Scribner's Monthly. An Illustrated Monthly for the People. Nov. 1879 to April 1880. Vol. XIX
New York: Scribner and Co, 1880. Half Leather. Good. Item #022608
Half leather with black cloth. 912 pp. With a few illustrations. Bound volume of this monthly magazine spanning November 1879 to April 1880. Includes an illustrated article on Thomas Edison and his invention of the electric lamp, written by an assistant very soon after the patent was filed. Includes illustrations for what would produce the electricity, etc. Also present is an illustrated article on bicycling in Boston, including a map of bicycle tracks around the area; an illustrated article on the Life Saving Service of the United States, a service that help ships in distress off the coast; "Louisiana" by Frances Hodgson Burnett, etc. GOOD condition. Slightly ex-library, with an indication this was from a memorial room, along with a gift inscription, all on the first endpaper. No other treatments noted. Heavy scuffing to the leather along the hinges, with heavy scuffing to the extremities. Leather dry, brittle, cracking and chipping along the spine, with moderate loss. Minor soiling and fading to the covers. Front interior hinge cracked and separating from the binding, although still intact. Scattered foxing and soiling in the interior.
Price: $30.00