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New York: Israel Post, 1845. Hardcover. VG-. Various. Volume III [pages1-286] and IV [pages 1-286] bound in one volume, 1845. Small 4to, ¾ leather with 3 raised bands, dark green pebbled boards, light green paper endpapers, each of the 12 months is paginated separately, each month has a full-page color fashion plate, music notation, various engravings, poetry, short stories, articles of interest, etc..; each volume has its own index at the end. Condition: VERY GOOD - : edgewear to spine extremities, corners and board edges, some scattered foxing which does not affect your reading pleasure, some of the tissue guards are torn / wrinkled, pages 49-50 in August 1845 have a 3" missing piece [I have laid-in copies of the missing text]; issue for Feb and April do not have a fashion plate. Some of what is included: engravings of Napoleon, Daniel in the Lion's Den (by J[ules] Ziegler, engraved by T, Doney), and Mount Vernon; Fragments from the History of Lady Arabella Stuart, by Jane C.… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 3/4 black leather, raised bands, marbled boards, blue-paper endpapers, 864p. b/w illustrations and engravings throughout. Condition: VERY GOOD: light rubbing to edges and spine extremities, sm. tear to front cover paper; light scattered foxing - does not affect reading pleasure. Includes such articles as: Aboard a Sperm Whaler; Accession of the Emperor Nicholas; Bit of life in Oregon; Capital idea for cold weather; Case of Lady Macbeth medically considered; Cotton and its Cultivation, by T. B. Thorpe of Louisiana (p. 447) with illustrations of working slaves; Memoirs of the Holy Land, by Jacob Abbott, with many engravings; Life and Times of Madame de Stael (p. 340); etc. Literature includes: Herman Melville's anonymously published short story "Cock a Doodle Doo - The Crowing of the Cock Beneventano" (p. 77); Charles Dickens's "Schoolboy Story" (p. 365); W. M. Thackeray's serialized "The… Read More

NY: Home Insurance Company of New York [1891 ], 1891. Soft cover. VG. 8vo, stapled wraps, color illlustration on front cover, [ 34 ] pages, b&w illustrations throughout, advertisements. Condition is VERY GOOD : lt. edgewear, rubbing along spine, lt. tanning to covers. Includes essays on "Angling" and "Falconry"; engraved illustrations by " Merrill, " W.L. Taylor, " Copeland " and many others.

London: Illustrated London News, 1967. Soft cover. VG+. Various. The Illustrated London News. Christmas Number 1967. No. 6692A. Vol. 251. Folio stapled wraps, 70 pages, stories, articles, advertisements, color and b/w illustrations of art reproductions, advertisements, etc. Condition is VERY GOOD+ with slight edgewear, internally clean and tight. Includes: Five Centuries of Christian Art from Russia; Light on London by Gerry Graham; An Eminent Victorian in Wartime London: a true ghost story by Alan Dent; The Graceful Fisherman: Herons at Chilham photographed by Dave Waterman; Spellbound: a child's view of Christmas photographed by Frank Herrmann; Inspiration of the Nativity, in Manuscripts fomr the Hans P. Kraus Collection; Flying Colours: the spirit of the turf caught by Gerry Cranham; ILN on the Map, drawn by Ionicus; Shepherd's Watch: a short story by Alan Dipper, illus. by Douglas Gorsline; The Gometra Soiree: a short story by J. Roger Baker, illus by Peter Gibson; Hearts and Flowers:… Read More

Philadelphia: Charles j. Peterson, 1877. Soft cover. Good. Peterson's Ladies National Magazine. February Vol. LXXI, No. 2. Philadelphia, 1877. Pages 109-172, plus fashion prints, engravings, advertisements. 1 fold-out color plate: Les Modes Parisiennes, The Winter Promenade, Engraved and printed by Illman Brothers; engraving "Such a Love of a Man" painted by E. Boutibonne, Illman Brothers engravers, for the story of the same name on page 109-11 by the Author of 'The Story of an Umbrella." Foldout of design for straw embroidery on net; other fashion prints of the period and handiwork patterns. Stories included: Frances Hodgson Burnett, "The Captain's Youngest;" "Rhoda's Prisoner" by Rosalie Gray [Mrs. D. H. Mann]; "That Female Lect'rer and I" by Josiah Allen's Wife [pen name of Marietta Holley [1836-1926]; and many others. Condition is GOOD with edgewear all around, small tears and chipping, owner name on front cover["Azuba C… Read More