The Lady's Realm . An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Volume XXI (21) November 1906 to April 1907

London: Hutchinson and Co. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1907. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Handsomely bound in the original maroon cloth boards with stamped decoration and bright gilt titling/blocking to the spine (slightly rubbed) and with the Title/other detail picked out on two bright gilt decorated blocks, to front cover. The tips of the corners and the head/tail of the spine and a couple of points on the front edge are also LIGHTLY rubbed and very slightly bumped. There is a 'Swansea National School ' Prize Bookplate to the front pastedown. No Inscriptions or major Marks. There are couple of neatly closed tears repaired with clear archive tape to the Index. Also a few of the small pinpoint 'sewn' binding holes in the main body of the book which haven't been caught up in the binding during publishing and a couple have widened and torn slightly here and there, otherwise this is an EXCELLENT COPY. (iv) + 792pp. This volume covers November 1906 to April 1907, and amongst a Myriad of delights the contents include not just a few of the usual 'Woman's Interest' - London and Paris Fashions; Some 'Domestic' articles= The Art of Pastry Making; The Art of Furnishing, etc, - but much, much more - There are contemporary travel tales, history, social and political, etc, etc. There are the first 5 parts of a story - in serial form - by H. RIDER HAGGARD entitled 'Fair Margaret'. (At the time of listing I also have for sale, the next volume in this series, uniformly bound, containing the remaining parts of 'Fair Margaret'). Humourous articles = 'Behaviour - and How to do it'; 'The Ladies Monthly Museum'; ' "Mommer" Columbia' and 'An Unconvincing Article on Placket Holes' - all by Frank Richardson & all illustrated by W. HEATH ROBINSON. Various Poetry by Will Hill, and Illustrated by WILLY POGANY. Stories by WALTER DE LA MARE, etc, etc. Articles by E. Keble Chatterton on Players and Theatre. Other fascinating Non-Fiction articles include 'Merry' Christmas in KABUL' by Angus Hamilton; 'From the Inside of a Harem' by Ayche Faike; 'Tragedies of the Russian Throne' by Fitzgerald Molloy; 'Marriages made in Ireland' by Seumas MacManus; Women and the Money Market'. 'Aesthetics of Bookbinding (A Craft for Ladies) ; AND (still appropriate Today) = "Men and their Disinclination for Marriage" (! ! ) by Mrs Archibald Mackirdy. , etc, etc. Profusely illustrated with over 500 black and white illustrations . Both volumes I (currently) have for sale are EXCELLENT, CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. This book is overweight and very heavy and MAY require extra postage depending on your location. See Images.; Small, Thick, 4to 9" - 11" tall .