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This sale features some of the rarest Ernest Hemingway items to come to market in recent years, along with rare and important newspapers, a closely-curated selection of works by African-American authors, and some of the finest early printed books to come to market in recent memory. Purchase Catalog
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Lot 111

[AMERICANA]. [EARLY AMERICAN MAGAZINES]. Group of 4 Bound and Unbound Volumes of Post-Revolutionary Magazines. [V.p., ca. 1780s-1790s].

Estimate: $600 - $800
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$300

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[AMERICANA]. [EARLY AMERICAN MAGAZINES]. Group of 4 Bound and Unbound Volumes of Post-Revolutionary Magazines. [V.p., ca. 1780s-1790s]. 8vos. Two volumes in contemporary leather, two volumes in perished bindings, lacking boards and spines. FIRST EDITIONS OF THESE UNCOMMON EARLY AMERICAN MAGAZINES. Some titles include: The American Museum or Repository (List of Subscribers include General George Washington and Alexander Hamilton) Vol. III, No. 1; The Columbian Magazine August 1788, May 1787; The Massachusetts Magazine for May 1789, July 1796, March 1789, January 1791, October 1795, August 1789; The New-York Magazine March - December 1795. And others.

Condition

Heavily worn, soiled, toned, some previous owner's markings, not all magazines are complete, a few pages torn with portions missing or loose and tattered. Fair. Sold as-is, not subject to return. 

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