Philadelphia: C.J. Peterson, Publisher, 1853. Half Leather. Half-Leather with black cloth. 368, 316 pages. LACKING all pages after page 316 in the December section. Also MISSING pages 17-20, 31-34 and 311/312 in the July-December section April Fashion plate MISSING, as well a bouquet of flowers plate, with another plate present..... More
Boston: Joseph H. Allen, 1869. Wraps. Illustrated wraps, although MISSING rear wrapper. Pagination runs 247-294, plus a frontis portrait plate of Paul Revere. Single issue of this serial magazine for children, featuring chapter 11 of "Rough and Ready, Life Among New York News-Boys," a novel by Horatio Alger; an installment..... More
New York: P.T. Barnum and H.D. Beach, Publishers, 1853. Half-Leather. Marbled boards with leather binding.416 pages. A bound volume of this journal/newspaper founded and first published by P.T. Barnum. This work contains news and articles on items of interest from around the world and the United States. Of note is..... More