Magazines

London: Printed for F.C and J. Rivington, etc. 1817. Volume one: 269p.; volume two: 312p; volume 3: 308p. 16 cm. Uniform leather bindings with red title labels and spine in gilt; gilt edges. Some flecking of the leather on two volumes; corners slightly bumped, bruised, a few skinned; joints rubbed on volume one; title written in pencil in volume one and three on the front free endpaper; bottom free endpaper in volume two torn in half; occasional foxing; still, in very good condition. Originally published in 140 numbers from November 7, 1752, to March 9, 1754, with John Hawkesworth, Samuel Johnson, Richard Bathurst and Joseph Warton as the principal contributors.
Item #21251

Boston: John L. Sibley and James B. Dow. 1839. viii, 520p, illustrations. 28cm. Bound in textured blue cloth with tiling in gilt on the spine. Spine ends worn, corners bumped, skinned; foxing; still, in very good condition. The American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge was first published by The Boston Bewick Company in September, 1834, and ran for three years till September of 1837. In March, 1836, Nathaniel Hawthorne became editor. Several of his stories appeared in the pages of this magazine. Also of interest is an article on page 5 of the September, 1835, issue on "The Whale, and Whale Catching," which "for this article we are indebted to a sturdy, but well educated young man of Massachusetts, who had been a whaling voyage -- thus we entered on no criticism, or addition. Its description could not be mended, and its freshness might be injured, by any attempts at explanation." [underlining in pen].
Item #19781

Philadelphia: Samuel C. Atkinson, 1832. Hand colored frontispiece, engraved title page, 572p, illustrations, plates, hand colored plates, index, index of poetry. 23cm. Leather covers with gilt borders, gilt spine with black morocco label and title in gilt. Edges rubbed, spine creased, label rubbed; foxed. one page torn at fore edge with loss of text. In good condition.
Item #19783

New York: Harper & Brothers, September, 1906. 24p, frontispiece, pp. 772-864, pp. 25-80. 25 cm. Wrappers. Covers almost detached, spine paper chipped, torn, slightly soiled, chipped, front cover chipped at the tail of the spine, front and back panels are bright. Authors are: An Elderly Woman, Ada Foster Murray, Mary B. Mullett, Grace Hyde Trine, Mary Stewart Cutting, Dorothy Canfield, Lillian Baynes Griffin, Edna Kingsley Wallace, A. T. Ashmore, Flora McDonald Thompson, Martha Cutler, Josephine Grenier, Helen Landon, Nina Almirall, Enid, Inman, Jane Calhoun, Katherine Morse, Anna Croft, Anna Ogden.
Item #21682

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1852. 864p, illustrations. 25cm. Bound in three quarter black morocco with morocco spine tips, title in gilt on the spine, four raised bands with gilt rules; marbled paper covers. Minor edge wear, very slightly rubbed, a bright spine and the book is in very good condition. Contains Dickens' "Bleak House," chapters 1 - 7; "Christmas As We Grow Older," "Christmas in the Company of John Doe," "Our School," and "To Be Read At Dusk." "Bleak House," published in its entirety, concludes in volume seven.
Item #19286

Paris: L'Illustration, 3 Decembre 1949. A grand issue, typical of the holiday number with illustrations in color reproducing the works of several artists mounted on card, followed by a piece on ballet including a reproduction in color mounted on card by Degas, concluding with Gastronomie De Noël. Foot of spine chipped, corner creases. In very good condition.
Item #21674

Paris: L'Illustration, 16 Avril 1938. Folio. Supplement. The focus of the issue is Le Palais de la Societe des Nations, located in Geneva and home to the United Nations. It was completed in 1938. The supplement includes photographs of its construction and furnishing. The second is the growing global conflict. In very good condition.
Item #21672

Paris: L'Illustration, 16 Juillet 1938. Wrappers. Spine torn at the foot, and head, one corner chipped. The focus of the issue is the restoration of the Cathedrale de Reims with illustrations in color and lack and white photographs documenting its architectural details. The second focus is the growing global conflict. Illustrations in color are part of "Voyage a Travers les Vignes et les Caves de Champagne." In very good condition.
Item #21671

Paris: L'Illustration, 16 Decembre 1939. Portraits in color of the leaders of France's military are tipped in on card with gilt frames. Cezanne is featured with several illustrations in color of his work tipped in on card, followed by Aux Beaux Jours De La Tapisserie with several illustrations in color, then illustrations in color of the work of Marie Laurencin, and finally, the growing global conflict. Front cover slightly rubbed, two small stains, creases; still, in very good condition.
Item #21673

Hudson, New York: Published by William B, Stoddard, 1828-29. 208p, index, plates. 25cm. Brown leather back and gray paper boards. Corners rubbed and rounded, several pages with fore edge tears, bound copies showing vertical folds, slight foxing. In fair condition.
Item #20311

Philadelphia: John Sartain & Co. 1849. Bound with "The Union Magazine," April, 1848; and "Godey's Lady's Book," September, 1847. In 1850 the editor of Sartain's wrote, "But it is the literary character of Sartain's on which it has aimed chiefly to depend." Poe's "The Bells" was published in November of 1849 along with his "The Poetic Principle" published in November, 1850. The poetry of Longfellow and James Russell Lowell can also be found in its pages along with many poets and authors of the day. Leather back and tips with marbled paper boards; title in gilt on the spine. Several pages of the February number stained, and with some loss, due to plant material pressed in the volume; ocassional foxing; damp staining along fore edge; spine is creased, ends worn; edges and corners rubbed. In good condition.
Item #20355

Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Company, May 26, 1923. 192p, illustrations, ads. Folio. Stapled wrappers. Cover art by Norman Rockwell, "Between Acts." Authors: Thomas Beer, Medill McCormick, George Randolph Chester, Hugh McNair Kahler, Clarence B. Kelland, Henry Curran, Edwin Lefevre, George Agnew Chamberlain. Address label, slight, darkening at top edge, one page with slight darkening at top edge, spine ends chipped. In good condition.
Item #21686

Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Company, February 3, 1906. 24p, illustrations, ads. Folio. Stapled wrappers. Cover art by Philip R. Goodwin. Authors: J. Ogden Armour, Arthur McFarlane, Elliott Flower, William Allen White, George Horace Lorimer, Will Payne. Address label, slight darkening at the fore edge, chipped, minor insect damage at the head of the spine, two tears parallel each other in the fore edge from the front cover to the bottom cover, one is one inch, the second half-an-inch. In better than fair condition.
Item #21689

Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Company, February 24, 1912. 52p, illustrations, ads. Folio. Stapled wrappers. Cover art by Charles David Williams. Authors: William Allen White, Richard Washburn Child, Frank B. Elser, Will Payne, George Fitch, Mary Shaw, Corra Harris, E. Phillips Openheim, Curwood. Spine chipped, minor insect damage at the top edge. A bright front cover in better than good condition.
Item #21691

Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Company, December 7, 1946. 184p, illustrations, ads. Folio. Stapled wrappers. Cover art by Norman Rockwell. Authors include: Charles Ellsworth, Stanley F. Donat, Philip Wily, Irving Gainer Neiman, Neil Gardner White, Borden Chase. Corinne Griffith Marshal, "My Life with the Redskins." Address label on the front cover, top edge of front cover chipped. In very good condition.
Item #21697