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Costume Research Library
Our Research Library is filled with many out of print English
books for you to enjoy. Come in and browse or let us do your research for you which will be well presented in a hard copy
portfoilo. Fast email with your PDF research information is also an option. Please fill in our request form for an appointment and details.
Book Series:
- 'English Costume in the Early Middle Age '- 1931 edition: The 10th to the 13th Centuries; Age of Elizabeth, The 16th Century; Seventeenth Century; Eighteenth Century. All with color illustrations of the periods.
- 'What Life Was Like': 100BC to AD1917
- 'The American Indian': includes all Native American Tribes
- 'The American Story': The Revolutionaries - 1775-1783; Defiant Chiefs 1810-1910; Settling the West 1860-1895; War Between Brothers 1861-1865; World War II 1939-194
- 'Lost Civilizations': Pompeii: The Vanished City; Incas: Lords of Gold and Glory; Egypt: Land of the Pharaohs; Aztecs: Reign of Blood & Splendor
Out of Print Books
- 'Chats of Costume', Rhead; 1906 edition - covers the whole field of costume history with 117 illustrations and 35 line drawings up to 1906.
- 'Historical Costumes of England', Bradfield; 1938-1958 edition - 1066 through and up to 1952. Line drawings in each era.
- 'English Costume', Yarwood: 1952-1964 edition; From the Second Century to 1960. Many illustrations and drawings of period accessories
- 'Royal Courts of Fashion', Hartnell: 1971 Many illustrations with color pictures
Costume Construction
Book Series- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences; Home study courses 1916-1922 illustrations and how to instructions.
Out of Print Sewing Patterns
A range of original sewing patterns from the 1920's to the 1970's.
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