Lot 187:
American Story-Papers & Periodicals, 1878-1932
Sold for: $10
Description
This lot consists of a collection of American newspapers and story-paper periodicals. The primary item is an issue of the Seaside Library, Volume X, Number 200, dated January 7, 1878, published by George Munro of New York. This issue contains a complete printing of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens and features a large wood engraving on the front page. Also included are three issues of The Youth’s Companion: one dated February 9, 1888 (Volume LXI, Number 6), another dated March 26, 1891 (Volume 64, Number 13), both published by Perry Mason and Company in Boston, and a New England Edition dated July 2, 1914. The 1914 issue features a front-page photograph titled Ripogenus Gorge On the West Branch of the Penobscot River, Maine. Completing the group is a 1932 issue of The New Guide: A Paper for Young People, Volume L, Number 15, dated April 9. The periodicals are printed on newsprint and presented as unbound folio sheets, folded as originally issued.
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