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Verlag: D.W. Holly, New York, 1847
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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Softcover. Zustand: Fair. 11 loose monthly issues (plus three duplicate copies), in original wrappers: January-November, 1847. Seven issues are illustrated with an engraved frontispiece plate, including a portrait of Rufus Choate (January) and General Winfield Scott (February). All but one issue have the ownership signature of Charles Smith Olden, Governor of New Jersey during the Civil War (1860-63), written in ink on the front wrap. Dust soiling and scattered foxing, most wrappers have scattered short tears along the spines and wrapper edges, Olden's name is torn away from front cover of August issue, good only overall. A collection of eleven loose issues of America's preeminent journal of "Politics, Literature, Art and Science". Contents include articles on the Mexican War, several important literary reviews, including George Washington Peck's review of Herman Melville's *Omoo* (July); and Skenandoa's series of thirteen "Letters on the Iroquois," published in four parts (February, March, May, and November).