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***Please note: If you are an international customer (outside of U.S.), please message us to discuss shipping, since this is a very large set. The Popular Science Monthly. Established by Edward L. Youmans, Edited by William Jay Youmans. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1, 3, and 5 Bond Street + 549 & 551 Broadway. 1872 - 1890. Ex-library: Aldrich Public Library, Barre, Vermont. Uniform green cloth binding measuring 9 x 6 , 8vos. INCOMPLETE AS A SET (30 Volumes total, list below): Vols. I, II, III, V, VII, VIII, XI, XIII, XIV, XVI, XVII, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, Supplements I-VI (in one volume), and Index for Vols. I-XX. In fair condition. Green cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Heads and tails of spines bumped; gilt lettering and ruling overall bright and clean. Ex-library stickers found on all tails of spines (toned & soiled). Hinges rubbed, green cloth covered binding toned. Ex-library bookplates found on all front paste-downs. Ex-library pencil marginalia found on copyright pages. Normal toning throughout text-blocks; mostly at edges of leaves. Some front gutters are beginning to split, but all boards remain intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. The Popular Science Monthly, as the publication was originally called, was founded in May 1872 by Edward L. Youmans (1821 - 1887) to disseminate scientific knowledge to the educated layman. Youmans had previously worked as an editor for the weekly Appleton's Journal and persuaded them to publish his new journal. Early issues were mostly reprints of English periodicals. The journal became an outlet for writings and ideas of Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Louis Pasteur, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, Thomas Edison, John Dewey and James McKeen Cattell. William Jay Youmans, Edward's brother, helped found Popular Science Monthly in 1872 and was an editor as well. He became editor-in-chief on Edward's death in 1887. The publisher, D. Appleton & Company, was forced to sell the journal for economic reasons in 1900. MISSING VOLUMES: IV, VI, IX, X, XII, XV, XVIII, IX. Original Editions. Incomplete Set. FORN-SHELF-0514-BB-2408-HK1952. Seller Inventory # FORN-SHELF-0514-BB-2408-HK1952
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