NEW YORK MIRROR, VOL. 13, 1835

New York: New York Mirror, 1835. This antique hardcover bound edition of the New York Mirror has blue marbled boards with 3/4 maroon leather and gilt spine lettering. Includes Volume 13, #1 - July 4 1835 through Volume 14, #2, July 9 1836. Illustrated with a frontispiece and additional full page engravings, the Mirror contains essays, poetry, music and fiction. "The Mirror" was a significant literary and cultural magazine in the early 19th century. It played a vital role in promoting American literature and art and provided valuable insights into the cultural life of New York City during that era. It played a pivotal role in promoting American literature, publishing works by writers like Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, and James Fenimore Cooper. Binding loose, covers have separated and have been haphazardly repaired with seam tape. Covers show chipping and wear. Chipping and loss to leather spine, about two inches to bottom and one inch to top. Pages generally clean; a few small tears to outside edge, occasional foxing. Approx. 450 pages, 10"x13". . Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Illustrated.