Author: ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY; DODGE, MARY MAPES (EDITOR)
Title: St. Nicholas Magazine (Volume XIV, Part II) Six Issues Bound Into One Volume: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. May, 1887 to October, 1887
Description: New York: The Century Company, 1887. Hardcover. Six months of the famed magazine bound together, from May 1887 to October 1887. --- Each issue of St. Nicholas includes stories, often by well-known authors, as well as dozens of charming illustrations, photos, riddles, poems, letters, and non-fiction articles written for young people. These issues include stories by Louisa May Alcott, Jessie C. Glasier (illustrated by Arthur Kemble) and others. Also with a biographical sketch of the childhood of American poet John Greenleaf Whittier by William H. Rideing, as well as offerings by Alice Wellington Rollins, Samuel Minturn Peck, George W. Manson and many others. "Conducted" (edited) by noted author Mary Mapes Dodge. This delightful collection of magazines provides an insight into the way of life in the US early in the latter half of the 19th Century. --- Monthly issues of the magazine bound into this volume, without their original monthly covers/wraps. In bevel-edged maroon cloth with titling and decorations in black and gilt. --- A generally well-preserved copy, with intact, tightly-bound textblock and good hinges. Chafing and wear to cover extremities, especially at spine & back cover.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; viii, [3], 484-960 pages. Good with no dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Juvenile and Children's >>Illustrated Classics
Title: St. Nicholas Magazine (Volume XIV, Part II) Six Issues Bound Into One Volume: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. May, 1887 to October, 1887
Description: New York: The Century Company, 1887. Hardcover. Six months of the famed magazine bound together, from May 1887 to October 1887. --- Each issue of St. Nicholas includes stories, often by well-known authors, as well as dozens of charming illustrations, photos, riddles, poems, letters, and non-fiction articles written for young people. These issues include stories by Louisa May Alcott, Jessie C. Glasier (illustrated by Arthur Kemble) and others. Also with a biographical sketch of the childhood of American poet John Greenleaf Whittier by William H. Rideing, as well as offerings by Alice Wellington Rollins, Samuel Minturn Peck, George W. Manson and many others. "Conducted" (edited) by noted author Mary Mapes Dodge. This delightful collection of magazines provides an insight into the way of life in the US early in the latter half of the 19th Century. --- Monthly issues of the magazine bound into this volume, without their original monthly covers/wraps. In bevel-edged maroon cloth with titling and decorations in black and gilt. --- A generally well-preserved copy, with intact, tightly-bound textblock and good hinges. Chafing and wear to cover extremities, especially at spine & back cover.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; viii, [3], 484-960 pages. Good with no dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Juvenile and Children's >>Illustrated Classics
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 88272
- Book number: 88272