Your Victorian Wedding : A Modern Guide for the Romantic Bride

Scarborough, ON, Canada: Prentice-Hall Canada, Incorporated, 1994. First Edition Stated . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 8 1/2" X 11. 264 pages. First Printing. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Clean very tight book with no marks or stamps. Dust Jacket 40.00 price is unclipped. Top of front cover and spine area of dust jacket has some small tears and stress. 1 inch tear on top back of dust jacket near spine area. Illustrated with color photographs by Tom Eckerle. Four parts: Prelude to Happiness, Threads, Celebration and Keeping the Romance plus Contents Page, Introduction, Afterword and Appendix. Ten chapters: Courtship, Say It in Writing, Her Best Dress, Members and Guests, A Place to Wed, Romantic Repasts, Flowers That Speak of Love, Music and Entertainment and A Month of Sweetness. Probably no period of history is more associated with romance and femininity than the Victorian era. The author captures the spirit of the age for the modern bride with detailed info on the customs coupled with complete instructions for planning the modern Victiorian wedding, the parties and the honeymoon. Wonderful ideas for personalizing every aspect of your wedding celebration. Engagement rings and wedding bands, invitations, the wedding dress, settings both indoors and outdoors, at churches, stately mansions or right at home. Decorations including flowers, herbs, music for the ceremony and reception and candlelight for the church. All about a honeymoon whether in Hawaii or a bed and breakfast inn with a Victorian motif. Lavish color photographs and a completee list of sources for items and services discussed in the text. Complete planning guide for a unique and personal celebration.