The Ladies' Repository; A monthly Periodical, Devoted to Literature and Religion: Volume XIX, January - December 1859

Bound collection of 12 monthly issues, 25 plates. Half leather binding, water stain to part of front cover, well bound, some foxing, discoloration and damp staining although most of the pages are bright and clean. Two plates badly worn. Helpful index at the beginning. 762 pages. Large and heavy book ships only Media mail unless contacted for airmail shipping. Questions welcome. Images can be made upon request. Includes a five page critical essay on Edgar Allen Poe from the Edinburgh Review with a transcription of Poe's "The Raven".(pp. 419). ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF REV. FRANCIS BURNS, a black American, Engraved by J.C. Buttre, from an Ambrotype by Brady, with a 4 page biography. Native of Albany, made Bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church in Africa. This was a Methodist publication.