Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume VIII. December 1853- May 1854.
by Various. Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, T. B. Thorpe, W. M. Thackeray, Jacob Abbott
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 3/4 black leather, raised bands, marbled boards, blue-paper endpapers, 864p. b/w illustrations and engravings throughout. Condition: VERY GOOD: light rubbing to edges and spine extremities, sm. tear to front cover paper; light scattered foxing - does not affect reading pleasure. Includes such articles as: Aboard a Sperm Whaler; Accession of the Emperor Nicholas; Bit of life in Oregon; Capital idea for cold weather; Case of Lady Macbeth medically considered; Cotton and its Cultivation, by T. B. Thorpe of Louisiana (p. 447) with illustrations of working slaves; Memoirs of the Holy Land, by Jacob Abbott, with many engravings; Life and Times of Madame de Stael (p. 340); etc. Literature includes: Herman Melville's anonymously published short story "Cock a Doodle Doo - The Crowing of the Cock Beneventano" (p. 77); Charles Dickens's "Schoolboy Story" (p. 365); W. M. Thackeray's serialized "The Newcomes" (ch. 4-20 over several issues).
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- Bygone Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17928
- Title
- Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume VIII. December 1853- May 1854.
- Author
- Various. Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, T. B. Thorpe, W. M. Thackeray, Jacob Abbott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1854
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHARLES DICKENS, HERMAN MELVILLE, T. B. THORPE, W. M. THACKERAY, JACOB ABBOTT, HOLY LAND, MADAME DE STAEL, COTTON CULTIVATION, SLAVERY, SHORT STORIES, AMERICAN PERIDOCIALS
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