Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 124: July-December 1878

William Blackwood, 1878. Leather. 782p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Very good condition. Edges and spine rubbed; spine text remains easily legible. Pages toned and slightly brittle with age. Otherwise clean and tight. Volume 124 of BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, a British digest of literature and miscellany, with all monthly issues from July through December 1878. Contains excerpts from JOHN CALDIGATE by Anthony Trollope, and an interesting essay on the personality of Otto von Bismarck. Very Good .

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Book number: 193269

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A Century of Lesbian Erotica

New York, Masquerade Books, Inc, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 471p. A black hardcover book in near-fine condition, lacking the dustjacket. Owner's stamps inside; otherwise clean and tight. A collection of erotic lesbian short fiction. Very Good .

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Book number: 183568

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The Doctor in Fiction: Being Brief Outlines of the Characters of Doctors As Presented by Authors of International Fame

Yonkers, NY, The Arlington Chemical Co. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 27p. A staplebound booklet in very good condition. Mild crinkling along spine fold and at the corners. Light soiling at top of title page, but otherwise clean and tight. Brief studies of doctor characters in classic novels, issued as a promotion for "Liquid Peptonoids" (a product of the Arlington Chemical Company of Yonkers, New York). Undated first edition, ca. 1910s. Includes characters from works by William Dean Howells, Sarah Orne Jewett, Dostoevsky, Ibsen, and more. Very Good .

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Book number: 311928

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The Gift of Friendship, a Token of Remembrance, for 1855

Philadelphia, Henry F. Anners, 1854. Leather. 252p. A small hardcover book bound in gilt-decorated red leather. POOR CONDITION. The bottom half of the spine has chipped off, and the edges of the boards are heavily scuffed. Earl;y owner's gift inscription on first blank page, dated 1882. Pages foxed, most heavily on the plates, but otherwise, text unmarked. Binding is tight, despite the damaged cover. OFFERED AS-IS. The 1855 edition of THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP, an annually published literary anthology from the mid-19th century, originally designed to be given as a present. Illustrated with occasional black and white plates. Measures approx. 6.75" x 4.6. Fair .

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Book number: 190075

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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume L (December 1874 - May 1875)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1875. Leather. 928p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 black leather with marbled boards. FAIR condition. Edges heavily scuffed, and edges of spine starting to split (boards are still attached). Page edges dampstained. Closed tears in page 247. Pages 359-362 are detached and badly worn, but present. Some age-spotting and light musty smell inside, but otherwise, text unmarked. Volume 50 of Harper's literary magazine, with all issues spanning December 1874 through May 1875. Contains the complete text of THE ANCIENT CITY, a nonfiction piece by the poet Constance Fenimore Woolson. Numerous black and white engravings throughout. Fair .

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Book number: 188951

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The Leisure Hour

London, 1882. Hardcover. 764p. A 3/4 leather hardcover book with boards somewhat soiled; marbled foredges and endpapers. Edges and corners quite rubbed with a few scuffs. Text clean and binding tight. The 1882 Volume of The Leisure Hour; does not include title pages for individual issues. The Leisure Hour was a British general-interest periodical of the Victorian era which ran weekly from 1852 to 1905. It was the most successful of several popular magazines published by the Religious Tract Society, which produced Christian literature for a wide audience. Each issue mixed multiple genres of fiction and factual stories, historical and topical. This volume includes an article on "Lamarckism and Darwinism, installments of "Electricty and its Uses," and an article on Sir Francis Drake. Good .

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Book number: 211681

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Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume XXVI (July-December 1880)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. 776p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 leather with marbled endpapers and marbled foredges. Very good condition; edges lightly rubbed but otherwise clean and tight. Volume 26 of Lippincott's Magazine, a monthly magazine of fiction and popular science. Illustrated with occasional black and white engravings. Contains all issues from July-December of 1880. Includes a series of articles by pioneering home economics author Helen Campbell, an article about exploring the mountains and canyons of the American West by William H. Rideing, a special correspondent for the Wheeler Survey, and the story Pipistrello by Ouida, the pen name of novelist Maria Louise Ramé. Very Good .

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Book number: 211613

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Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Old Series, Vol. XXVII, New Series, Vol. I (January- June 1880)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. 632p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 leather with marbled endpapers and marbled foredges. Very good condition; edges lightly rubbed but otherwise clean and tight. Volume 27/ Volume 1 of Lippincott's Magazine, a monthly magazine of fiction and popular science. Illustrated with occasional black and white engravings. Contains all issues from January-June of 1881. Includes an article on "The Diamond-Mines of South Africa" by E.B. Biggar, a review of "Buried Alive; or, Ten Years of Penal Servitude in Siberia by Fedor Dostoyeffsky (Fyodor Dostoyevsky), and "Characteristic Dances of the World" by Amelia E. Barr, author of Remember the Alamo. Very Good .

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Book number: 211614

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Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume XXI (January- June 1878)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. 776p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 leather with marbled endpapers and marbled foredges. Very good condition; edges lightly rubbed but otherwise clean and tight. Volume 21 of Lippincott's Magazine, a monthly magazine of fiction and popular science. Illustrated with occasional black and white engravings. Contains all issues from January-June of 1878. Includes a review of the Letters of John Keats to Fanny Brawne, written in 1819 and 1820 but being published for the first time, an article on "The Italian Lakes" by Robert A. McLeod, and an article arguing for women's independence called "A Counterblast at the Married Folks" by Mary Dean. Very Good .

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Book number: 211616

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Lippincott's Magazine of Literature, Science and Education Volume IV (July-December 1869)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. 696p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 leather with marbled endpapers and marbled foredges. Very good condition; edges and corners quite rubbed but otherwise clean and tight. Volume 4 of Lippincott's Magazine, a monthly magazine of fiction and popular science. Illustrated with occasional black and white engravings. Contains all issues from July-December of 1878. Includes installments of The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope, installments of Beyond the Breakers, a novel by an Indiana State Representative, Robert Dale Owen, and an article on "The National Debt" by Francis A. Walker, an economist, veteran of the Union Army, and U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Very Good .

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Book number: 211618

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Lippincott's Magazine of Literature, Science and Education Volume I (January-June 1868)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. 680p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 leather with marbled endpapers and marbled foredges. Poor condition; edges and corners quite rubbed, front cover nearly detatched, and large chip of spine starting to crack. Text is clean and pages remain securely bound. Volume 1 of Lippincott's Magazine, a monthly magazine of fiction and popular science. Contains all issues from January-June of 1868. Includes an article titled "Alaska - What Is It Worth?" addressing the United States' acquisition of Alaska, and a map of the Isothermal Lines of Alaska, by physicist and Smithsonian Institute professor Lorin Blodget, several articles on American finance by Amasa Walker, a U.S. Representative and economist, and the poem Passing Beyond by Edgar Fawcett. Poor .

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Book number: 211619

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Lippincott's Magazine of Literature, Science and Education, Volume VI (July-December 1870)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott and Co, 1870. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 680p. Ex-library, REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in black cloth. Library stamps on endpapers, but otherwise clean and tight. Volume 6 of LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE, a monthly digest of literature, current events, and popular science, illustrated with black and white engravings. Contains all issues from July through December 1870. This volume features installments of the novel SIR HARRY HOTSPUR OF HUMBLETHWAITE by Anthony Trollope; reviews of Louisa May Alcott's AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL and Dante Gabriel Rossetti's POEMS; and an essay by W.P. Morras called "Gustave Flaubert, the Realist. Fair .

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Book number: 317111

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Lippincott's Magazine of Literature, Science and Education, Volume VII (January-June 1871)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott and Co, 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 664p. Ex-library, REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in black cloth. Library stamps on endpapers, but otherwise clean and tight. Volume 7 of LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE, a monthly digest of literature, current events, and popular science, illustrated with black and white engravings. Contains all issues from January through June 1871. This volume features the short story "Mumu" by Ivan Turgenev, as well as an essay about Turgenev by A.C. Dillman ("Ivan Toorgenef, the Russian Novelist"); a review of the novel MAN AND WIFE by Wilkie Collins; an essay about the importance of preserving African-American spirituals ("Negroes' Spirituals"); and a folding plate depicting Lippincott's publishing plant in Philadelphia. Fair .

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Book number: 317112

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Lippincott's Magazine of Literature, Science and Education, Volume XXIX (January-June 1882)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott and Co, 1882. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 632p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 leather with marbled edges and endpapers. Edges of cover are lightly rubbed; otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Volume 29 of LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE, a monthly digest of literature, current events, and popular science, illustrated with black and white engravings. Contains all issues from January through June 1882. This volume features a brief review of the poem "He Giveth His Beloved Sleep" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; longer reviews of Henry James' THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY and Thomas Hardy's A LAODICEAN; and an editorial about the tendency of women to be good listeners. Very Good .

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Lippincott's Magazine of Literature, Science and Education, Volume XXVIII (July-December 1881)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott and Co, 1881. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 632p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 leather with marbled edges and endpapers. Edges of cover are lightly rubbed; otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Volume 28 of LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE, a monthly digest of literature, current events, and popular science, illustrated with black and white engravings. Contains all issues from July through December 1881. This volume features an article on "Slave-Making Ants" by botanist Mary Treat, who was a colleague of Charles Darwin; an account of hunting for giant squid by conservationist and big-game fisherman Charles Frederick Holder; reviews of AYALA'S ANGEL by Anthony Trollope and POEMS by Oscar Wilde; and four poems by Catholic priest John Bannister Tabb --- "Asleep," "Flowers," "Interpreted," and "The Dews. Very Good .

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Book number: 317114

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