St. Nicholas Magazine (Volume XIII, Part I) Six Issues Bound into One Volume: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. November, 1885 to April, 1886 (First appearance of parts of Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy)

BURNETT, Frances Hodgson et al.; DODGE, Mary Mapes (editor)

Published by The Century Company, New York, 1886

About this Item

Six months of the famed magazine bound together, from May 1886 to October 1886. --- 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 installments (Chapters I through VI) of the debut of Frances Hodgson Burnett's "Little Lord Fauntleroy," which appeared for the first time in St. Nicholas. Also with offerings by Louisa May Alcott, Helen Hunt Jackson, Frank R. Stockton, John R. Coryell 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 brown half leather and brown cloth with spine titling in gilt. The name 'H. F. Lunt' has been stamped in gilt to cover. --- A Fair-only copy, with loosened hinges, somewhat warped boards and chafing to cover extremities. The textblock itself remains tightly-bound and stable. The leather is rather unstable and susceptible to transfer/rubbing off onto neighboring surfaces.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; viii, [3], 4-480 pages.

Seller Inventory # 88269

Bibliographic Details

• Title: St. Nicholas Magazine (Volume XIII, Part I) Six Issues Bound into One Volume: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. November, 1885 to April, 1886 (First appearance of parts of Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy)
• Publisher: The Century Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1886
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Poor
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • >>Juvenile and Children's
  • >>Illustrated Classics