Boston 1907 - 1927. all original first edition printing. Southgate Press. Small folio wraps (14x 10 inches). About 40 pages per issue. Many advertisments, many in color. Ads for Coca Cola, Cream of Wheat, Dutch cleanser, Victorola, many more. Many lovely bright color pictorial covers by Eleanor Weeden, E L Crompton, G F Gray, Nell Holt, Haskell Coffin, Harold Cue, J Knowles Hare, Annie Benson Mueller, Gerald Leake, Pearl Hill, Tyng, others. Issues are full of recipes, needlework, home crafts, stories, Ideas for gifts for Invalids, Diets for the Sick, Embroidery Designs for Colonial Furniture, health tips, housekeeping ideas, fashion, clothing for babies and children, food preservation, dinners husbands will enjoy , and so on. Almost shockingly different in terms of tone, content and concerns from lives of modern women today. All issues are VG with no tears, no chips, no wrinkling, some light fraying on spines of several issues. Almost all have printed name and address of subscriber on top left cover corner. All in wonderful condition considering their age. A time capsule of middle and upper class female life one hundred years ago! Invaluable historical resource. Pictures available on request. Group of 31 issues:

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Title: MODERN PRISCILLA - 31 issues October 1907 to June 1927 (not a run)
Publication Date: 1907
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: VG

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