1844 Lady’s Self-Instructor in Millinery & Mantua Making Antique Sewing Fashion Book Burgess Stringer

Offered here is a rare early American sewing and fashion manual:
The Lady’s Self-Instructor in Millinery, Mantua Making, and All Branches of Plain Sewing, published by Burgess, Stringer & Co., New York, 1844. Part of the “Useful Books for the People” series, this scarce softcover volume was intended as an affordable guide for women in the mid-19th century.

The book provides detailed instructions for hemming, felling, running, gathering, herring-boning, binding, marking, making buttons, and more. Includes 14 engraved illustrations demonstrating techniques.

• Original 1844 edition (first printing year)

• Publisher: Burgess, Stringer & Co.

• Softcover, approx. 6.5" tall

• Series: Useful Books for the People, No. 3

• Condition: Fair/Good – covers worn, some staining/creasing, binding fragile but holding, all pages present with readable text and illustrations.

A rare survival of women’s domestic and fashion history, highly collectible for those interested in sewing, millinery, and early American instructional literature.