The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art -- New Series, vol. 1 -- January to June, 1865

New York: W. H. Bidwell, 1865. Hardcover. iv, 780 p., frontispiece and 5 leaves of engraved plates; 24 cm. Contemporary half calf with five spine compartments between raised bands with gilt-tooled spine title and volume; marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Fiction included: The Twin-Sisters of Malta by Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, a Dutch novelist; and The Mystery of the Bloody Hand by English author Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841-1885). Also contains an article on a common source of information about China, The Peking Gazette, as well as articles in the areas of history (including a history of debtors' laws); travel (going to Baden-Baden); biography; science (What is Electricity?); poetry; and many book reviews. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; occasional foxing; marginal soiling on a few pages; otherwise, clean and tight. Very Good. Item #011272

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