Scribner's Magazine, Vol. II, July-December
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good to Good-
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1887. Six months bound into one volume. Lacks the advertisements and individual covers. Numerous articles by famous authors: "Camping and Hunting in the Shoshone" by W.S. Rainsford, with photographs; "Caverns and Cavern Life" by N.S. Shaler with illustrations and "The Instability of the Atmosphere" by Shaler with illustrations and diagrams by the author; "The Modern Nile" by Edward L. Wilson, with photos by the author; "Bucolic Dialect of the Plains" by Louis Swinburne; In Dickens-Land by Edwin Percy Whipple; "A Drift from Redwood Camp" by Bret Harte with 8 illustrations; "The Unpublished Letters of Thackeray" with illustrations, portraits and reproductions of letters and drawings; Law Lane by Sarah Orne Jewett with 8 llustrations; "Wagner And Scenic Art" by William F. Apthorp with illustrations from the original designs for the setting of the Bayreuth stage; "The Physical Characteristics Of The Athlete" by Dr. D.A. Sargent with illustrations of athletes in motion; "In Grand Kabylia" by Henry M. Field with illustrations ; Many more famous authors including: Rebecca Harding Davis; Henrietta Christian Wright; and Olive Risley Seward. Articles on France: Paris School of Fine Arts with illustrations, Napoleon and His Times with illustrations and French Traits. Other articles on Europe: Florence with 16 illustrations; Holland with illustrations, Denmark(Treaty with) and "The Viking ship" with drawings.Poetry including one by Robert Louis Stevenson titled "Ticonderoga" with illustrations and "In Her Garden" by Susan Coolidge. One full plate by Howard Pyle. Blue covers worn, soiled and spotted. Spine top edge frayed with tears. Bottom spine edge worn, tiny strip worn through and color bleeding-dampness? Covers intact but due to condition are Good-. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Hinge broken on blank pages before title page and beginning at back covers' endpages. Sporadic watermarks on pages, mainly on the upper margin corners of pages, occasionally down sides, but rarely in text. Otherwise text is tight and Very Good. . Cloth. Good to Good-. Illus. by Engravings, Plates, Map, Drawings. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4". Bound Magazine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004746
- Title
- Scribner's Magazine, Vol. II, July-December
- Illustrator
- Engravings, Plates, Map, Drawings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Good-
- Publisher
- Charles Scribners Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- W.S. Rainsford, N.S. Shaler, Edward L. Wilson, Louis Swinburne,Edwin Percy Whipple, Bret Harte, William Thackeray, Sarah Orne Jewett, Athlete,Algeria,Kabylia,Henry M. Field, Rebecca Harding Davis; Henrietta Christian Wright; Olive Risley Seward, Paris Sch
- Bookseller catalogs
- Famous Authors; Poetry; Ships/Boats; Artists; Bound Magazines;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4"
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About the Seller
Bee Creek Books
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Princeton, New Jersey
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