Featured Thinking this is Halfway between BOOKS & EPHEMERA....has anyone ever

seen one of these.......THIS SIZE before???? It's an 1883 GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK, which I think may have been more like a magazine....BUT the one I have (from an OLD house on B.I.) is only 25% of the FULL sized "book" or magazine, so this is 2 7/8" W X 4 1/4"H, and only 3/16" Thick.... maybe for a lady of the time to carry with her? I've seen a fair amount of old 'ephemera' but never one so small that you really need a magnifier to see the small print!!! Published by J.H. Haulenbeek & Co., Proprietors & Publishers, 1006 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.........the few fashion images are in both color (maybe 3 or 4) and B & W, and otherwise, black & white. It's pretty tender, but holding together!! These images are HIGHLY ENLARGED so it's somewhat readable!! Any input happily received, as ALWAYS!! Thank you!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godey's_Lady's_Book

 

https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/GODEYS-LADYS-BOOK-1883-BIJOU-EDITION/6726343685/bd

 

I get a lot of pleasure from reading the ads in those old publications...almost invariably intriguing, one way or another. Thanks for the pics!

 

I've seen pages from one this small, but never the whole thing before.

 

It basically seems to be like a salesman's sample version, how cool!
I love looking through old magazines, especially 19th century. I have several leather bound compilations of late 1800s Country Life (UK version). Great reading for a rainy afternoon!

Where/What is B.I.?

 

Bainbridge Island...near Seattle?

 

BI is Block Island for Aquitaine

 

@evelyb30, I did not print the whole thing....just a few pages that I thought were interesting.....cover to cover, I counted as carefully as I could, came up with 55 total pages, only 3 'in color' illustrations, but either 8 or 9 B & W illustrations and one double page of music - "MARQUIS ET MARQUISE"....I'm rummaging around trying to see how I can reduce some of what I have! Had forgotten all about this little booklet in with a couple of other 'not as small' books!!!!

 

OH MY!! @2manybooks, THAT'S exciting...wish it were in the SOLD listing!!
Thank you!!

 

And @moreotherstuff, thank you for that link!! I'd not seen that information either!! Here's where I came first and hadn't gotten to the research part. Although, I could have missed it, but I didn't see info on this 'Mini' one!!!