ROMANCE~ Dilemma~ Emma C. Embury's 1847 mag.short story

DESCRIPTION AND CONDITION:

This is an original short story published in an 1847 issue of The Union Magazine of Literature and Art. It is 6 pages long. It is NOT the entire issue of the magazine.

A wonderful, historic item and an obscure collectible! This is an original publication, 162 years old, NOT A REPRINT.

Documentation of the source of this essay will be included.

The author, EMMA C. EMBURY (1806 – 1863) was a New Yorker who frequently contributed children's stories, poems, essays, and articles to several of the leading periodicals of her time, some of which listed her among their editorial staff. Much of this work appeared anonymously and went financially uncompensated, for she never aspired to a literary "career" or even claimed authorship as a profession. Together with her husband, Daniel Embury, a president of Atlantic Bank, she hosted a salon in their home and gained renown as a charming hostess to the city's upper crust.

The item is in very good condition, no markings, no writing or underlining, no odors. The pages came from a bound magazine, and one of the vertical sides shows evidence of this once having been bound--namely stitching holes. All of the pages are original. The pages are evenly tanned with age. There are small, scattered areas of foxing (little brown age spots that appear on paper). The pages measure approximately 6-1/4" x 9-1/2" (15,8 x 24,5cm). This was printed in 1847, almost two decades before the U.S. Civil War broke out, and the paper is still supple, not fragile or brittle. You won't be disappointed!

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