TEMPLE BAR : WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED 'BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY' - A Lonon Magazine For Town And Country Readers, The 75th Volume September To December 1885 -

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London: Richard Bentley, 1866. Leather. Fair. 576p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 green leather with green cloth boards. FAIR condition. The spine is covered in clear tape, and the hinges are weak. Head of spine chipped. Leather scuffed; pages age-toned and lightly foxed. A few library stamps inside, but text unmarked. Volume 17 of TEMPLE BAR, a British literary magazine, with monthly issues spanning April through July 1866. Contains installments of ARCHIE LOVELL by Annie Edwards and LETTERS TO JOSEPH by Edward Yates.

London: Richard Bentley, 1867. Leather. Fair. 572p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 green leather with marbled boards and foredges. No library marks on exterior. Edges rubbed and spine lightly faded, and pages faintly age-toned and foxed. Bookplate inside front cover and library stamps on title page and page 59. Otherwise clean and tight. Volume 19 of TEMPLE BAR, a British literary magazine, containing monthly issues from December 1866 through March 1867. Includes an installment of the novel ARCHIE LOVELL by Annie Edwards, a poem by Mortimer Collins called "The Two Alices," installments of LADY ADELAIDE'S OATH by Ellen Wood (author of the sensational Victorian novel EAST LYNNE), and a piece by Edmund Yates called "At the Play.

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1885. Hardcover. Fair. 568p. Ex-library. A dark teal cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. The hinges were cracked, and have been repaired, but the book should be handled gently to avoid re-cracking. Corners lightly worn and library stamp on title page. All pages age-toned; small closed tear on page 441. Otherwise, text clean and pages still tightly bound, despite damaged hinges. Volume 45 of TEMPLE BAR, a British literary magazine, with monthly issues spanning September through December 1885. Contains installments of multiple works by Augustus W. Dubourg: BASIL'S FAITH, VITTORIA CONTARINI, and BITTER FRUIT, and installments of LEAH: A WOMAN OF FASHION by Annie Edwards.

London: Office of "Temple Bar," Ward and Lock, 1863. Leather. Fair. 598p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 green leather with marbled boards and foredges. Edges and spine rubbed; spine also a bit tanned. Old bookplate on front pastedown and library stamp on title page. No external library markings. Pages lightly age-toned and foxed, but text otherwise clean and binding tight. Volume 8 of TEMPLE BAR, a British literary magazine, with issues spanning April through July 1863. Contains a biography of Claudine Francoise Mignot (1624-1711), a morganatic wife of John Casimir, King of Poland, written for this magazine's "Daughters of Eve" series by Charles Kenney. Also contains installments of THE TRIALS OF THE TREDGOLDS by Edward Dutton Cook.

London: Office of "Temple Bar," Ward and Lock, 1864. Leather. Fair. 600p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 brown leather with marbled boards. Good reading condition. Edges scuffed and spine crackly-looking. Small tear at head of spine and small chip off the top raised band. Boards also rubbed. Old signature inside front cover and light dampstaining at bottom of gutter. Stamp and a few other library markings inside, but otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Volume 10 of TEMPLE BAR, a British literary magazine, with monthly issues spanning December 1863 through March 1864. Contains the last installments of JOHN MARCHMONT'S LEGACY by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and further installments of BROKEN TO HARNESS by Edmund Yates.

1890. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 black leather on decorative boards. Volume 88 from the year 1890 in 1 book. Book in good to very good condition. <br /> Contains fiction by Annie Edwardes, Rhoda Broughton, and others. Temple Bar was a literary periodical of the mid and late 19th and very early 20th centuries (1860-1906). The complete title was Temple Bar - A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers. It was initially edited by George Augustus Sala, and Arthur Ransome was the final editor before it folded, while he developed his literary career. It was also edited by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Temple Bar was founded a year after the first publication of William Thackeray's The Cornhill Magazine, by one of Charles Dickens' followers, Sala, who promised his readers that the periodical would be "full of solid yet entertaining matter, that shall be interesting to Englishmen and Englishwomen...and that Filia-familias may read with as much gratification as Pater or Mater-familias",… Read More

1887. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 black leather on decorative boards. Volume 80 from the year 1887 in 1 book. Spine tearing. Book in good condition. Temple Bar was a literary periodical of the mid and late 19th and very early 20th centuries (1860-1906). The complete title was Temple Bar - A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers. It was initially edited by George Augustus Sala, and Arthur Ransome was the final editor before it folded, while he developed his literary career. It was also edited by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Temple Bar was founded a year after the first publication of William Thackeray's The Cornhill Magazine, by one of Charles Dickens' followers, Sala, who promised his readers that the periodical would be "full of solid yet entertaining matter, that shall be interesting to Englishmen and Englishwomen...and that Filia-familias may read with as much gratification as Pater or Mater-familias", appealing to a solid, literate middle-class. It sold for about one shilling,… Read More

London: Office of "Temple Bar," Ward and Lock, 1865. Leather. Good. 454p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 brown leather with marbled boards. Good condition overall. Edges rubbed and spine scuffed; a heavy scuff has exposed a bit of the cardboard at the top right corner of the back cover. Early owner's neat signature on front free endpaper. Pages lightly tanned and foxed with age, but otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Volume 14 of TEMPLE BAR, a monthly British literary magazine, with issues spanning April through June 1865. The title page is incorrect; it states that this is volume 13, but it is actually volume 14. Contains installments of DAVID CHANTREY by W.G. Wills, and installments of the "Streets of the World" series by Victorian journalist George Augustus Sala.