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The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, Embracing Literature in Every Department, embellished with the finest steel and mezzotint engravings, music and colored fashions. Vol. III and Vol. IV, 1845.
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-
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Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Israel Post, 1845. Hardcover. VG-. Various. Volume III [pages1-286] and IV [pages 1-286] bound in one volume, 1845. Small 4to, ¾ leather with 3 raised bands, dark green pebbled boards, light green paper endpapers, each of the 12 months is paginated separately, each month has a full-page color fashion plate, music notation, various engravings, poetry, short stories, articles of interest, etc..; each volume has its own index at the end. Condition: VERY GOOD - : edgewear to spine extremities, corners and board edges, some scattered foxing which does not affect your reading pleasure, some of the tissue guards are torn / wrinkled, pages 49-50 in August 1845 have a 3" missing piece [I have laid-in copies of the missing text]; issue for Feb and April do not have a fashion plate. Some of what is included: engravings of Napoleon, Daniel in the Lion's Den (by J[ules] Ziegler, engraved by T, Doney), and Mount Vernon; Fragments from the History of Lady Arabella Stuart, by Jane C. Hopkins; Tales of Irish Superstition, by John Brougham (3 tales in 3 issues); articles and stories by Lydia Maria Child [she of The Frugal Housewife fame]; The Circulating Library, by Robert L. Wade; Martha Russell on "The Schoolmaster;" Emily Ames on "LIterary Ladies; or, A Peep at the Blue," and much more, This is what people did each month before television, Netflix, HBO, etc. took over our parlors.
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- Bygone Books
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- 17929
- Title
- The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, Embracing Literature in Every Department, embellished with the finest steel and mezzotint engravings, music and colored fashions. Vol. III and Vol. IV, 1845.
- Author
- Various
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Israel Post
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1845
- Weight
- 0.00
- Keywords
- LYDIA MARIA CHILD, IRISH FOLK TALES, LADY ARABELLA STUART, AMERICAN PERIODICALS, SHORT STORIES, POETRY, FASHION, ENGRAVINGS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Poetry; Journals / Periodicals; Fashion / Costume;
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