing $8,000. Almost every issue also included an illustration and pattern with measurements for a garment to be sewn at home. A sheet of music for piano provided the latest waltz, polka or galop. Edgar Allan Poe had one of his earliest short stories \"The Visionary\" (later renamed \"The Assignation\") printed in Godey's in 1834. He also published several other works in the magazine: \"A Tale of the Ragged Mountains\" (April 1844), \"The Oblong Box\" (September 1844), \"Thou Art the Man\" (November 1844),[18] and \"The Cask of Amontillado\" (1846). Other contributors included Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Washington Irving, James Kirke Paulding, William Gilmore Simms, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and Frances Hodgson Burnett.\"","brand":"Louis A. Godey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32201077096518,"sku":"2307406","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2307406.jpg?v=1605555923","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/godeys-ladys-book-vols-lxii-lxiii-volumes-62-and-63-comprising-january-december-1861","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}