Temple Bar (Volume 118 in 1 Book)

1899. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 tan leather on decorative boards. Volume 118 from the year 1899 in 1 book. Gutter ripping. 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, and was one of the leading literary magazines of the era. 553 issues were published - up to 1906, about one a month. It published work by writers such as Amy Levy, Jane Austen, Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, Robert Louis Stevenson, Anthony Trollope, Arthur Conan Doyle, E. F. Benson and Jessie Fothergill. Initially the magazine achieved a circulation of some 30,000 which eventually settled at around the 13,000 mark in the late 1860s. In 1868 Bentley's Magazine was merged into it. By 1896 it had dropped to about 8,000. .

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Temple Bar (Volume 50 in 1 Book)

1877. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 black leather on decorative boards. Volume 50 from the year 1877 in 1 book. Spine chipped. Book in good condition. Book contains chapters 61-80 of Anthony Trollope's "The American Senator." 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, and was one of the leading literary magazines of the era. 553 issues were published - up to 1906, about one a month. It published work by writers such as Amy Levy, Jane Austen, Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, Robert Louis Stevenson, Anthony Trollope, Arthur Conan Doyle, E. F. Benson and Jessie Fothergill. Initially the magazine achieved a circulation of some 30,000 which eventually settled at around the 13,000 mark in the late 1860s. In 1868 Bentley's Magazine was merged into it. By 1896 it had dropped to about 8,000. .

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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume XIX (December 1866 - March 1867)

London, Richard Bentley, 1867. Leather. 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. Fair .

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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume XVIII (August-November 1866)

London, Richard Bentley, 1866. Leather. 568p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 brown leather with marbled boards. No library marks on exterior. Edges and surfaces rubbed, and pages faintly age-toned. Library stamps on title page and page 59. Otherwise clean and tight. Volume 18 of TEMPLE BAR, a British literary magazine, containing monthly issues from August through November 1866. Includes an installment of ARCHIE LOVELL by Annie Edwards, installments of LADY ADELAIDE'S OATH by Ellen Wood (author of the sensational Victorian novel EAST LYNNE), and a poem by Robert Buchanan called "Hugo the Bastard. Fair .

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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Countyr Readers, Volume LIV (September-December 1878)

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1878. Hardcover. 572p. Ex-library. A green cloth hardcover book in FAIR condition. Cloth soiled, pages foxed, and library stamp on title page. Binding is weak, with threads visible in the gutter at a few junctures. Reading copy only, OFFERED AS-IS. Volume 54 of TEMPLE BAR, a monthly British literary magazine, containing the issues from September through Deecember 1878. Includes an essay on Honore de Balzac, installments of THE FIRST VIOLIN by Jessie Fothergill, and a piece by Hans Christian Andersen called "What One Can Hit Upon. Fair .

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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume XLIX (January-April 1877)

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1877. Leather. 572p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in good reading condition. No library marks on exterior, but there is a bookplate inside and a stamp on the title page. Spine and edges scuffed. Some foxing inside. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Volume 49 of TEMPLE BAR, a British literary magazine, with issues spanning January through April 1877. Contains an essay about Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, installments of THE AMERICAN SENATOR by Anthony Trollope, an essay on Emanuel Swedenborg, and installments of CHERRY RIPE, a romance novel by Helen Mathers. Fair .

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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume XLVII (May-August 1876)

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1876. Leather. 572p. A hardcover book bound in good condition. Embossed stamp on a blank front endpaper. Spine and edges scuffed, and spine faded. Some mild foxing inside. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Volume 47 of TEMPLE BAR, a British literary magazine, with issues spanning May through August 1876. Contains installments of THE AMERICAN SENATOR by Anthony Trollope, and installments of THE TWO DESTINIES by Wilkie Collins. Good .

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Temple Bar with Which Is Incorporated "Bentley's Miscellany. " a London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume 103

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1894. Leather. 588p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 black leather with marbled boards. FAIR CONDITION. Edges heavily scuffed and ragged-looking. Slit in the leather at the head of the spine, where the front board is attached. LACKS pages 145-146. Pages browned with age and occasionally stained. Binding is limp. OFFERED AS-IS. Volume 103 of TEMPLE BAR, a British literary magazine, with monthly issues from September through December 1894. Contains installments of LADY JEAN'S VAGARIES by Henrietta Keddie (pseudonym Sarah Tytler) and THE ADVENTURESS by Annie Edwards, and an essay by W.E. Garrett Fisher on Guy de Maupassant, who had died the year before this volume came out. Fair .

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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume XLV

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1885. Hardcover. 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. Fair .

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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume XI

London, Office of "Temple Bar," Ward and Lock, 1864. Leather. 600p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 green leather with marbled boards and foredges. Edges scuffed and boards rubbed. Spine lightly tanned. Old bookplate inside front cover and stamp on title page. Light foxing on foredges and pages mildly age-toned. Otherwise clean and tight. Volume 11 of TEMPLE BAR, a British literary magazine, with monthly issues spanning April through July 1884. Contains an essay on the English actor David Garrick, and installments of BROKEN TO HARNESS by Edmund Yates, THE DOCTOR'S WIFE by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and PAID IN FULL by Henry James Byron. Fair .

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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume X.

London, Office of "Temple Bar," Ward and Lock, 1864. Leather. 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. Fair .

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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume XVII

London, Richard Bentley, 1866. Leather. 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. Fair .

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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume XVI

London, Richard Bentley, 1866. Leather. 576p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 green leather with marbled boards. Spine lightly tanned and schuffed. Edges and boards rubbed. Bookplate and a few library markings inside. Pages lightly age-toned and foxed, but otherwise clean, and binding tight. Volume 16 of TEMPLE BAR, a British literary magazine, with monthly issues spanning December 1865 through March 1866. Contains an essay on the career of the engraver Gustave Dore, installments of LAND AT LASt by Edmund Yates, and installments of the magazine's series on "Streets of the World. Fair .

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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume XIV-XV

London, Office of "Temple Bar," Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1865. Leather. 600p; 600p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 black leather with marbled boards. FRONT HINGE CRACKED, but pages remain tightly bound. Edges rubbed and a few library stamps inside. Closed tear at top of page 455. Pages mildly age-toned, but otherwise clean. A worn but readable copy. Volumes 14 and 15 of TEMPLE BAR, a British literary magazine, bound together in a single book. Contains the monthly issues spanning April through November 1865. Includes installments of LAND AT LAST by Edmund Yates and of SIR JASPER'S TENANT by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Also contains installments of the magazine's series "Streets of the World," and an essay about Broadway by the journalist George Augustus Sala. Fair .

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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, Volume XIV

London, Office of "Temple Bar," Ward and Lock, 1865. Leather. 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. Good .

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