Harper's Monthly Magazine Vol. CXII December, 1905 No. DCLXVII Christmas Issue
(Harper's Monthly Magazine)
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1905. A very large holiday issue of this literary magazine; with 162 pages and with large advertisement sections at beginning and end, for about 100 additional pages; this issue with a stellar lineup of contributors, literary and illustrative: Howard Pyle, with a frontispiece as well as interior story illustrations in color for his "The Fate of a Treasure-Town"; Mark Twain "Eve's Diary"; Edmund Gosse and Seventeenth Century Epigrams; The Amigo by William Dean Howells; Jack London "The Sun-dog Trail" with illustrations by Frank Tenny Johnson; other pieces by John Erskine, Booth Tarkington, Thomas R. Lounsbury, Ernest Harold Baynes, Maurice Maeterlinck, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Edith L. Lewis, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Grover Cleveland; other illustrators from the great age of American graphic arts, Peter Newell, Elizabeth Shippen Green, more; previous ownership signature of Long Island artist William S(teeple) Davis (1884-1961) on contents page; advertisements nearly as interesting as the content, with pieces concerning the publications of Theodore Roosevelt and an especially nice Edward Penfield color illustrated automobile advertisement, with a woman-driven Oldsmobile driving Santa Claus and a load of presents; original paper wrap covers, approx. 7" x 10" size; much chipping and wear to the covers, spine ends chipped away, tears; back cover gone; contents page with old closed tear at the staples; nevertheless, contents clean and illustrations good; good condition overall; a great issue of this magazine. Good Paperback (Item ID: 20542)
$125.00
