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| Book |
Short Description |
Price |
| American Folk Toys |
by Dick Schnacke - Directions for making many of the toys
listed on the toy page. 160 pages |
$ 10.95 |
| American Children's Games |
by Michael Mescher - A collection of indoor and
outdoor children's games. 29 pages
Available wholesale
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$ 4.50 |
| Dates of Selected Inventions and
Occurrences During the Latter Part of the Eighteenth Century and During
the Nineteenth Century |
- by Virginia Mescher. This booklet is an invaluable
guide for the "could, would, or should" questions of an impression.
Some of the items invented by 1860 may surprise you as well as those
that came after 1865 and would not be appropriate to a Civil War
impression. 19 pages
Available wholesale
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$ 3.50 |
| "Did They Eat That?" |
by Virginia Mescher. This book catalogues four
centuries of brand names of foods and related products, most of which
still appear on our grocery store shelves today. The information is
listed in chronological order and cross-indexed by the product name.
The span of time covered extends up through the 1990's so this
book could be of use for time periods both before and after the civil
war. 40 pages
Available wholesale
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$ 7.25 |
| Flitting Fingers |
by Virginia Mescher - This is the only book
devoted entirely to tatting during
the nineteenth century. Includes a history of tatting, a discussion of
the history of needle tatting and its appropriateness for an
impression, and a variety of period instructions for various items. 110
pages
Available wholesale
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$ 19.95 |
| Foods in the South |
by Virginia Mescher - This guide, while it contains
no recipes and won't plan your menu for the year, will provide some
guidance for choosing authentic culinary items to include in period
meals. 19 pages
Available wholesale
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$ 3.50 |
| Historical Uses of Herbs in the
Mid-Nineteenth Century and Home Remedies, Including Medicinal, Beauty,
and Household Usage of Herbs |
by Virginia Mescher - This guide is for information
purposes only. It is not intended for actual use of the herbs as
medicines. Various ailments are listed along with the herbs that are
used to treat each one. Herbs and ailments are cross-referenced. Period
publications and receipts, patent medicines, home remedies, beauty
preparations, and the household uses of herbs are all discussed. 20
pages
Available wholesale
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$ 3.50 |
| Historic Accounts |
by Virginia Mescher. This book is the guide for
transcribed databases which are contained on the CD-ROM included. See
the details for a full description. 127 pages plus CD
Available wholesale
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$ 49.50 |
| Knitting A La Mode |
by Silvana R. Siddali and Polly D. Steenhagen. This book is a new/old book in that it includes period patterns from La Mode Illustree with modern commentary. The patterns are for a collection of knitting projects for various garments and accessories. 24 pages. Softbound
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$ 14.95 |
| Knit Two A La Mode |
by Silvana R. Siddali and Polly D. Steenhagen. This book is similar to the previous book with additional patterns from La Mode Illustree with modern commentary. Also like the other book, the patterns are for a collection of knitting projects for various garments and accessories. 24 pages. Softbound
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$ 14.95 |
| The Lady's Guide to Plain Sewing |
by a Lady. Written by Kathleen Kannik, this book
describes many of the stitches used in the construction of period
garments. Printed to resemble a period book so it can be taken to the
field to use as a reference. 32 pages |
$ 11.95 |
| The Lady's Guide to Plain
Sewing - Book II |
like the book above, also by a Lady. This companion
volume to the first guide written by Kathleen Kannik includes
additional stitches and garment construction methods used to make
nineteenth-century clothing. Also printed to resemble a period book so
it can be taken to the field to use as a reference. 32 pages |
$ 11.95 |
| Laundry Handbook: A Manual for
Creating a Civilian or Military Laundress Impression or Laundry Exhibit |
by Virginia Mescher. This book includes information
on laundry methods, equipment, laundry terms, and common questions.
Also contains an extensive bibliography for those wishing to study the
subject further. 8 1/ 2 x 11 inch format. Staple bound. 39 pages
Available wholesale
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$ 10.00 |
| Laundry and Cleaning Practices of
the Mid-Nineteenth Century |
by Virginia Mescher - This booklet covers the
methods used in doing laundry during the nineteenth century. It
explains the steps taken in washing clothes and the equipment used.
Receipts from period books for making starches, bluing, and cleaning
specific items are also included. 26 pages
Available wholesale
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$ 4.00 |
| "Making Do" Or Substitutions of
Scarce Items during the Civil War |
by Virginia Mescher - Of particular interest to
anyone doing a Southern impression but interesting for Northern
impressions as well. It provides a discussion of some of the
substitutions employed be the people of the South in carrying on with
their daily lives. 17 pages
Available wholesale
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$ 3.50 |
| Mid-Nineteenth Century Parlor
Games |
by Michael Mescher - This is the only modern book
with adequate references that I know of that covers parlor games of the
Civil War period. It contains a collection of parlor games for all ages
that could provide entertainment for several evenings.
30 pages
Available wholesale
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$ 4.50 |
| Plain Needlework |
by Melissa Roberts - This book is a handy reference guide for persons making 19th Century
clothing including some hand stitches and construction techniques.
63 pages
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$ 19.95 |
| Powdered, Painted, and Perfumed:
Cosmetics of the Civil War Period and Their Historic Context |
by Virginia Mescher - This book examines the
different cosmetics in use during the civil war period as well as their
history. Includes both period recipes for comparison and modern recipes
for period cosmetics.
192 pages
Available wholesale
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$ 24.95 |
| Price Comparisons, Price Increases,
and Salaries of Jobs During the Civil War |
by Virginia Mescher - We all know that the South
experienced tremendous
inflation during the Civil War. This publication takes you from the
pre-war prices all the way through the war until one item cost more
than 160 times the 1860 price. 17 pages
Available wholesale
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$ 3.50 |
| Rachel Weeping: Mourning in Nineteenth Century America
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by Karen Rae Mehaffey A comprehensive examination of mourning practices and customs
during the Victorian period.
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$ 10.95 |
| Slave Narratives |
Reprints of the books produced by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress
Administration. They record interviews and other recollections of former slaves. Currently we
carry the narratives for the states of Maryland, South Carolina, and Virginia but can get other
states if there is demand. Number of pages vary by state.
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$ 14.95 per state volume |
| Tunisian Crochet a la Mode |
by Polly Steengagen and Silvana Siddali - This was published in 2008 and looks at
patterns for what is described as a cross between knitting and crochet.
32 pages
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$ 14.95 |
| The Way They Were |
by Donna J. Abraham - This was published in 2008. For those who
have many times looked at CDV's but had to sigh because of the cost, this book is
a chance to have a comprehensive "starter collection." It includes nearly 600 images,
reproduced full-size.
32 pages
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$ 12.00 |
| The Workman's Guide to Tailoring Stitches |
by "By a Tailor" This book contains additional sewing stitches and techniques after you
have worked with the material in A Lady's Guide to Plain Sewing I & II. 32 pages
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$ 11.95 |