St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine Volume XV complete - November, 1887 (XV, No. 1), through October 1888 (XV, No. 12)

New York, New York: The Century Company, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Century, 1888. 3/4 brown leather, spine is bright, evenly sunned. A very good + tight copy. Bound handsomely, with reinforced hinges, by Harrison & Smith Co. Book Bindery, Minneapolis, MN. 958 pages with "Riddle box" solutions at end of each number. Illustrated. The incomparable St. Nicholas Magazine of Mary Mapes Dodge, the recognized leader in juvenile literature for most of the nineteenth century. Dodge was associated with St. Nicholas Magazine for more than 30 years. During that time, it became one of the most successful magazines for children during the second half of the nineteenth century, with a circulation of almost 70,000 copies. She had the faculty of suggesting, creating, obtaining the contributions she wanted from just the people she wanted to write. She was able to persuade many of the great writers of the world to contribute to her children's magazine – Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Bret Harte, John Hay, Charles Dudley Warner, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, and scores of others. One day, Rudyard Kipling told her a story of the Indian jungle; Dodge asked him to write it down for St. Nicholas. He never had written for children, but he would try. The result was The Jungle Book. Not available for priority/expedited shipping. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.