My Library
Here is the somewhat current list of books in my library. New listings in bold.
Subjects:
Costuming in the Medieval and Renaissance Period
Medieval and Renaissance History and Culture
18th Century History and Culture
Medieval and Renaissance Architecture
Medieval and Renaissance Furniture
Costuming in the Medieval and Renaissance period:
Tailor's Pattern Book 1589 by Juan de Alcega
Hispanic Costume: 1480-1530 by Ruth Matilda Anderson
Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd by Janet Arnold
Patterns of Fashion: The cut and construction of clothes for men and women c1560-1620 by Janet Arnold
A Visual History of Costume: The Sixteenth Century by Jane Ashelford
Abbigliamento e Costume nella Pittura Italiana: Rinascimento by Carlo Bestetti
English Costume of the Later Middle Ages by Iris Brooke
English Costume in the Age of Elizabeth by Iris Brooke
Handbook of English Mediaeval Costume by C. Willett Cunnington and Phillis Cunnington
Handbook of English Costume in the 16th Century by C. Willett Cunnington and Phillis Cunnington
Medieval Costume and How to Recreate It by Dorothy Hartley
Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII by Maria Hayward
Renaissance Dress in Italy 1400-1500 by Jacqueline Herald
Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for Women's Dress, Medieval-1500 by Jean Hunnisett
Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for Women's Dress 1500-1800 by Jean Hunnisett
English Dress in the Age of Shakepeare by Virginia A. LaMar
The Well Dress'd Peasant: 16th Century Flemish Workingwomen's Dress by Drea Leed
The Tudor Tailor by Ninya Mikhaila and Jane Malcolm-Davies
Medieval Clothing and Textiles edited by Robin Netherton and Gale R. Owen-Crocker
Moda a Firenze 1540-1580 by Bruna Niccoli & Roberta Orsi Landini
Medieval Costume and Fashion by Herbert Norris
Tudor Costume and Fashion by Herbert Norris
Reading the Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I by Elizabeth W. Pomeroy
A Visual History of Costume: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries by Margaret Scott
Medieval Dress & Fashion by Margaret Scott
Costume Reference 1: Roman Britain and the Middle Ages by Marion Sichel
Costume Reference 2: Tudors and Elizabethans by Marion Sichel
Medieval Tailor's Assistant: Making Common Garments 1200-1500 by Sarah Thursfield
Elizabethan Costuming for the Years 1550-1580 by Janet Winter & Carolyn Savoy
Paper doll and coloring books
Henry VIII & His Wives: Paper Dolls to Color by Bellerphon Books
Queen Elizabeth I: Paper Dolls to Color by Bellerphon Books
Costuming in the 18th Century:
Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's dresses and their construction c1660-1860 by Janet Arnold
Costume Close-up: Clothing Construction and Pattern 1750-1790 by Linda Baumgarten & John Watson
Eighteenth-Century Clothing at Williamsburg by Linda Baumgarten
What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America by Linda Baumgarten
Abbigliamento e Costume nella Pittura Italiana: Barocco-Impeto by Carlo Bestetti
Costume in Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930 by Nancy Bradfield
Fitting and Proper by Sharon Ann Burnston
Handbook of English Costume in the 18th Century by C. Willett Cunnington and Phillis Cunnington
Tidings From the 18th Century by Beth Gilgun
Historical Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries by Avril Hart and Susan North
Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for Women's Dress 1500-1800 by Jean Hunnisett
Textiles for Colonial Clothing by Sally A. Queen
Whatever Shall I Wear?: A Guide to Assembling a Woman's Basic 18th Century Wardrobe by Mara Riley
Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's dresses and their construction c1660-1860 by Janet Arnold
Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's dresses and their construction c1860-1940 by Janet Arnold
Abbigliamento e Costume nella Pittura Italiana: Rinascimento by Carlo Bestetti
Abbigliamento e Costume nella Pittura Italiana: Barocco-Impeto by Carlo Bestetti
Costume in Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930 by Nancy Bradfield
The History of Underclothes by C. Willett Cunnington and Phillis Cunnington
Patterns for Theatrical Costumes: Garments, Trims and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915 by Katherine Strand Holkeboer
The Little Bodice Book by Bonnie Holt Ambrose
The Little Corset Book by Bonnie Holt Ambrose
Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for Women's Dress 1800-1909 by Jean Hunnisett
The Costume Technician's Handbook by Rosemary Ingham & Liz Covey
A History of Costume by Carl Kohler
Costume 1066-1990s by John Peacock
The Visual History of Costume by Aileen Ribeiro and Valerie Cumming
The Corset: A Cultural History by Valerie Steele
Costume Construction by Katherine Strand-Evans
Corsets and Crinolines by Norah Waugh
English Costume from the Second Century B.C. to 1960 by Doreen Yarwood
European Costume: 4000 Years of Fashion by Doreen Yarwood
I have a bunch of books on fashions from the 40's but I have not catalogued them yet.
And then there are all the paper doll books by Tom Tierney.
Paper Doll and Coloring Books:
Henry VIII & His Wives: Paper Dolls to Color by Bellerphon Books
Queen Elizabeth I: Paper Dolls to Color by Bellerphon Books
Jackets for Real People by Marta Alto, Susan Neall, and Pati Palmer
Bridal Gowns by Susan E. Andriks
Encyclopedia of Sewing Machine Techniques by Nancy Bednar & JoAnn Pugh-Gannon
Making Patterns from Finished Clothes by Rusty Bensussen
Power Sewing Step-by-Step by Sandra Betzina
Fabric Savvy by Sandra Betzina
Fast Fit by Sandra Betzina
Senational Silk by Gail Brown
Sew a Beautiful Wedding by Gail Brown and Karen Dillon
Heirloom Sewing for Women by Martha Campbell Pullen, Ph. D.
The Complete Book of Sewing - DK Publishing
Heirloom Machine Quilting by Harriet Hargrave
Serger Secrets edited by Susan Huxley
Draping for Apparel Design by Helen Joseph-Armstrong
Bridal Couture by Susan Khalje
Fine Machine Sewing: Easy Ways to Get the Look of Hand Finishing & Embellishing by Carol Laflin Ahles
Patternless Fashions by Diehl Lewis and May Loh
Easy, Easier, Easiest Tailoring by Pati Palmer & Susan Pletsch (the original)
Fit for Real People by Pati Palmer & Marta Alto
Mother Pletsch's Painless Sewing with Pretty Pati's Perfect Pattern Primer by Pati Palmer and Susan Pletsch
Pants for Any Body by Pati Palmer and Susan Pletsch (the original)
Pants for Real People by Pati Palmer & Marta Alto
Beautiful Bullion: The Complete Guide to Bullion Embroidery by Leisa Pownall
Complete Guide to Sewing - Reader's Digest
Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire B. Shaeffer
High Fashion Sewing Secrets from the World's Best Designers by Claire B. Shaeffer
The Complete Photo Guide to Sewing - Singer
Sewing for Special Occasions - Singer
Pattern Drafting for Dressmaking by Pamela C. Stringer
Sew Big! by Marilyn Thelen
Vogue Sewing
The Art of Manipulating Fabric by Colette Wolff
Fitting Finesse by Nancy Zieman
These are books on period sewing techniques - 18th century, but I am sure
the techniques apply to earlier time periods.
A Lady's Guide to Plain Sewing, Book I by A Lady
A Lady's Guide to Plain Sewing, Book II by A Lady
The Workman's Guide to Tailoring Stitches and Techniques
The above three books are available here:
http://www.kannikskorner.com/books3.htm
Medieval and Renaissance History and Culture:
Bronzino by Maurice BrockRenaissance Art: Masterpieces in Painting, Sculpture and Architecture by Cristina Bucci and Susanna Buricchi
The Poetics of Portraiture in the Italian Renaissance by Jodi Cranston
Medieval Celebrations by Daniel Diehl and Mark Donnelly
The Writer's Guide to: Everyday Life in Renaissance England: From 1485-1649 by Kathy Lynn Emerson
Shakespeare'e England by Levi Fox
Life in a Medieval City by Joseph and Frances Gies
History of Scotland by Cliff Hanley
The Making of England 55 B.C. to 1399 (History of England, Vol. 1) by C. Warren Hollister
This Realm of England 1399 to 1688 (History of England, Vol. 2) by Lacey Baldwin Smith
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives by Terry Jones and Alan Ereira
The Writer's Guide to: Everyday Life in the Middle Ages: The Britsh Isles from 500 to 1500 by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Highlanders - A History of the Scottish Clans by Fitzroy Maclean
Elizabeth's London by Liza Picard
Daily Life in Holland in the Year 1566 by Rien PoortvlietThe Honest Courtesan by Margaret E. Rosenthal
The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Cultural Achievement by A.L. Rowse
The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Life of the Society by A.L. Rowse
The England of Elizabeth by A.L. Rowse
Daily Life in Elizabethan England by Jeffrey L. Singman
Volume 1: Sources of English Constitutional History: A Selection of Documents from A.D. 600 to the Interregnum by Carl Stephenson and Frederick George Marcham
What Life Was Like Amid Splendor and Intrigue: Byzantine Empire AD330-1453 by Time-Life Books
What Life Was Like Among Druid and High Kings: Celtic Ireland AD400-1200 by Time-Life Books
What Life Was Like When Longships Sailed: Vikings AD 800-1100 by Time-Life Books
What Life Was Like in the Age of Chivalry: Medieval Europe AD800-1500 by Time-Life Books
What Life was Like at the Rebirth of Genius: Renaissace Italy AD1400-1550 by Time-Life Books
What Life was Like in Europe's Golden Age: Northern Europe AD1500-1675 by Time-Life Books
What Life was Like in the Realm of Elizabeth: England AD1533-1603 by Time-Life Books
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman
18th Century History and Culture
Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle
The Writer's Guide to: Everyday Life in Colonial America: From 1607-1783 by Dale Taylor
What Life was Like During the Age of Reason: France AD 1660-1800 by Time-Life Books
Elizabeth I - Ruler and Legend by Clark Hulse - exhibition companion
The Kings and Queens of England and Scotland by Plantagenet Somerset Fry
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey
Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne by David Starkey
The Kings and Queens of Great Britain: A Genealogical Chart Showing Their Descent and Relationships - compiled by Anne Taute, edited by John Brooke-Little
Henry VIII: The King and His Court by Alison Weir
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir
The Medici: Story of a European Dynasty by Franco Cesati
Uffizi Gallery: Art, History, Collections - edited by Gloria Fossi
Masters of Florence: Glory & Genius at the Court of the Medici - curated by Annamaria Giusti - exhibition catalog
The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall by Christopher Hibbert
Medici Women: Portraits of Power, Love and Betrayal by Gabrielle Langdon
Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics and Art in Fifteen Century Florence by Tim Parks
The Medici: The Golden Age of Collecting by Massimo Winspeare
Medieval and Renaissance Architecture:
The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century by David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross
It is very old and no longer under copyright and as of March 7, 2007, 4 of the 5 volumes are available for downloading here.
http://www.archive.org/details/castellateddomes01macguoft
http://www.archive.org/details/castellateddomes02macguoft
http://www.archive.org/details/castellateddomes03macguoft
http://www.archive.org/details/castellateddomes05macguoft
The Castle Explorer's Guide by Frank Bottomley
Castles: A History and Guide by R. Allen Brown
Dartington Hall by Anthony Emery
The Castles and Keeps of Scotland by Frank Roy Fraprie
Castle by David Macaulay
The Medieval Castle in Scotland by W. Mackay MackenzieThe Castles of Glasgow and the Clyde by Gordon W. Mason
Castles: Their Construction and History by Sidney Toy
Tales and Traditions of Scottish Castles by Nigel Tranter
The English Mediaeval House by Margaret Wood
Medieval and Renaissance Furniture:
Constructing Medieval Furniture: Plans and Instructions With Historical Notes by Daniel Diehl
Medieval Furniture: Plans and Instructions for Historical Reproductions by Daniel Diehl and Mark Donnelly
The Bard's English by Wayne Anderson
Speaking the Speeche by Laura Crockett
Trippingly on the Tongue by Laura Crockett
Words of Course by Laura Crockett
Living History and Persona Development:
A Living History Reader: Volume One: Museums by Jay Anderson
The Living History Soucebook by Jay Anderson
Time Machines: The World of Living History by Jay Anderson
Exploring Museum Theatre by Tessa Bridal
Creating Personas by Laura Crockett
Living History by Philipp J.C. Elliot-Wright
Acting Interactive Theatre: a Handbook by Gary Izzo
The Art of Play: the New Genre of Interactive Theatre by Gary Izzo
Living History Museum: Undoing History through Performance by Scott Magelssen
Past into Present: Effective Techniques for First Person Historical Interpretation by Stacy F. Roth
Interpreting Our Heritage by Freeman Tilden
Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry by Kathleen B. Cory
Scottish Clan and Family Names: Their Arms, Origins and Tartans by Roddy Martine
Bartholomew's Scotland of Old: Clan Names Map by the late Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that ilk
Tartan for Me! (6th edition) by Philip D. Smith (considered out of date)