Eight Custom Bound Issues of Godey s Lady s Book and Magazine (1867-68)

(TERHUNE, Mary Virginia)

Published by (Louis A. Godey; American News Company), (Philadelphia; New York), 1867

Condition: Good Hardcover

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Octavo. Eight consecutive monthly issues: December 1867, January-July, 1868. Stitched together in a contemporary commercial binder: "Conant s Binder; or Book Covers for Periodicals, Music, &c." distributed by the American News Company at 119 & 121 Nassau Street, New York. The binding consists of two covers in half cloth and marbled paper over boards, with two different binder s advertisements printed on the front and back pastedown. A figure from one color plate has been cut out; a few other fashion plates are partly detached and torn, else good or better. Includes the first eight chapters of *Phemie Rowland* by Mary Terhune (known by her penname Marion Harlan). The advertisement on the inside front cover includes: "Directions for binding. Pierce the holes through the Magazine � directly under the holes in the cover with an awl � remove the covers of the Magazine � take out the advertising sheets, when too numerous �" Eight issues of America s most popular women s magazine in a scarce surviving example of a commercially manufactured binding designed specifically for periodical magazines. Seller Inventory # 438298

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Title: Eight Custom Bound Issues of Godey s Lady s ...

Publisher: (Louis A. Godey; American News Company), (Philadelphia; New York)

Publication Date: 1867

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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