Atlantic Monthly 1866 Jan-June leather book Stowe Longfellow Hawthorne Whittier

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The Atlantic Monthly, A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics.
Published monthly, January - June 1866, Boston by Ticknor and Fields.
780 pages. Text in English. 

Richly populated with numerous stories from H.B. Stowe, Longfellow, Hawthorne and Whittier and many others.

Six (6) monthly issues found here within contain a profusion of articles, poems and stories. No covers, as bound in the 19th century when discarding covers was the standard practice.

Attractive antiquarian 1/2 leather binding, slightly raised & gilt bands, gilt title lettering, cloth covers.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. 

Binding gently age worn but still appealing, leather and joints slightly rubbed but still supple, remains overall very attractive as an object.

Text block paper is gently age toned as typical, internally book remains mostly clean, tight and sound. A book which has been taken care of but may/ does not look like new.

Still attractive on the shelf. Book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in rather nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

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Book Measures c. 9 3/4" H x 6 1/4" W.

see Rich West, Bibliography of American Literature in Periodicals, pp. 21-22.

[B9983].