first edition Hardcover
1880 - 1882 · San Francisco
by Somers, Frederick M. and Charles Henry Phelps, eds.
San Francisco: Anton Roman Publishing Co., 1880 - 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 25 cm, pp. 580 (vol. I), 580 (vol. II), 580 (vol. III), 540 (vol. IV), 568 (vol. V), 578 (vol. VI). Black cloth with half-leather, gilt spine titling and five raised bands. Volumes I - IV on laid paper, V and VI on woven. Several engravings scattered throughout. Foxing to text block edges and general wear, soiling and bumping to boards and endpapers. Previous owner's name stamped on front free endpaper of Volume I. This is the complete run of the monthly magazine, bound into a handsome set. The magazine grew out of The Overland Monthly, and after its two-year run reverted to that title again. Contributors of note include Joaquin Miller, Ambrose Bierce, John Muir, Josiah Royce, Joseph LeConte, Charles Edwin Markham, Yda Hillis Addis, Katharine Lee Bates, Kate Douglas Wiggin and Ina Coolbrith.
(Inventory #: 30894)