1878 antique ARCHERY George Cruikshank RACOON HUNTING

1878 antique ARCHERY George Cruikshank RACOON HUNTING ….

1878 antique dogs PUG Yorkshire Dandie Dinmont TERRIER …..

1878 antique Maine KATAHDIN Santa Cruz POST OFFICE Mail ……

It’s a three quarters leather bound volume containing the May – Oct. 1878 issues of issues of SCRIBNER’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.  These 19^th century Scribner’s are always packed with the most wonderful articles, and fabulous wood engravings, and this one is no exception.  Highlights, in my opinion, include: …….. a terrific 14 page article on archery – MERRY DAYS WITH BOW AND QUIVER -- with equally terrific wood engraved illustrations,  by Maurice Thompson. It’s largely about contemporary  (at the time of the article, 1878) archery, for target shooting and hunting…. Looks like it became a popular Victorian pastime………   Then there’s a great article titled CAMPS AND TRAMPS ABOUT KTAADN (Katahdin) by Arbor Ilex (gee, that sounds like a pseudonym if there ever was one) … with lots about camp equipment and cooking and fishing.  They climb the mountain, too.  At the end, they figure out the cost per person.  $80.83.  ($38 for round trip railway transportation from New York to Mattewamkeag)….. a 20 page article, illustrated, on THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE.  All about the background and present (1878) workings of the New York postal system, including mail to foreign destinations… an eight page article on dogs, OUR PETS AND PROTECTORS, including wood engravings of bulldogs, St. Bernards, Yorkshire terriers ( 2 engravings), Dandie Dinmont terriers, and pugs (2 engravings)… a 16 page article on GEORGE CRUIKSHANK,  heavily illustrated …..  a ten page article on RACOON HUNTING in Virginia, “That Same Old ‘Coon” with illustrations….  And how about A SEAPORT ON THE PACIFIC, all about Santa Cruz, California, by Mary Hallock Foote.  It’s just a sleepy little village at the time, and this article reports on the people, activities and things to see.  And HUNTING THE MULE DEER IN COLORADO, by J. Harrison Weir.  The title says it all.

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There’s plenty more – there always is, in these terrific 19^th century bound volumes of Scribner’s…. but I think I’ve said enough.…..

I  listed this same book twice, because there are so many terrific references in the contents that I can’t fit them all into one title.  As soon as the book sells, I’ll delist the other entry.

Bound volume containing issues May – Oct. 1878, SCRIBNER’S MONTHLY, AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE FOR THE PEOPLE, J G. Holland, editor, New York: Scribner and Compan., 1878. 7 x 10 inches. 912 pages.  Three quarters leather over cloth covered boards. Exterior spine joints were weak. I repaired them with strips of dyed Japanese art paper.  Color match not exact, but hinges are now solid.  The whole process is reversible, as I used wheat paste glue.  Interior is clean and bright.  Tight binding. Condition: good….

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