[Rarebooks] FS Long run of St Nicholas bound volumes with free shipping

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For sale to the list for just $450 is this large run of St Nicholas bound volumes with free shipping for the 200+ pounds. Subject unsold. 

ST. NICHOLAS. 88 Parts, 1 issue in wraps, and 2 indexes. 79 Parts are semiannual (or half a volume each, usually beginning in either November or May, a few parts begin Jan or July beginning in Jan. 1925). 9 vols are a single part (Vols I-VI, XXI-XXII, and XXIV, or Nov. 1873 to Oct. 1879; and Nov. 1893-Oct. 1895, and Nov. 1896-Oct. 1897.) Includes most parts from Nov. 1873 – Apr. 1874 to Nov. 1925-Apr. 1926, MINUS 17 parts: Nov. 1880 - Apr. 1881; May-Oct. 1891; lacking both parts of 1893; May-Oct. 1900; 3 parts for Nov. 1901 - Apr. 1903; May-Oct. 1905; both parts of Nov. 1909 - Oct. 1910; Nov. 1915 - Apr. 1916; Nov. 1916 to Apr. 1917; Nov. 1918 - Apr. 1918; Nov. 1919 - Apr. 1920; and both Parts for 1921 are lacking. Does include 7 later parts (Nov. 1926 – Apr. 1927; 2 parts for Nov. 1927 – Oct. 1928; 3 parts for Nov. 1929 to Apr. 1931; and May-Oct. 1932). Also 2 index volumes and 2 duplicates (of Nov. 1905 to Apr. 1906 and May-Oct. 1917 (Vol XLIV, Part II). Vols I-VII NY: Scribner & Co. (up through 1880). 1881, Volumes VIII, Part II onward (beginning with May-Oct 1881) are NY: Century Co. Last 5 parts present here are St. Nicholas Publishing. 8vo. Includes: ++ Louisa May Alcott. “Old Fashioned Thanksgiving” (Vol IX, Part I, later included in Aunt Jo’s Scrap Bag). ++ Alcott. “Spinning Wheel Stories” (Vol XI, Part II (May-Oct. 1884). Spinning Wheel Stories in book form was “Listed PW Nov. 8, 1884.” –BAL 206. ++ Frances Hodgson Burnett. LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. Vol XIII, both Parts (pp. 82-92, 168-171, 252-257, 332-341, 408-416, 564-570, 646-654, 734-738, 822-828, 884-890). 1st edition in book form was “
issued Oct. 7, 1886.” See BAL 2064. ++ Burnett. THE LOST PRINCE. Vol XLII, Parts I and II (Nov. 1914 to Oct. 1915). The 1st edition in book form was “Noted for Oct. 14 in PW
” –BAL 2122. ++ Thomas Nelson Page. “Two Little Confederates.” May to Oct. 1888 (Vol XV, Part II), pp571-581, 643-649, 730-738, 804-813, 904-909. (The book form was “Published October 10, 1888,” BAL 15364). ++ John Burroughs. “Ginseng Hunting.” Vol XV, Part II, May 1888, pp518-520). ++ Joel Chandler Harris. “Daddy Jake, the Runaway.” Mar.-May 1889 (pp323-329, 426-431, 485-491). ++ Joel Chandler Harris. “The Creature With No Claws.” Vol XVI, Part II (Oct. 1889, pp887-888). ++ “The Jaw-Breakers of Prehistoric Times.” Vol L, Aug. 1923, pp1054-1058. Illustrations of extinct animals for letters of the alphabet, with 3-10 lines of verse each. ++ A. A. Milne. “Teddy Bear.” Nov. 1924, pp47-49, Winnie-the-Pooh’s first appearance in the United States. This is the one issue present here in wraps (rather than hardcover issue). 77 Parts red decorative cloth. 3 vols are mustard yellow dec cloth. (Each mustard yellow volume encompasses a full year rather than being a semiannual part: Nov. 1893 to Oct. 1895, Nov. 1896 and Nov. 1896 to Oct. 1897). 3 vols contemp ½ leather and cloth. 5 parts and both indexes are modern cloth. Dec. cloth volumes have the usual cracked hinges, the 3 parts in ½ leather have split joints. At least a few loose leaves in most volumes from 1890’s onward, occasional loose leaf before then. At least 1 volume missing a signature. 2 vols mostly disbound (Nov. 1897 to Apr. 1898 and Nov. 1898 to Apr. 1899), several others loose. Several frontis' lacking. Several vols in the 1890’s and most modern cloth volumes lack title leaves. 
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