[Rarebooks] FS: Thomas Nast: Santa Claus's Rebuke in Harper's Bazar, 1871

[Charles Agvent]

[NAST, Thomas]. HARPER'S BAZAR: A REPOSITORY OF FASHION, PLEASURE,
AND  INSTRUCTION.  Volume IV. New York: Harper & Brothers 1871.  Folio
(11"  x 15-1/2") bound in contemporary half black leather with leather
corners  and  gilt  rules and lettering. Includes  issues  beginning 7
January  1871  to  30 December 1871; iv, 848 pages.  Illustrated  with
numerous  wood  engravings  with  five by Thomas  Nast,  among  them a
two-page  spread  of  "Old  Mother Goose's Melodies" and  one  of  his
finest   depictions  of  Santa  Claus  on   the  cover  of  the   last
issue--"Santa  Claus's Rebuke. 'I'll Never Do It Again'--showing Santa
talking  to a little boy while holding a note from his parents  behind
his  back  telling  him  not to bring  Tommy  anything  for  Christmas
because  he was naughty. Many of the illustrations are of contemporary
fashions,  but  there  are quite a few of other  subjects  including a
charming  depiction of a makeshift Fourth of July parade and a  lovely
landscape  by Birket Foster. Most of the articles concern fashions  of
the  day and serializations of popular novels, but occasionally  there
is  a  piece on a different topic such as articles on Chinese  barbers
and    Dutch  funerals.  Each  issue   concludes  with  a  number   of
advertisements.  None  of  the tissue sewing  pattern  supplements  is
present,  as  usual. Some scuffing to the leather; hinges cracked  but
very  tight.  Institutional bookplate on front pastedown with  release
stamp. Near Fine                                               $500.00

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