St. Nicholas: Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys. (Volume IV)

New York: Scribner & Co., 1877. Volume IV: November, 1876 to November, 1877. Original maroon cloth, embossed decorated spine and boards, beveled boards, (9.75 x 7.5 inches), 832 pages; illustrated. Twelve months of the famed magazine bound together in a singlevolume. A product of their original publisher, Scribner & Company. Includes the months of Nov., 1876 through Oct., 1877 (incorrectly labeled on title page as ending with the November '77 issue). Each issue of St. Nicholas includes stories, often by well-known authors, as well as dozens of illustrations, photos, riddles, poems, letters, and non-fiction articles written for young people. These issues include poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, stories by Howard Pyle, Frank R. Stockton, Lucretia P. Hale and many others, as "conducted" (edited) by noted author Mary Mapes Dodge. This collection of magazines provides an insight into the way of life in the US early in the latter half of the 19th Century. Monthly issues of the magazine bound into this volume, without their original monthly covers/wraps but with a general table of contents. A little shaken, with some light wear to extremities, previous owner's signature else, internally clean and bright. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Thick Octavo.