New York: George H. Colton, 1848. Hardcover. Includes articles on: the war of Chiozza, chloroform, free soil policy, Germany, ghost stories by G.W. Peck, New Mexico and California, the Oregon Bill, poetry, the Swiss revolution, germanic wars, the Whigs, critical reviews, and much more. Bound in three-quarter black leather with marbled paper covered boards, titled in gilt on the spine with raised bands. Rubbing and wear to boards, corners, spine, and edges. Minor foxing to interior. Marbled endpapers. Includes four engravings. 650 pages. PER/061418. Very Good. More about American Review: A Whig Journal Devoted to Politics and Literature. New Series, Volume II (2) -...

London: George Virtue, 1853. Hardcover. An important Victorian magazine, known for its honest viewpoints on the fine arts. Includes 36 full page plates reproducing paintings and sculptures from artists of the day. Articles address art, fashion, architecture, museums, photography, exhibitions, reviews, and more. Ex-library with stamps to fore-edge of textblock and copyright page and sticker to spine. Red cloth library binding with gilt title to spine. Minor sunning to spine, rubbing to hinges and edges of boards, and minor wear to corners. Minor soiling to boards. Closed tears and chipping to some pages. Clean and bright overall with occasional foxing. Some tissue guards creased or removed. A folio sized heavy volume. 324 plus The Exhibition of Art-Industry in Dublin, 64 pages. May require an extra shipping fee. ART/032119. Very Good. More about The Art Journal. New Series. Volume V (5). 1853

New York: Sheldon & Company, 1875. Hardcover. A compilation of articles and stories from this short-lived magazine, which was sold to "The Atlantic" in 1878, Bound in attractive three quarter black leather with gilt titling and ruling to spine and covers. Black pebbled cloth covers. Some chipping and bumping to leather. Interior clean. Very good condition. 864 pages. PER/062018. Very Good. More about The Galaxy. A Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume XIX (19) January - June 1875

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1876. Hardcover. Includes articles on Lincoln, Battling the Sioux at Yellowstone (Custer), Art at the Centennial, Life among the Bedouins, Art in America, Clubs and Club Life, Gettysburg, King Cole and His Band, German Spas, and more. Ex-library from Peoria. Boards detached but present. Most of spine is gone. "Galaxy / 1876" remains in gilt on spine. Binding broken with some loose signatures. A good reading copy only. 868 pages. PER/052119. Good. More about The Galaxy: A Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume XXII (22). June 1876 to January 1877

Philadelphia: 1834. Hardcover. Subjects include: courtship, code of instruction for ladies, death, embroidery, female education, German cemetaries, Naples, Italy, reflections on the married state, Spanish women, and much more. Lacks title page from July issue and first 2 pages of text. Includes several plates, but only one fashion plate, which appears to be trimmed and colored. Lacks several plates. Early marbled paper covered boards with heavily worn leather corners. Modern brown cloth spine with white hand-written title to spine. Ex-library with call number to spine and stamp to endpapers, fore edge, and first page of text (which begins on page 3). Includes issues from July, August, September, October, November, and December. Textblock has seperated from binding. Occasional browning and foxing. 286 pages plus index. PER/040919. Good +. More about Godey's Lady's Book. Volume IX (9) 1834. Six issues July - December

Philadelphia: Charles J. Peterson, 1868. Hardcover. Peterson's Magazine was a popular monthly periodical for women, conceived as a less expensive alternative to Godey's Lady's Book. Each issue included color and black and white fashion plates, patterns, recipes, poetry, stories, and occasionally music. All 12 issues for 1868 are bound here in three quarter black leather with brown leather covers. Chipping and bumping to leather spine and corners. Front hinge is split but text block is tight. Plates are somewhat soiled and a few show light damp stains but the color plates are still quite attractive and untorn. Good + condition. Volume 53: 472 pages plus table of contents; Volume 54: 481 pages + clock ad and contents. Good +. More about Peterson's Magazine Volumes 53 and 54

New York: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1870. Hardcover. Includes articles on birds of the north, cuba, dreaming, insect life in winter, death, Madrid, Madame Roland, the New South, Quaker quirks, "Women's Right" (a novel by Mary Clemmer Ames), and much more. Bound in three quarter black leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt title to spine. Minor wear and rubbing to leather, edges of boards, boards, and corners. Marbled endpapers. Occasional smudge marks and occasional spots of foxing, but clean overall. 736 pages. PER/061918. Very Good. More about Putnam's Magazine. Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art and National Interests. New...

Dorking, Surrey: The Abinger Chronicle, 1941. Paperback. A collection of nine scattered issues ranging from 1941 - 1944. Much of the prose and poetry contained addresses wartime issues, hope, and death. Stapled gray wrappers with black title to front covers. Slightly dusty, otherwise very good. Edited by Sylvia Sprigge. Vol. 2 (1941), no. 6-8; Vol. 3 (1942), no. 1-3, 5/6; Vol. 4 (1943), no. 3; Vol. 5 (1944), no. 1 (last issue). Contributions by E.M. Forster, Max Beerbohm, R.C. Trevelyan, Kenneth Hopkins, Nicholas Moore. Each issues is about 10 pages. PER/100716. Very Good. More about The Abinger Chronicle---Nine Issues

New York: American Bible Society, 1819. Paperback. Brown paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Heavy chipping to edges of wrappers. Front wrappers nearly detached. Previous owner signature to front cover. Several puncture marks through text block, but still readable. Unopened pages. Foxing and browning. 176 pages. PER/032119. Good. More about Third Report of the American Bible Society, Presented May 13, 1819 with an Appendix, Containing...

New York: W.C. and F.P. Church, 1866. Hardcover. Includes chapters from Trollope's 'The Claverings.' Ex-library. Both boards detached and are no longer present. Cockled pages. Minor soiling to margins of some page. Bound, but spine no longer present. A good reading copy only. 752 pages. PER/052119. Good. More about The Galaxy: An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume I (1). May 1866 - August 1866

New York: W.C. and F.P. Church, 1866. Hardcover. Includes chapters from Trollope's 'The Claverings.' Three quarter black leather over black cloth boards with gilt title and raised bands to spine. Dampstained throughout. Dampstaining to rear cover. Rubbing to leather. An attractive book and a good reading copy despite the dampstaining. 768 pages. PER/052119. Very good minus. More about The Galaxy: An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume II (2). September 1866 -...

New York: W.C. and F.P. Church, 1867. Hardcover. Includes chapters from Trollope's 'The Claverings.' Ex-library. Black library buckram covering spine and portion of original boards. White hand written title to spine. Pages trimmed. A good reading copy only. 912 pages. PER/052119. Good. More about The Galaxy: An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume III (3). January - April 1867

Mentor, 1923. Paperback. White side-stapled paper wrappers with yellow title to front cover. Wear to edges of wrappers including a few pencil and pen markings. A price sticker has been removed from the front cover leaving a white area. Clean interior with several articles and many advertisements. Includes Six Immortals and How They Grew Into Books by Arthur Bartlett Maurice, A Child's Day: Its Moods, Activities, and Varied Occupations Pictured by Modern Artists, Strolling with Charles Dickens by Albert A. Hopkins, The Children's Crusade by Sherrill Schell, The Creator of the Kate Greenaway Child by E.M. Dole, and A Doll's House Built for the Czar of Russia by Vincent Starrett. 60 pages. PER/082416. Very Good. More about The Mentor. Volume 11, Number 11. Serial No. 250. December 1923