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

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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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 438298

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