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, May, 1903. 8p, frontispiece, pp. 410-502, pp. 9-76. 25 cm. Wrappers. Covers almost detached, spine paper chipped, torn, front and back panels are bright. Cover art by A. M. Cooper. Authors are: Mary E. Woolley, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Josephine Daskam, Thoedosia Garrison, Louise Fiske Bryson, Elizabeth Robbins Pennell, Edith M. Thomas, Katharine Pyle, William Lighton, A. T. Ashmore, Josephine Grenier, Margaret Hamilton Welch, and Mary Miles West.
Item #21681

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. Short crack to the front cover joint at the head of the spine; edges corners rubbed; surface scratch on the front cover; top corner of front free endpaper torn away. Still, a bright spine and the book is in very good condition. Contains Dickens' "Drooping Buds," and chapters 8 - 25 of "Bleak House," which was published in its entirety in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, concluding in volume seven.
Item #19285

Paris: L'Illustration, 1952. Cover art, L'eglise D'auvers-sur-Oise by Van Gogh, articles about De Vinci, the Gachet collection with many reproductions, in color, tipped in on card; and much more. Foot of spine chipped, short closed tear, one corner bumped resulting in short folds. A grand issue typical of the Chritmas number. A bright cover and in very good condition.
Item #21677

Paris: L'Illustration, 5 Octobre 1929. Folio. Wrappers. Covers are detached, portion of spine missing at the foot, few edge creases, short tears, corners bumped. Many illustrations, in color, tipped in, in text, one framed on card with gilt and black borders; photographs reproduced, map. Terrific illustration of "L'Automobile Utilitaire S'Impose Partout." In good condition only.
Item #21665

Paris: L'Illustration, 4 Octobre 1924. Folio. Textured card wrappers. Spine torn at the head. Fabulous front cover illustration of a water color painting by E. A. Mossa." Several illustrations in color including two full page illustrations after paintings by L. Sattier "Tete a Tete," and "Hier et Aujoud'hui." Full page color illustration of a 40 CV Renault. Reproductions of photographs, maps, tipped in illustration, one mounted on card. A very bright cover. In very good condition.
Item #21668

Paris: L'Illustration, 30 March 1929. Folio. Wrappers. Spine torn at the foot, covers detached. Fabulous front cover illustration after a water color painting by H. Rapin." Several illustrations in color. Reproductions of photographs, full page and in text. House plans. A plan in color of the garden Cachan. A very bright cover. In better than good condition.
Item #21670

Paris: L'Illustration, 14 Mai 1938. Works of several artists reproduced in black and white illustrations, followed by La Parade Italienne Devant Le Fuhrer, and other articles. Spine chipped, torn; two tears in the front cover, covers detached. A better than fair copy.
Item #21675

Paris: L'Illustration, 3 Decembre 1938. The Argument, in English, precedes the title page and provides details of the cover illustration, the design of the summary, and brief articles on the content of the issue: The Mirror of Baghdad; English Art; The Dazzled Poet; The Secret of the Waters; Escape to Indo-China; Don Juan; In the Land of the Tuareg; and Goya. What follows are several magnificent pages in the Summary with borders that are inspired by the illuminations in the Mirror of Baghdad, followed by several reproductions of famous English artists mounted on card with gilt frames; the watercolor art of Jean A. Mercier is reproduced to illustrated the story of The Dazzled Poet by Aberic Cahuet, and much more to finish out this grand Christmas issue. Corner creases on front cover; covers detached. In good condition.
Item #21676

Chicago: The Pictorial Review Company, August, 1921. 72p, illustrations, plans, paper doll cutouts, ads. Folio. Wrappers. Cover art by Charles H. Twelvetrees, "Every Baby Has its Day," which is a toddler in diapers holding a bat with a puppy at its knee. Authors: Ida Clyde Clark, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Achmed Abdullah, Samuel Hopkins Adams, Charles Goff Thomson, Joseph C. Lincoln, Helen Ferris, Alice Macgowan and Grace MacGowan Cooke. Full page illustration by Charles H. Twelvetrees, "Vacation Days Are Here." Tears along the top edge with impact on title, tears in spine, one is half-an-inch through the magazine, chip in the bottom edge. In good condition.
Item #21693

Hudson, New York: Published by William B, Stoddard, 1829-30. 208p.index. 25cm. Brown leather back and paper boards. Corners rubbed and rounded, joints cracked and held by cords; first few pages chipped; bound copies showing vertical folds, slight foxing. In fair condition.
Item #20309

Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Company, August 4, 1923. 132p, illustrations, ads. Folio. Stapled wrappers. Cover art by Chris A. MacLellan. Authors: Edwin Lefevre, Ben Ames Williams, Gordon Arthur Smith, May Edington, Nina Wilcox Putnam, Thomas McMorrow, Hal G. Evarts, Samuel G. Blythe. Slightly darkened top edge and fore edge, wear to spine, covers almost detached, address label. In good condition.
Item #21684