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Issue Date: |
Cover/Issue Description: |
Condition: |
Price ea |
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1886 Issues |
SCARCE early issues – Vol. 3, 16 pages each. Jan., Sept. |
Good, fraying |
$25.00 ea. |
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1887 Issues |
Feb., July |
Good, fraying |
$15.00 ea. |
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December, 1887 |
Christmas Issue. Will Carleton poem cover. 32 pages |
Not Available |
NA |
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1888 Issues |
Jan. (cover tear), March, June (2), Sept. (2), Nov. |
Good, fraying |
$15.00 ea. |
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June, 1889 |
Vol. 6 No. 7 issue. Fiction by Kate Tannet Wood, How to Go Abroad, Newport and Its Summer Life |
G/VG |
$15.00 |
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Same |
Good, torn front page |
$10.00 |
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September, 1889 |
Vol. 6 No. 10 issue. Fiction by Will Carlton, Needlework, Fashions 24 pages |
Good |
$10.00 |
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November, 1889 |
Vol. 6 No. 12 issue. Fiction, Children’s Page, Needlework, Fashions. |
Not Available |
NA |
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1889 SPECIAL |
Reliable Patterns for Knitting & Crocheting by Mary E. Knapp, No. 2. Curtis Publishing Co., 1889. 76 pages, softbound. Scarce! |
Good, some pencil markings within |
$25.00 |
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January, 1890 |
Vol. 7 No. 2 issue. Fiction, Algerian Wedding Feast, Doors and Windows, New Fashions, Books and Bookmakers, Fashions, Food. 24 pages |
G/VG |
$15.00 |
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May, 1890 |
Vol. 7 No. 6 issue. The Value of Etiquette, All About Flowers, Superstitions of the Chinese, Fashions, Artistic Needlework, Dainty Desserts |
Not Available |
NA |
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June, 1890 |
Vol. 7 No. 7 issue. Fiction by Kate Upson Clark, others, Out-Door Sports for Girls, Hints on Home-Dressmaking, In The World of Fashion |
Good, tear, insect damage |
$10.00 |
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August, 1890 |
Vol. 7 No. 9 issue. Fiction by Julian Hawthorne, Maud Howe, others, All About Flowers, Housekeeping, Cooking. 24 pages |
Good, edge tears |
$10.00 |
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September, 1890 |
Vol. 7 No. 10 issue. Fiction, Poetry, Hints for Making Presents, College, Fashions. 24 pages |
Good, corner chipping |
$10.00 |
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November, 1890 |
Vol. 7 No. 12 issue. Pretty Things for Christmas Gifts, Jewel Caskets for Fashionable Women, For Women’s Wear, Fiction |
G/VG |
$15.00 |
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December, 1890 |
Vol. 8 No. 1 issue. “Mrs. Parkins’s s Christmas Eve” by Sarah Orne Jewett, Christmas Greens and Christmas Giving |
Not Available |
NA |
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February, 1891 |
Vol. 8 No. 3 issue. Fiction, Vocal Helps and Musical Hints, Women’s Chances as Bread Winners, The Practical Housekeeper |
Good, split at center |
$15.00 |
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July, 1891 |
Vol. 8 No. 8 issue. Fiction, The Woman in the City, The Mother in the Country, The Morning- Jacket and Tea-Gown |
G/VG |
$15.00 |
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August, 1891 |
Vol. 8 No. 9 issue. Fiction, Types of American Girls, Summer Ills and Summer Dangers, Needlework. 28 pages |
Good |
$15.00 |
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September, 1891 |
Vol. 8 No. 10 issue. Fiction, Women's Chances as Breadwinners, Night Among the Bavarian Alps, Life of an Indian Woman, Knitting, Flowers, Mrs. Carleton bio. 28 pages – 2 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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October, 1891 |
Vol. 8 No. 11 issue. Fiction, “The Brownies Through The Year” by Palmer Cox, Needlework, A Group of Pretty Screens, Some Pretty Autumn Bodices |
Good, front cover missing, tear |
$15.00 |
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November, 1891 |
Vol. 8 No. 12 issue. Thanksgiving. Fiction, A Group of Pretty Dolls, “The Brownies in November” by Palmer Cox, Home Dress Making, Coats To Be Worn This Season – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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December, 1891 |
Vol. 9 No. 1 issue. Christmas. Fiction, “The Brownies In December” by Palmer Cox, Hats and Bonnets for Christmas Wear, Fur Coats and Fur Trimmings |
Good, covers detached |
$15.00 |
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January, 1892 |
Vol. 9 No. 2 issue. Fiction, Wine on Fashionable Tables, A Group of Sofa-Cushions, “The Brownies in January” by Palmer Cox, Some All-Black Costumes, All About Flowers |
Good, spine splitting |
$15.00 |
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February, 1892 |
Vol. 9 No. 3 issue. Fiction, A Glimpse of Kate Greenaway, The Early Queens of Westminster Abbey, What Father Taught Us by Mamie Dickens, The Daughters of Julia Ward Howe, “The Brownies in February” by Palmer Cox |
Good |
$15.00 |
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Same |
Good, covers detached, edge tears |
$15.00 |
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March, 1892 |
Vol. 9 No. 4 issue. Fiction, Artistic Ideas in Ribbon Embroidery, “The Brownies in March” by Palmer Cox, Fashions |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good, spine splitting |
$15.00 |
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April, 1892 |
Vol. 9 No. 5 issue. Fiction, Poetry by Eugene Field, Mrs. William Gladstone memoirs, Fiction, Mr. Beecher as I Knew Him, Embroidery, Full page "The Brownies In April" by Palmer Cox, The Queens of Westminster Abbey – 14th and 15th Century – 2 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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May, 1892 |
Vol. 9 No. 6 issue. “The Brownies in May” by Palmer Cox, Fiction, Fashion, Needlework, All About Flowers – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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June, 1892 |
Palmer Cox Brownies, Mr. Beecher As I Knew Him, Queens of Westminster Abbey, Roses of June – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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July, 1892 |
A Camp in the Adirondacks, “An Every-Day Girl” by Sarah Orne Jewett, Women and the World’s Fair, “The Brownies in July” by Palmer Cox, Fiction, The Horse and the Race Track |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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August, 1892 |
“An Every-Day Girl” by Sarah Orne Jewett, “The Brownies in August” by Palmer Cox, Knitting and Crocheting, The Complexion and Its Care – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good, tear |
$15.00 |
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September, 1892 |
Some Graceful Embroidery Designs, Fiction, “The Brownies in September” by Palmer Cox, Dress Hints for Elderly Women – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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October, 1892 |
Founded by a Woman – Rookwood Pottery, Fiction, A Group of Artistic Portieres, The Baby’s Layette, Superstitions of Halloween – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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November, 1892 |
Thanksgiving. The Fashionable Chrysanthemum, The Origin of the “Brownies” by Palmer Cox, My Father as I Recall Him by Mamie Dickens, Drawn Work for the Table, Fashion –2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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December, 1892 |
Christmas Drawn by Alice Barber Stephens. Fiction, A Christmas with Dickens by Mamie Dickens, Ecclesiastical Embroidery, “The Brownies in Canada” by Palmer Cox |
Good, edge chipping |
$15.00 |
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February, 1893 |
Woman & Cupid by Wenzell. "My Father As I Recall Him" by Mamie Dickens, The Well-Bred Girl in Society – Social Arts at Opera Etc., Beauty of Battenburg Lace, Brownies by Palmer Cox |
Not Available |
NA |
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April, 1893 |
Easter cover. Unknown Wives of Famous Men - Countess Tolstoi, etc., "My Father As I Recall Him" by Mamie Dickens, Embroidery, Brownies by Palmer Cox |
Fair, torn cover |
$10.00 |
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June, 1893 |
Rose cover. Augusta Victoria, The Story of the Roses, The Art of Playing Good Tennis, The Brownies ‘Round The World by Palmer Cox |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same |
Good, tears |
$15.00 |
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August, 1893 |
A Niece of Robert Burns, Ecclesiastical Embroidery, Palmer Cox Brownies, Dressing a Growing Girl. 32 pages |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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November, 1893 |
Jubilee Number. How I Wrote “The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank R. Stockton, Imperial Flower of Japan, Mr. Howells profile, Palmer Cox Brownies, The Story of the Ladies Home Journal by Edward W. Bok, Fashionable Furs. 36 pages |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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December, 1893 |
How Fauntleroy Really Occurred by |
Good, covers detached, insect damage |
$15.00 |
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January, 1894 |
New Year cover. |
G/VG, spine edge stain |
$15.00 |
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February, 1894 |
Three Women on Toboggan. Fiction Frank R. Stockton, |
G/VG, spine edge stain |
$15.00 |
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Same |
Good, tape on spine |
$10.00 |
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March, 1894 |
Feeding The Pigeons. The Church and the Choir, Wives of Famous Pastors, President Tyler’s Daughter, Artistic Doorways and Windows, Fiction |
G/VG |
40.00 |
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April, 1894 |
Easter cover. Flowers, How I Wrote “Looking Backward” by Edward Bellamy,
Care of a St. Bernard Dog, Palmer Cox Brownies, Wedding Breakfasts, Artistic |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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June, 1894 |
Summer Lawn Tea Party by Frank O. Smaters. Before He Is Twenty by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Brownies Visit the Statue of Liberty by Palmer Cox |
G/VG, one page missing |
$15.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$15.00 |
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July, 1894 |
Cover by W. T. Smedley. |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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August, 1894 |
Two Women Walking by River by |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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September, 1894 |
1971 Reprint – The Mantel and the Fireplace, The Bonnets for Autumn, Fiction – 3 copies |
Good |
$7.50 |
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October, 1894 |
Possibilities of Crepe Paper, Holly and Mistletoe on |
Good, corner chipped |
$15.00 |
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November, 1894 |
When Is A Woman At Her Best? By Julia Ward Howe, The Brownies Play Football by Palmer Cox |
Good, cover detached, no back cover |
$10.00 |
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Christmas, 1894 |
Menus for Holiday Dinners, The Greenhouse in Winter, Happy Evenings for Children, Fiction |
Good, spine splitting, tears |
$15.00 |
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January, 1895 |
Woman on Sidewalk by Frank O. Small. My Grandmother by Eugene Field, How I Make a Drawing by Frank O. Small, Christmas in the Year 2000 by Edward Bellamy, A New Evening’s Entertainment, Festival Days of France, Reception and Evening Gowns – 2 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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February, 1895 |
Cover by |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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April, 1895 |
Two Women by Charles Dana Gibson. Burning Question of Domestic Service by Countess of Aberdeen, The First Flowers, Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin – profile, Traveling Gowns |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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June, 1895 |
Woman on Sidewalk by |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$15.00 |
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July, 1895 |
Woman in Field by W.L. Taylor. Romantic Life of Madame Feuillet, Flowers of Field and Meadow, Story of Brook Farm, The Recluse of Fontainebleau, American Girl Waltz (music) |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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August, 1895 |
Woman in Field by Albert Lynch. American Girls as Violinists, The Writer We Know as “Octave Thanet”, Louis XV Embroidery Design, Making Photograph Frames |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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October, 1895 |
Beautiful cover design by ? – First Color cover. |
G/VG |
$75.00 |
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November, 1895 |
Theatre Group by W.T. Smedley. Girl Life in Modern Jerusalem, Fanciful Uses of Crepe Paper, General Sheridan’s Widow, Colonial Embroidery Designs, “Constellation March” (music) |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good, spine tears |
$15.00 |
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Same |
Good, covers detached, soiled |
$15.00 |
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December, 1895 |
Christmas, 1895. “William the Conqueror” by Rudyard Kipling, Maidie’s Dance illustrated by Kate Greenaway, , Fashions, Fiction |
Good |
$30.00 |
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January, 1896 |
Mother and Children. “William the Conqueror” by Rudyard Kipling (Part II), This Country of Ours by Hon. Benjamin Harrison, Looking Well at Home, The Touchstone of Good Manners -- 2 copies |
Good |
$15.00 |
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March, 1896 |
Art-Nouveau cover possibly byLouis Rhead? Back cover Art Noveau ad for Pearline Washing Compound by Louis Rhead, Victoria Bicycles ad by Will Bradley. “The Werewolf” by Eugene Field, Personal Side of Washington, Fleud-de-Lis, Mary Anderson, Paderewski in His Daily Life, “Off For Dancing School” with Kate Greenaway illus, $3,500 Shingle House. 40 pages |
Good |
$35.00 |
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May, 1896 |
Woman Seated by Window. Two Important Powers of the President, Marie Antoinette Embroideries, From Laurel to Aster |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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August, 1896 |
Woman in Field Picking Flowers by ? Short Story Number. “The Indiscretion of Elsbeth” by Bret Harte, Selecting A House, This Country of Ours by Hon. Benjamin Harrison – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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October, 1896 |
Woman in Cape. The Most Mysterious People in America, Mr. Woolf’s Little Comedies, This Country of Ours by Benjamin Harrison, Monograms for Lingerie |
Good, a few stains |
$20.00 |
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December, 1896 |
Christmas, 1896. Scrooge drawn by Charles Dana Gibson, What Christmas Means to Queen Victoria, The Story of My Life by Rosa Bonheur, The Grandmother of the Wind by Katharine Pyle, Fiction, Fashion – 2 copies |
Good, light stain at spine, side edge tear |
$30.00 |
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January, 1897 |
Pilgrim Group by E. A. Abbey. When the Prince of Wales Was In |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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February, 1897 |
Dinner Party Group by |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$15.00 |
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April, 1897 |
Easter, 1897. A Moravian Easter Dawn, The Daughter of Jenny Lind, The Social Life of the President by Hon. Benjamin Harrison, When Lafayette Rode into Philadelphia, The People of Dickens (Tom Pinch and His Sister) by Charles Dana Gibson, Some Effective Foliage Beds, Two Homes of Moderate Cost |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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November, 1897 |
Thanksgiving Number. 36 Ideas for Christmas Presents, Interiors, How Oregon Was Saved For The Union, The Elaines’ Picture of HeavenTen Home-Made Christmas Novelties |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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December, 1897 |
Festive Christmas Shopping Group by Birch. Inner Experiences of a Cabinet
Member’s Wife, Christmas With an Emperor (Kaiser Wilhelm), Inside of a
Hundred Homes (photo series), House for $1000, “The Lost Chord” – Music by
Sir Arthur Sullivan |
Good |
$15.00 |
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January, 1898 |
Mrs. William McKinley in the White House Conservatory. The Inner Experiences of a Cabinet Member’s Wife, John Hickey: Coachman, Lilian Bell’s First Days in Paris, The Pixie Transforms an Elaine (Drawings by Reginald B. Birch), An $1800 City Brick Home, Music: “The Lady In the White House,” by John Philip Sousa |
Not Available |
NA |
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February, 1898 |
Mother and Child by Gibson. The Inner Experiences of a Cabinet Member’s Wife, The Flower Fetes of California (photographs), Inside of a Hundred Homes (photographs), Lilian Bell Among the Parisians, The Elaines and the Valentine (Drawings by Reginald B. Birch), A Model House for $1000 to $1250, Nine Attractive Home-Made Screens |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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March, 1898 |
Two Women Gathering Greens in the Woods. A Day in the Country School from Photographs by Clifton Johnson, In Fashionable Siberia, Lilian Bell on the English Channel, The Inner Experiences of a Cabinet Member’s Wife, Inside the Rooms of College Girls, The Elaines Build a Hyacinth Bridge (Drawings by Alfred Brenun), Newest Easter and Spring Fashions (4 pages) |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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May, 1898 |
Mother and Daughter by a Window in Spring. “Rip Van Winkle” as He Is At Home, After-Dinner Stories, Inside of a Hundred Homes (Photographs), What It Means To Be a Trained Nurse (Photographs and Article), The Inner Experiences of a Cabinet Member’s Wife, The Fairies and the Opal (Drawn by Reginald B. Birch), Remodeling the Front Door |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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June, 1898 |
Mrs. Grover Cleveland at |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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July, 1898 |
President McKinley issue. Anecdotal Side of the President, An Ideal American Avenue, 2 pages of music - "The President's March" by Victor Herbert, Needlework |
Fair/Good, edge tears |
$15.00 |
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August, 1898 |
A Summer Day -- Two Women in Row Boat Picking Blossoms. Midsummer Story Number with Nine Stories, The Making and Trimming of a Hat, How To Identify and Cook Twelve Edible Mushrooms, Novel Designs in Honiton Lace |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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September, 1898 |
Women & Child in Front Yard by W.L. Taylor. Girl Queen of Holland, How to Foretell Weather by the Clouds, “Covites” – Mountain Dwellers, Blind Tom as He Is Today, Practical Farmhouse Design – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good, edge tears, soiled |
$15.00 |
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October, 1898 |
Entering The Main Gate. The Anecdotal Side of Mark Twain, The Minister of Carthage, The Personal Side of Richard Wagner |
Good, light stain at top |
$10.00 |
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November, 1898 |
Thanksgiving Number. My First Fight in the Jungle by Henry M. Stanley, My Collection of Dolls, The Anecdotal Side of Mr. Moody |
Good, tear at spine |
$10.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$10.00 |
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December, 1898 |
Christmas Number. Minnehaha and Hiawatha by W. L. Taylor, The Creator of “Ben Hur” at Home (Photographs), Washington’s Christmas at Valley Forge, Mary Anderson in Her English Home (Photographs), When Louisa Alcott Was A Girl, My Collection of Dolls (Photographs and Text), |
Good, some interior stains near back of magazine, back cover stains |
$15.00 |
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February, 1899 |
Woman and A Trio of Dogs. Through the Prisons with Mrs. Ballington Booth, , Story of New York’s Social Life, “The Children’s Hour” by W. L. Taylor, X.I.T. Ranch – The Largest Ranch in the World, The Prettiest Country Homes in America (Photographs), Inside a Score of Gardens (Photographs) |
Good, light wear at spine |
$15.00 |
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April, 1899 |
Women Around Blooming Tree by W. L. Taylor. The Life of a Japanese Girl, Easter Morn in a Colored Convent, Egg-Rolling in the President’s Big Yard, Garden Walks, Borders and Hedges, Children’s Rustic Playhouses, Fiction |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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May, 1899 |
Around the Maypole. A Girl’s Life on the Prairie, Fashions, Fiction, How Three Famous Tricks Are Done, Helen Keller as She Really Is |
Good, light stains |
$15.00 |
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June, 1899 |
Canoeing on the Lake. Housekeeping on an Ocean Liner, Fiction, The Creole Girl of New Orleans, Telling the Character from Handwriting, Where Our Presidents Are Buried, Dan Beard’s New Ideas for Boys – 2 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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September, 1899 |
Cover by S. Werner. Wayside Inn of |
Not Available |
NA |