Multum Parvo Library (3 results)
Published by A. B. Courtney, Boston, 1894
- Softcover
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller10 [11]-16, ads pp. 16mo, publisher's wrappers. Wrappers soiled; bottom marginal edge chewed, 1" wide and 1/8" deep.
More imagesPublished by A.B. Courtney, Boston, 1896
- Softcover
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 325.00
US$ 8.00 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketOriginal wraps. Condition: Very good. Volume I, No. 1 - Vol. III, No. 36. Original paper wrappers, bound with navy blue thread and one staple at center of spine. Each volume measures 3" x 4.25", each roughly 16pp. Advertised as the "Smallest Magazine in the World," with a subscription cost of 50 cents per year, or 5 cents per co…py. Light wear to corners, short closed tears along front cover of Volume I, Number 1. Rear page detached from three volumes. Binding still intact throughout, a few missing pages are laid in. Occasional marginalia. Volume I (1894) is complete with twelve issues; Volume II (1895) missing three of twelve issues; and Volume III (1896) missing two of twelve issues. A unique set of both fiction and nonfiction writings covering a variety of subjects including Mormonism Exposed, How to Get Rich, and Gay Love in Paris. Miniature publications of all genres grew popular during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to make large amounts of information easily portable. (Villanova University) (Forsberg 413). Thirty-one issues of the Multum in Parvo Library, the "Smallest Magazine in the World," as published from 1894 to 1896. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Multum In Parvo, Boston, 1897
- Softcover
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, CanadaThe Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB)
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 825.00
US$ 35.00 shippingShips from Canada to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketsaddle stapled wrapper. Condition: Very Good. 16 pages. 4 x 2.8 inches. Excellent condition, with no rust to staple. The story had appeared a few months earlier, in the 2 January 1897 issue of Chambers's Journal, under the authorship of W. E. Cule (pp. 12-15). Uncommon; we have handled only four of these in 40 years.
