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: 4479
Estimated Value: $300
| Title: | St. Nicholas: Scribner’s Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys |
| Category: | Juvenile |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Issue: | 1-4 |
| Date: | November 1873 – February 1874 |
| Published in: | New York, NY |
The preeminent children’s magazine of its time, edited by Mary Mapes Dodge. A publication of Scribner & Co’, it employed the same concepts and structure, as well as the highest quality authors and illustrators as its sister publications “Scribner’s Monthly” and “Century”. According to Kelly, “its nonfiction contents argue for personal knowledge of the material world, its fiction argues for a moral world, and both genres advance the message of individual competence and self-reliance”. Issues in the teens contain illustrations by Arthur Rackham. From December 1914 to mid 1919, numerous articles and two covers were illustrated by Norman Rockwell. Absorbed “Our Young Folks” (714) in January 1874; “Children’s Hour” (734) in July 1874; “Little Corporal” (712), and “Schoolday Magazine” in May 1875; “Wide Awake” in September 1893.
What a wonderful monument to the first issue of a significant magazine in the history of American literacy for young audiences and their parents, grandparents, teachers, and many others from the third quarter of the nineteenth century until well into the twentieth! To have the first issues of the magazine, starting with November 1973, together with an autograph letter from the founder and principal editor, moreover mentioning prices, is priceless! Congratulations to the sagacious collector, Dr. Steven Lamazow, from a dedicated admirer.