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Published by The Vickery & Hill Publishing Company, Augusta, Maine, 1911
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: VG. Light gauge paper, pictorial printed wraps, sized about 11 x 15 1/2 inches, profusely illustrated including an abundance of advertisements. Overall a clean, bright copy with light toning around edges, and a 1 x 1.5 inch piece missing near top of front wrap. Contributors include Tom Gallon (The Buying Of Barbara Angel, complete), W. T. Fernandez (Stay-Eyes, complete), Mrs. Helen Combes (Honeymoon Cottage, complete), Captain Frank H. Shaw (Bluebeard's Chamber, part I of II), L. G. Moberly (Christina, chapters VII - VII), Ellen Leys (The Wiles Of A Woman, chapters XVIII - XIX), and St. George Rathborne (Carried By Storm, chapters XIX - XX). From 1869 - 1942, over 70 years, Augusta, Maine was America's mail - order magazine publishing capital with some seventeen titles published there and circulation at its height reaching an estimated three million copies. Magazines were mailed to subscribers nation - wide, and the sheer volume of sales led to the opening of a new post office in January, 1890. The major publications targeted women, particularly women in rural areas, but some also included articles and stories of interest to men and children. Farm and literary magazines were other types published in Augusta. The primary focus for the majority of the magazines was family and home life, and content included down - home advice on family life, decorating, business (raising chickens, for example), personal care, health, fashion, and the latest trends. Reading material included poetry, romantic fiction, short stories, and editorials, but most prominently the magazines offered opportunity (and encouragement) for women to buy the various and sundry items advertised. Contests and competitions were part of the allure, and subscription rates were very cheap (and often not even collected) as the magazines were supported well by the advertisements. The major publishers, E. C. Allen, P. O. Vickery and John F. Hill (who later became Governor of Maine), and William H. Gannett all became very wealthy. Publications included Good Stories, Happy Hours, Hearth and Home, American Woman, Needlecraft, and Farm World, all by Vickery - Hill Publishing Company, Comfort, by Gannett, which was the most successful of the magazines, Fireside Magazine, Peoples Illustrated Journal, the Illustrated Family Herald, Thrifty Farmer, Farming World, National Farmer, Golden Moments, Sunshine, Daughters Of America, and Practical Housekeeper, all by Allen, and later Gannett who took over Allen's publications in 1891. Some of the magazines including the present number were oversized, newpaper - style, and printed in quadruple columns, on cheap paper that did not hold up over time and use, thus, copies are relatively scarce, especially the early issues. Worldcat / OCLC locates only 5 repositories. See Zuckerman, A History Of Popular Women's Magazines In The United States, 1792 - 1995.
Published by Thomas, 1954
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Publication Number 186 in the American Lecture Series; black flexible boards with gold titles that are lightly faded at edges and has some soiling on rear cover; library pocket and previous owner's name on front pastedown; interior pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout; 76 pages.
Published by New York, Springer, 1954
Seller: Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany
Association Member: GIAQ
Book
Cloth. 204 p. ; illustrated. Good. Ex-library with usual library markings. Pages clean and without markings./ Guter Zustand. Bibliotheks-Exemplar mit Stempel und Signaturaufkleber. Seiten sauber und ohne Eintragungen. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 590.
Published by Chapel Hill, NC: The Carolina Quarterly, 1960
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 72pp, printed wrappers. This scarce issue leads with a previously unpublished biographical statement by Thomas Wolfe from 1919, with an introduction by Frank Kearns. Also includes an essay on Ernest Hemingway by Gary Soucie. Unmarked copy with a bit of cover wear. Not Signed.
Published by Charles C. Thomas, Illinois, 1954
Seller: Roland Antiquariat UG haftungsbeschränkt, Weinheim, Germany
Book First Edition
Softcover. First Edition. 76 p. Good condition. Reading pages are slightly browned, but without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. No dust jacket. Still good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.
Published by Charles C. Thomas, Illinois, 1954
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains overall particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong; 76 pages; Description: 76 p. Illus. 23 cm. Series: American lecture series, publication no. 186. American lectures in dermatology. Subjects: Cancer. Coal-tar. Hydrocarbons 1 Kg.
Published by Charles C. Thomas, Illinois, 1954
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains overall particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong; 76 pages; Description: 76 p. Illus. 23 cm. Series: American lecture series, publication no. 186. American lectures in dermatology. Subjects: Cancer. Coal-tar. Hydrocarbons 1 Kg.
Published by Anyone Corporation, 2020
ISBN 10: 0999237373ISBN 13: 9780999237373
Seller: Art Data, London, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. Paperback.Width: 16 cm. Height: 24cm. 196 pages. English text.
Published by Charles C Thomas, USA, 1954
Seller: Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd, Rochester, KENT, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Good. 76pp, b/w illustrated throughout. Pages toned, black plastic covers with title in gilt to spine, Endpapers toned, some shelfwear, small marks to top of front cover, some pencil annotation to title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Springer Publishing Company,, NY:, 1954
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good in a very good (age toning and light soiling) dust jacket. ; 204 pages.