St. Nicholas Magazine (Volume X, Part II) Six Issues Bound into One Volume: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. May 1893 to October 1893

Six months of the famed magazine bound together, from May 1893 to October 1893. --- Each issue of St. Nicholas includes stories, often by well-known authors, as well as dozens of charming illustrations, photos, riddles, poems, letters, and non-fiction articles written for young people. These issues include guides to Washington, D. C. by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. Also with offerings by Peter Newell, Eustace B. Rogers, G. R. O'Reilly and many others; "conducted" (edited) by noted author Mary Mapes Dodge. This delightful collection of magazines provides an insight into the way of life in the US early in the latter half of the 19th Century. --- Monthly issues of the magazine bound into this volume, without their original monthly covers/wraps. In bevel-edged maroon cloth with titling and decorations in black and gilt. --- The binding is generally sound but with loosened rear hinge, tear to cloth at head of spine and foxing to textblock edges, else a sound copy. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.) ; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; viii, (2), 483-960 pages.…