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| author | title | pub date | lang | who | other | |
| Le Blanc, Esq | The Art of Tying the Cravate | 1829 | E | PT | NY, S. & DA. Forbes | |
| Seaton, Mr. J | The Ballroom Manual and Etiquette of Dancing | 1851 | E | Tr | 1851, Halifax, Milner and Sowerby | |
| Carpenter, D. L. | The Amateur's-Preceptor on Dance & Etiquette by Prof. D. L. Carpenter of Philadelphia. | 1854 | E | jpr | M'laughlin brothers, steam-power printers, bulletin building, Philadelphia. | |
| Racinet, Albert | Histoire du Costume | 1888 | F | T | 1888, reprint 1988, Paris, Book King International | |
| Butterick Publishing Company | Masquerades, tableaux and drills | 1906 | E | Lj | #033 New York [etc.] The Butterick publishing company, limited, c1906. This manual provides step-by-step instructions, augmented by numerous illustrations, for giving masquerades, conducting tableaux, and creating "fancy drills." Costumes, hair styles, and accessories are included for Calico and Martha Washington balls, Joan of Arc, a football player, Beau Brummel, and a shepherdess. Additionally, the manual provides suggestions for tableaux scenes and living pictures ("pose plastique"). 144 p incl illus, pl 24 cm.;LOC: GV1737.B96 | |
| na | The Art of Dressmaking | 1927 | E | J | The Butterick Publishing Company NY. pp 255 | |
| Laver, James | English Costume of the 19th Century | 1929 | E | T | 1929, London, A & C. Black Ltd. | |
| Laver, James | English Costume of the 18th Century | 1931 | E | T | 1931, London, A & C. Black Ltd. | |
| Wilcox, R.Turner | The Mode in Hats & Headdress | 1945 | E | T | 1945, NY, Charles Scribner | |
| Rudofsky, Bernard | Are Clothes Modern? | 1947 | E | T | 1947, Chicago, Ill., Paul Theobald | |
| Moore, Doris Langley | The Woman in Fashion | 1949 | E | T | 1949, London/Toronto/Sydney/NY, B.T. Batsford Ltd. | |
| Leloir, Maurice | Dictionnaire du Costume | 1951 | E | T | 1951, Paris, Librarairie Grund | |
| Wilcox, R.Turner | The Mode in Costume | 1958 | E | T | 1958, NY Charles Scribner | |
| Gibbs-Smith, Charles H | The Fashionable Lady in the 19th Century | 1960 | E | T | 1960, London, Victoria & Albert Museum | |
| Melvill, Harald | Historic Costume for the Amature Theatre | 1961 | E | J | Barrie and Rockliff, London. pp 272 | |
| Boucher, Francois | 20.000 Years of Fashion | 1963 | E | T | 1963, NY, Harry N. Abrams | |
| na | The World in Vogue. Seven momentous decades of the names, the faces, and the writing that have held the public eye in the arts, society, literature, theatre, fashion, sports, world affairs. | 1963 | E | J | The Viking Press, New York | |
| Fellelly, Catherine | The Garb of Country New Englanders 1790-1840 - Costumes at Old Sturbridge Villiage | 1966 | E | J | The Meriden Gravure Company, Meridian Connecticut. pp 47 | |
| Agron, S | le Costume Masculin | 1969 | F | T | 1969, Paris, Librairie Jacques Lanore | |
| Battersby, Martin | Art Deco Fashion: French Desginers 1908-1925 | 1974 | E | T | 1974, London/Academy editions, NY/St, Martin's Press | |
| Dorner, Jane | Fashion | 1974 | E | T | 1974, London, Octopus Books Ltd. | |
| Klinger, Robert Lee | Distaff Sketch Book | 1974 | E | T | 1974, Union City, Tenn., Pioneer Press, a Collection of Notes & Sketches on Womens' Dress in America 1774-1783 | |
| Braun & Scheider | Historic Costume in Pictures | 1975 | E | T | 1975, NY, Dover | |
| na | A History of Shoe Fashions | 1975 | E | T | 1975, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northampton Borough Council's Leisure and Recreation Dept. | |
| Batterberry, Michael & Ariane | Mirror, Mirror: A Social History of Fashion | 1977 | E | JT | 1977, New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston | |
| McCellan, Elisabeth | Historic Dress in America 1607-1870 | 1977 | E | T | 1977, NY, Arno Press | |
| Menten, Theodore | Victorian Fashion Paper Dolls from Harper's Bazar 1967-1898 | 1977 | E | T | 1977, NY, Dover | |
| na | The Great American Foot | 1978 | E | T | Museum of Contemporary Crafts, 1978, NY, American Crafts Council. | |
| Baynes, Ken & Kate | The Shoe Show, British Shoes since 1790 | 1979 | E | T | 1979, London, Crafts Council | |
| De Veregreen, Bertha | Fans over the Ages- A Collecter's Guide | 1979 | E | T | 1975-1979, NY, A. S. Barnes | |
| na | French Fashion Plates from Gazette du Bon Ton (1912-1925) | 1979 | E | T | 1979, NY, Dover | |
| Bigglestone, Janet & Carolyn Schultz | Victorian Costuming- Vol I: 1840 to 1865 | 1980 | E | T | 1980, Oakland, Other Times Productions | |
| na | Fabulous Fashion 1907-1967 | 1980 | E | T | 1980, Costume Institute, NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
| Caldwell, Doreen | And all was Revealed: Ladies Underwear | 1981 | E | T | 1981, NY, St. Martin's Press | |
| Christina, Probert | Shoes in Vogue Since 1910 | 1981 | E | T | 1981, NY, Abbeville Press | |
| na | Everyday Fashions of the 20's. ed. Stella Blum | 1981 | E | T | 1981, NY, Dover | |
| Tierney, Tom | Great Fashion Designs of the 20's Paperdolls | 1983 | E | T | 1983 NY, Dover | |
| Blum, Stella, ed. | Paris Fashions of the 1890's | 1984 | E | T | 1984, NY, Dover | |
| Ginsburg, Madeleine, Avril Hart, Valerie D. Mendes | 400 Years of Fashion | 1984 | E | T | 1984, London, Victoria & Albert Museum | |
| Tierney, Tom | Great Fashion Designs of the 30's Paperdolls | 1984 | E | T | 1984, NY, Dover | |
| na | Hommage a Christrian Dior 1947-1957 | 1986 | E | T | Musée des Arts de la Mode, 1986, Paris, Union des Arts Deoratifs | |
| Tierney, Tom | Great Fashion Designs of the Victorian Era | 1987 | E | T | 1987, NY, Dover | |
| Jones, Pamela | The Relation Between Music and Dance in Cesare Negri's le Gratie d'Amore (1602) | 1988 | E | T | PhD Thesis, London, University of London | |
| Thieme, Otto Charles | Simply Stunning | 1988 | E | JT | 1988, Cincinnati Art Museum | |
| Colin, Mcdowell | Shoes- Fashion & Fantasy | 1989 | E | T | 1989, London, Thames & Hudson | |
| Grimbez, Fran | Vintage Costumes | 1989 | E | T | 1989, San Francisco, Ca. | |
| Starobinski, J; Duboy, P; Fukai, A; Kanai, J. I; Horii, T; Arnold, J; Kamer, M | Revolution in Fashion, European clothing 1715-1815 | 1989 | E | T | 1989, NY, Abbeville Press. | |
| Trasko, Mary | Heavenly Soles | 1989 | E | T | 1989, NY, Abbeville Press | |
| Cunnington, Cecil Willett (1878-1961) | English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century | 1990 | E | J | Originally Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1937; Dover Publications, Inc. New York 1990; A Comprhensive Guide with 1,117 Illustrations; GT737.C8 1990; ISBN 0-486-26323-1 | |
| Campbell | Historic Patterns and Other Treasures | 1991 | E | T | Vol. IV, 1991, Gratz, Pa., Author | |
| Bishop, Katy | Hairstyles of the Victorian and Edwardian Eras | 1996 | E | j | 1996, the author. | |
| Eva Uchalova | Czech Fashion 1918 - 1939; Elegance of the Czechoslovak First Republic | 1996 | E | J | na | |
| Frances Grimble | The Edwardian Modiste | 1997 | E | J | Lavolta Press 1997, 85 authentic patterns with instructions, fashion plates, and Period Sewing; TT520.G75 1996; ISBN 0-9636517-1-4 |
