Author: Wilde, Oscar; Lanier, Sidney; Tourgee, Albion (editor)
Title: Our Continent. February 15, 1882. Vol. I No. I.
Description: Philadelphia, Our Continent Publishing Company, 1882. Wraps. Folio. Printed wraps. Folio. 16 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. First issue of this weekly literary journal, edited by Albion Tourgee, and published from 1882 to 1884. Albion Tourgee was a Civil War solider, civil rights activist, writer and lawyer (he served as lawyer for Plessy in the Plessy v. Ferguson case). This issue with a story "Under Green Apple Boughs," illustrated by Howard Pyle; a poem, "Impressions," by Oscar Wilde; an article on interior design/architecture by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Co. and Donald G. Mitchell. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. General toning, minor soiling and wrinkling to the covers. Leaf 13/14 and 15/16 each with a two inch tear in their fore edge margin, affecting text (not readability). Good .

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