The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, & 11 (1834 1835 1836 1837)
GOVETT, W. R. et. al
From Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 01 May 2020
From Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 01 May 2020
About this Item
4to. Pp. 520 each in four bound volumes. Index to names, subjects and illustrations. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Quarter bound in tan calf, marbled boards. Spine blind-stamped decorations, stamped gilt rules, gilt lettering in black panel. Edges stained brown. Bernard Gore Brett, Toorak (Australia) bookplate on front pastedowns, Brett being the renowned collector of Australiana. Covers rubbed and lightly soiled, endpapers foxed. Pages bright and clean. The weekly eight-page, one-penny Magazine presented exotic places and customs, history, science and literary excerpts to a wide audience. The Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge set up the Committee of General Literature and Education in 1832 and directed the magazine, published until 1844. Included in these volumes (May 7th 1836 - Sept. 2nd 1837) are the original printings of W. R. Govett's twenty-part Sketches of New South Wales, published in book form in 1977 by Gaston Renard, a previous owner of this set. Seller Inventory # 4857
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 4, 5, 6, 7, 8...
Publisher: John William Parker, London
Publication Date: 1837
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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