Bnd Vol THE CENTURY MAGAZINE ~ 1905/06 V.49 Leyendecker

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Bound Vol THE CENTURY MAGAZINE ~ Nov 1905-Apr 1906 V.49 ~ Six Issues ~ Includes J.C. Leyendecker Pictures ~ You are bidding on a bound volume containing the November - April issues of THE CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE from 1905/1906. The volume itself measures about 7" by 9¾". The volume is bound with a reddish-marble hardboard. The tips and spine are reinforced with a black material. Library marks are present. The edges of the cover show some wear. If a certain page or article is important to you please ask about its condition. The Leyendecker prints all have library stamps on them The Century was one on the 19th centurys most popular magazines. It was the successor to Scribners Monthly and it continued publication until the 1930s. It was renowned for its excellent articles and among other things, for its beautiful engraved illustrations. T is very in depth coverage of the Civil War. Many authors had their works published for the first time in The Century. From the first Century Magazine made much of its illustrations, and both directly and by the effect on its competitors, its advent had much to do with the improvement of American engraving and printing. It claims credit for originating, in the mechanical department, several practical innovations of value, such as the dry printing of engravings. Some highlights from this volume are: November, 1905 (Pages 99/100 are missing) Fenwick's Career by Mrs. Humphry Ward . . . Historic Palaces of Paris by Camille Gronkowski . . . A Deputy to the World by Olivia Howard Dunbar, pictures by C.D. Williams . . . With the Empress Dowager by Katharine A. Carl . . . The Selma Protective Association by Carroll Watson Rankin, pictures by F.R. Gruger . . . A Great Discovery in Egypt - The Tomb of the Parents of TII by Henry Copley Greene . . . A Summons Home by Eleanor H. Porter, pictures by W.L. Jacobs . . . With Walt Whitman in Camden . . . All Gold Canon by Jack London . . . Three Dutch Types from Volendam Drawn by Iris M. Andrews . . . The Men They Used To Be by Arthur Ruhl, pictures by Clarence F. Underwood . . . The Panama Canal by William Barclay Parsons December, 1905 (Leyendecker prints all have library stamps) Star of Bethlehem by Myra Kelly, pictures by Jay Hambidge . . . Jean Baptiste's Christmas Present by Lawrence Mott . . . The Soul of O Sana San by Alice Hegan Rice . . . An Intimated Study of the Pelican by Frank M. Chapman . . . The Honor of Sexton Maginnis by Maurice Francis Egan, pictures by Arthur I. Keller . . . The Snow-Babies' Christmas by jacob A. Riis . . . Lovers in Heaven by Julian Hawthorne . . . Fenwick's Career by Mrs. Humphry Ward . . . Historic Palaces of Paris by Camille Gronkowski . . . In the Court of the Empress Dowager by Katharine A. Carl . . . The Elusive Wedding by Elliott Flower . . . Lincoln the Lawyer by Frederick Trevor Hill . . . The Russian Players in New York by Florence Brooks . . . The Rough Places by Elizabeth Foote . . . After the Accident by George Hibbard January, 1906 Fenwick's Career by Mrs. Humphry Ward . . . Big Thursday by Elsie Singmaster, pictures by Leon Guipon . . . A Winter Bouquet by Frank French . . . Through a Glass, Darkly by katharine Holland Brown . . . The Yiddish "Hamlet" by Israel Zangwill . . . French's Groups of the Continents by Charles De Kay . . . The Olive-Vendor by Beatrice E. Rice, pictures by Jay Hambidge . . . The Power of Ancestors by Florida Pier . . . Franklin in France by John Hay . . . The Lucin Cut-Off by Oscar King Davis . . . Lincoln the Lawyer by Frederick Trevor Hill . . . The Eleventh Hour by Mary Hallock Foote February, 1906 The Bribe That Went Astray by Elliott Flower, pictures by Arthur I. Keller . . . The Runaway by Marshall Ilsley . . . The Sticking-Place by Frances Duncan, pictures by J.. Shaver . . . The Portraits of Keats by William Sharp . . . The Intellectual Miss Lamb by Florence Morse Kingsley . . . Lincoln the Lawyer by Frederick Trevor Hill . . . An Out-Patient by Edward Boltwood, pictures by Will... read more

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