Editore: Harper & Brothers, 1891
Da: ALEXANDER POPE, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, VOLUME X111 -25 MAGAZINES STARTING IN NOVEMBER OF 1891 AND ENDING IN APRIL 1892; NUMBERS 627-652, PLUS 93 PAGES, OF AD SUPPLEMENTS; CONTESTS, COUPONS, PUZZLES AND "SIXES AND SEVENS". ALL BOUND TOGETHER AS ONE LARGE VOLUME BUT LACKING AN OUTER HARD COVER. THEY MIGHT BE EASILY SEPARATED INTO SINGLE ISSUES, OR, REBOUND WITH A NEW COVER. WITHIN THESE PAGES ARE SEVERAL WORKS WHICH APPEAR HERE, ON THEIR OWN AND ONLY HERE! ABRAHAM LINCOLN EARLY YEARS IN FOUR CHAPTERS BY CHARLES CARELTON COFFIN WHICH BECAME A PART OF HIS BIOGRAPHY HARDCOVER PUBLISHED IN 1892 BY HARPER'S. HERE THEY HAVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY P. NEWALL AND EACH IS 3-4 PAGES. IN DIALECT FOR THE COLORED CHARACTERS. TRUE FIRST ISSUES, SUCH AS THE SHORT STORY BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER, (THE FRIEND AND COLLABORATOR OF MARK TWAIN ON, THE GILDED AGE) "DONKEY BOY OF BEDRESHEYN" AN ENCHANTING TALE OF AN EGYPTIAN BOY AND HIS DONKEY FOR HIRE. AN OPERETTA IN TWO ACTS BY H.C. BUNNER WITH MUSIC BY OSCAR WEIL:"BOBBY SHAFTOE" TWO FANTASY STORIES WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY HOWARD PYLE: "THE ENCHANTED ISLAND" (RUNS FOR 2 ISSUES W/ 9 PEN&INK DRAWINGS) AND "THE TALISMAN OF SOLOMON" (ALSO, 2 ISSUES 6 + ANOTHER 6 ORIGINAL ARTWORKS) A VERY BRIEF STORIES BY KATE CHOPIN WRITING IN DIALECT FOR THE COLORED CHARACTERS "A VERY FINE FIDDEL" AND ANOTHER STORY A BIT LONGER "THE BENITOUS' SLAVE". CHOPIN DOES GO ON TO PUBLISH WITH HARPER & BROTHERS HER CHILDREN'S STORIES BUT THESE WER THE FIRST TO BE IN PRINT IN A NATIONAL PERIODICAL.