Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, June to November 1863

Harper & Brothers Publishers New York, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/--. 9 3/4 H x 6 3/4 W x 1 3/4 inch. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book Insides FAIR/ Covers Fair. Boards are brown with pattern, and spine and corners are brown leather. FRONT COVER has edge wear through to the boards except on the leather corners but they are worn also, the patterned boards are in good shape with some scratches. SPINE is leather with the title HARPER’S MAGAZINE in a red box in gilt, Vol. 27 in gilt below that and on the three raised parts of the spine there is a faded gilt leaf design, the side edges of the spine are rubbed but not worn through, the spine has scratches and a few small cracks, the bottom of the spine is worn with a 1/2 inch tear at the bottom front and the top 1/2 inch or so of the spine has been completely worn away exposing the spine end of the tops of the pages. The BACK COVER is about the same condition as the front and also the upper 3 inches of the paper board is slightly wavy from past moisture but all the paper is there and this is noticeable only when the book is tilted in light. Page edges are sunned with the side and bottom edges being quite dark. Inner end papers are white. Inside of book is clean and legible, some pages have a few words written on them in pencil, some pages are a bit wavy, some pages open enough to show a few of the binding threads. The worse thing is that the front cover and spine are detached from the book so these are attached only at the back spine. The title page is torn far enough down that the word Harper’s is missing and it has a tear and a hole also. Some front pages are missing, as the book begins at only Page v of the Contents. The book appears intact (I didn’t look at each and every page) from there all the way back to Page 854 where four pages have been cut out up to Page 863/864 (a lovely period illustration of clothing) and the back end papers. No. CLVII, Volume 27. Black/white illustrations and maps throughout.