"(THE LONDON MAGAZINE, ILLUSTRATED.)" LONDON TALES SKETCHES POETRY AND TRAVELS. London: James Blackwood & Co., Lovell's Court. Paternoster Row, n.d. [1882?]. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-vii [viii] [1] 2-391 [392] [note: title leaf is a cancel], inserted plates plus illustrations in the text, original pictorial cream paper over boards printed in red, blue and black, top edge stained gray, plain endpapers. First edition? The authors of about half of the contributions are identified, the most prolific being Cuthbert Bede and George Frederick Pardon, the latter's short novel MAY FAIR running throughout. The list of six titles on the rear cover includes CRUIKSHANK AT HOME, published by Blackwood in 1882 and one of only two of the advertised titles recorded in Topp. Not in Topp (perhaps considered a periodical and intentionally omitted). Not in Wolff (who probably would have bought a copy if he had found one for sale). Some general dust soiling to covers, spine rubbed and a bit darkened, upper spine end worn with shallow loss, small chip from lower spine, small stain to lower margin of frontispiece, a very good, internally nearly fine copy. OCLC reports 2 copies; none reported by COPAC. (#133668).
Price: $250.00
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