The Atlantic Monthly, Devoted to Literature, Art, and Politics: November, 1861 (Volume VIII, Number 49).
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. Paperback. Small 4to. Original printed tan wrappers. Pp. 514-646. Good plus. Outer wrappers (only) rather edgeworn and lightly soiled, but overall tight, clean, nice. Lacks final text leaf (pp. 647-48), completion of a book review and list of books received -- binding error? Item #33758
Handsome early issue of this long-lived monthly, which began in November 1857. Contents include "Agnes of Sorrento" (Harriet Beecher Stowe), "The Flower of Liberty" (Oliver Wendell Holmes), "The Washers of the Shroud" (J.R. Lowell), "Health in the Camp" (Harriett Martineau), "The Wild Endive" (Annie Fields), "Why Has the North Felt Aggrieved with England?" (George Edward Ellis), "Hair-Chains" (Mary Putnam Jacobi) and more.
Price: $35.00