The Sunday Strand and Home Magazine

Four volumes of an entertaining early twentieth century illustrated periodical. Four volumes of publisher George Newnes's 'The Sunday Strand and Home' illustrated monthly magazine.Featuring volume III, January to June 1901; volume IV, July to December 1901; volume VIII, July to December 1903, and volume IX, January to June 1904.The first editions thus, published with continuous pagination to each volume, an index and title page to the start of each volume.Illustrated throughout with a variety of full plate and vignette contemporary photographs and illustrations, and featuring short stories, poetry, hymns and further interesting articles. Featuring articles including Florence E. Burnley's 'Some Japanese Religious Festivals', 'Dwellers in the Night', discussing The School for the Indigent Blind, and Geo A. Best's illustrated short story 'Father Neptune and Santa Claus'.Volume III may be of special interests, including contemporary reactions to the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901.With the school prize bookplate of George Lane Congregational Sunday School to the front free endpaper of volume IX, awarding the volume to Elsie Mason, December 1908. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings, with gilt detailing. Bumping to spine heads and tails. Tide marks to tails to tail of front and rear boards. Bookplate to front free endpaper of vol IX. Starting to front and rear hinges of vol III, with boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright. Very Good.