The Juvenile Instructor, An illustrated Semi-Monthly Magazine, Designed Expressly for the Education and Elevation of the Young, Volume XIV, Volume XV, Volume XVI (Three volumes bound in one book)
Salt Lake City, UT: George Q. Cannon and Sons, 1879-1881. First edition. Leather bound. 288; 288; 288pp. Quarto [30 cm] 3/4 bluish green leather with black pebbled cloth over boards. Fair condition only. The extremities are heavily rubbed, and the text block has almost completely come away from the covers. The first gathering is detached, but present. The front free endsheet has a previous owner's name and address, and there are sporadic small stains or darkened patches on the pages. There are also closed tears in the pages here and there. The longest closed tear is approximately 11" long. Howver, the majority of the pages are clean and free of tears. The text block is cracked multiple times. Missing page 125/26 in volume XV. Flake 4256. Item #40644
Subjects covered include The Lump Fish, The Entomologist, Paul's Defense Before Felix, Pyramid Science, The Salt-Mines of Cracow, Curiosities in Human Food among African Tribes, The Art of War among the Nephites, Vanity, and much more.
Price: $400.00