The Steven Lomazow Collection of American Periodicals
One of the largest periodical collection of all time. The Steven Lomazow Collection consists of almost 30 thousand issues dating back to the early 1700's. A finer collection of periodical artwork you can't find any where else.
Local ID: 3441
Estimated Value: $1,200
| Title: | Overland Monthly |
| Category: | Americana, Literary, Mark Twain |
| Volume: | 1-15 |
| Issue: | 1-6ea |
| Date: | July 1868 – December 1875 |
| Published in: | San Francisco, CA |
| All published, in publisher’s binding. A dignified, handsome literary periodical, which was important in helping to establish the market for serious literature in the far west. It is best known for its editorship by Bret Harte and appearances by Harte and Mark Twain, as well as articles on western culture. Volume one contains all of the four Twain appearances (July, August, September, October 1868). “Grizzly Papers”, by Ambrose Bierce, appeared serially from January to June 1871. | |