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[004746] . Scribner's Magazine, Vol. II, July-December . ill. Engravings, Plates, Map, Drawings. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1887. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4". Blue Cloth. Bound Magazine. Good to Good- Six months bound into one volume. Lacks the advertisements and individual covers. Numerous articles by famous authors: "Camping and Hunting in the Shoshone" by W.S. Rainsford, with photographs; "Caverns and Cavern Life" by N.S. Shaler with illustrations and "The Instability of the Atmosphere" by Shaler with illustrations and diagrams by the author; "The Modern Nile" by Edward L. Wilson, with photos by the author; "Bucolic Dialect of the Plains" by Louis Swinburne; In Dickens-Land by Edwin Percy Whipple; "A Drift from Redwood Camp" by Bret Harte with 8 illustrations; "The Unpublished Letters of Thackeray" with illustrations, portraits and reproductions of letters and drawings; Law Lane by Sarah Orne Jewett with 8 llustrations; "Wagner And Scenic Art" by William F. Apthorp with illustrations from the original designs for the setting of the Bayreuth stage; "The Physical Characteristics Of The Athlete" by Dr. D.A. Sargent with illustrations of athletes in motion; "In Grand Kabylia" by Henry M. Field with illustrations ; Many more famous authors including: Rebecca Harding Davis; Henrietta Christian Wright; and Olive Risley Seward. Articles on France: Paris School of Fine Arts with illustrations, Napoleon and His Times with illustrations and French Traits. Other articles on Europe: Florence with 16 illustrations; Holland with illustrations, Denmark(Treaty with) and "The Viking ship" with drawings.Poetry including one by Robert Louis Stevenson titled "Ticonderoga" with illustrations and "In Her Garden" by Susan Coolidge. One full plate by Howard Pyle. Blue covers worn, soiled and spotted. Spine top edge frayed with tears. Bottom spine edge worn, tiny strip worn through and color bleeding-dampness? Covers intact but due to condition are Good-. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Hinge broken on blank pages before title page and beginning at back covers' endpages. Sporadic watermarks on pages, mainly on the upper margin corners of pages, occasionally down sides, but rarely in text. Otherwise text is tight and Very Good. $30.00

[004254] . Proceedings of the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, Two Volumes:1901-02 . Manchester, N.H.: Nature Study Press, Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 3/4". Stiff Covers. New Hampshire. Good 2 Volumes: Vol. II, 1900 and Volume IV, 1902, Part 1. Publishing dates 1901 and 1902. VOL.II.1900 has Articles on Anisoptera in the Vicinity of Manchester, N.H.; The Testudinata of New Hampshire; William Makepeace Thackeray; and A Rock Rimmon Catch Containing Additional Species of Orthoptera Noted in the Vicinity of Manchester. 121 pp. VOL.IV 1902 Part I: A List of the Birds of New Hampshire pp.23-205. 222 pp. total including Index. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front covers. 1900 volume with 3 3/4"x5 1/2" water stain on front cover going through to pp. 5 which is the first page of text. Pages effected are title page and Index. Otherwise interiors of both volumes are tight, clean and VG+. Some small tears to covers-at corner "tips" or at spine ends. Overall covers are Good. $30.00

[000656] Ritchie, Anne Thackerary. AN UNPUBLISHED POEM BY THACKERAY. The ATLANTIC MONTHLY MAGAZINE, August 1910 . Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1910. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Three-Quarter Leather. Poetry. Very Good- / No Jacket. The ATLANTIC MONTHLY MAGAZINE, August 1910 is bound in three-quarter green leather. Gilt lettering "An Unpublished Poem" Thackeray 1910 on spine.The article is written by his daughter, Anne and tells of finding the poem which is printed in the article. Included in the magazine is another article relating to Thackeray, "Contemporary Opinions of Thackeray" by Sarah N. Cleghorn. Book has rubbing on the spine and corners worn. Magazine, itself, is soiled on edges but doesn't interfere with text, no tears, intact and tight. 145-248 pp. William Makepeace Thackeray was one of the most prolific and beloved novelists of the Victorian Era. $35.00