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The Leisure Hour 1868 - A Family Journal of Instruction and Recreation. Numbers 836-887. Numerous b&w engravings & coloured illustrations throughout. Lacks colour frontispiece, but includes all 11 full-page plates (4 in colour), as issued. With index at front. A full year of the Victorian Christian periodical bound together in ONE VOLUME (January - December 1868). "The Leisure Hour was a British general-interest periodical of the Victorian era which ran weekly from 1852 to 1905. It was the most successful of several popular magazines published by the Religious Tract Society, which produced Christian literature for a wide audience. Each issue mixed multiple genres of fiction and factual stories, historical and topical. The layout typically included approximately six long articles, formatted in two columns per page, and five or six illustrations. The articles were a mix, including biographies, poetry, essays, and fiction. Each issue usually started with a piece of serialised fiction. The magazine was edited by James Macaulay from 1858 to 1895." Text printed in double column. Printed in England. Bound by Lewis & Sons, Gough Square, Fleet Street, London, in contemporary black LEATHER (spine & tips), marbled boards, gilt-lettered maroon leather label to spine, raised bands with gilt design, all edges marbled, grey endpapers. NOTE: A GOOD COPY ONLY. Heavy staining & soiling & to rear board which is bowed, both front & rear boards rubbed with loss to portions of marble paper, mild foxing, handling wear, lacks colour frontispiece, otherwise a clean tight solid leatherbound copy. Internally VG. 828pp. Large heavy book, extra shipping may be required. RARE. SB-67. Seller Inventory # 029008
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