THE SATURDAY EVENING POST: July 4 - December 26, 1903
Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1903. Hardcover. Issues of THE SATURDAY EVENING POST for July through December 1903 bound together in an oversize Weis Binder (a type of binder specially designed to hold large magazines). Includes the cover of each issue. Tiny address label of original subscriber on each issue's front cover. Lots of small closed tears on the edges from many years of page-flipping; occasional much larger closed tears. Many page corners bent as well. Page 15 in the August 1 issue is torn, but present. Spotty stains on edges of last few issues. Holes in last two pages of December 19 issue. Otherwise clean and complete. The binder itself has worn and bumped edges, but is still sturdy. Item #319682
This run of the Post contains chapters 4-7 of THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London. The novel was first serialized here before being published in book form, and includes the illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull. Offered here are the last 3 of the 5 issues that contained the story. Also contains articles by former president Grover Cleveland, "The Shadow of the City: The Decadence of Rural Independence" and "The Mission of Fishing and Fishermen"; dialect poems by Joel Chandler Harris (original compiler of the Brer Rabbit folktales) called "Mr. Rabbit Run Fur -- Mr. Rabbit Run Fas'" and "De 'Gater an' de Rabbit Gizzard"; an ongoing series of articles called "Following the Circus" by Arthur E. McFarlane; and an article by Richard Harding Davis called "Revolutions to Order" about unrest in Nicaragua. There are also lots of interesting old advertisements, including many household products and grocery items which still exist today. The binder as a whole measures approx. 15" x 12.5"
Price: $250.00