Peterson's magazine.
Title:
Peterson's magazine.
Physical Description:
volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm
General Note:
Description based on: Vol. 23, no. 1 (Jan. 1853); title from caption.
Founded in Jan. 1842, by Charles J. Peterson, this women's magazine included serial installments, short stories, poems, patterns, publisher's notes, and book reviews.
Language:
English
Local Note:
Rare Book Room copy, v. 41-42 (1862), with sticker: "J A Boyer."
Rare Book Room holdings are incomplete for 1866-1867, 1885-1886, 1889.
1872-1874 (v. 61-66) and 1883 (v. 83-84) editions : 24 x 16 cm. The first three volumes are half-bound in brown morocco with maroon fabric over boards, with the title and year stamped in gilt on each spine, and with red, white, yellow, and blue marbled endpapers. The 1883 volume is half-bound in dark brown morocco with brown cloth over boards, with the title and year stamped in gilt on the spine, and with green, red, and black marbled endpapers. The 1883's first front flyleaf bears the ownership note in pencil, "Mrs. H. J. Price, Akron, Erie Co., N.Y." ; the second front flyleaf bears the ownership note, "Mrs. Henry Price, Akron, N.Y."
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