The Manhattan. An Illustrated Literary Magazine. Volume II. July to December, 1883
New York City, New York: The Manhattan Magazine Company, 1883. Periodical. Leather. Very Good. Item #027458
586 pages. Six issues of this periodical, bound in one; illustrated in black and white throughout. Contents include literature in various forms - stories, poetry, reviews; also history, science, news from Britain and Europe & editorial materials. Also with a "Town Talk" column and a Salmagundi, including "A Country Adventure in High Life" with six illustrations by Frank Beard. Many of the contributions from women authors: Edith M. Thomas; Kate Field; Helen Zimmern; Janet E. Routz-Rees; Annie Eliot; Margaret P. Janes; Edna Dean Proctor; Julia Ward Howe and others. Contemporary poets include Nora Perry; H.C. Faulkner; Austin Dobsin; Robertson Trowbridge; Frank Dempster Sherman; R.K. Munkittrick & more. Also with "Princeton College" an illustrated article by Henry J. Van Dyke, Jr.; "Beatrix Randolph" by Julian Hawthorne and "Carpets and Carpet Designing" by F.E. Fryatt, among other pieces. Printed at the Lockwood Press, NY. Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4" size; bound in textured plum-brown cloth, dark brown leather corners and spine, gilt spine titles & small ornaments; all edges tinted red. Some edge, tips wear to the binding. One page repair within, no loss; in very good condition.
Price: $125.00