Parley's magazine.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Contributor:

Alcott, William A. (William Andrus), 1798-1859, editor.

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860, editor.

Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver.

Alden, Albert, 1812-1883, engraver.

Colman, Samuel, 1799- publisher.

Francis, Charles Stephen, 1805-1887, publisher.

Francis, Joseph H., publisher.

Lilly, Wait, and Company, publisher.

Colman, Holden & Co., publisher.

Series:

American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society.

American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society

Language:

English

Genre:

Music.

Relief prints.

Printed wrappers (Binding)

Half bindings (Binding)

Fillet tools (Binding)

Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)

Juvenile literature -- Periodicals.

Periodicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations, music.

Monthly, 1835-1844

Vol. 1., no. 1 (Mar. 16, 1833)-v. 12 (Dec. 1844).

Other Title:

Parley's magazine for children and youth

Continued By:

Merry's Museum for boys and girls

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : : Lilly, Wait and Company. ; Portland [Me.]: : Colman, Holden, and Co., 1833-1844.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

Title from issue title page.

First issue called "specimen number."

Started by Samuel G. Goodrich. See his Recollections, v. 2, p. 543.

Editor: William A. Alcott, v. 1-4. Cf. Alcott, W.A. Boys's guide to usefulness, p. 116.

Many of the engravings are by Alexander Anderson. The engraving of the bison on p. 73 of Vol. 1 is by Albert Alden of Barre, and Lancaster, Mass. A proof of the illustration is held in his scrapbook of proofs at AAS.

Publisher varies: In 1834, Samuel Colman succeeded Lilly, Wait & Co. Between 1834 and 1835, Charles S. Francis and Joseph H. Francis, of New York and Boston, purchased the magazine. See also F.L. Mott, History of American magazines, v. 1, pp. 622-623.

Printed wrappers contain numerous agents and booksellers.

Biweekly numbers were 16 pages each, with quarterly reissues about 100 pages each. The monthly issues were 32 pages each. Beginning with volume 4 (1836) the volume ran from January to December. To make up for the lack of issues in vol. 3 which would have been supplied by the Jan.-March 1846 issues, some numbers were issued as double numbers in 1845.

No. 1 also called "Specimen number."

Issued also in quarterly parts. Through 1834, Quarterly issues have "part" on the title page and in the volume and issue designation. After 1834 only the issue title pages have the word "part" and the individual and quarterly issues are printed from the same set of stereotype plates. At least ten numbered editions of <no. 1> were printed. Some undesignated reprints show typographical and illustration changes. Volume compilations have typographical and illustration changes as well as dual page numbering.

Selections were reprinted as: The children's picture gallery and story teller; Youth's galaxy.

Local Notes:

American Antiquarian Society Copy 1 a made-up set of bound volumes containing a mix of editions and issues. Some illustrations hand colored.

American Antiquarian Society Copy 2 loose issues, some in printed wrappers.

American Antiquarian Society Copy 3 printed wrappers only.

American Antiquarian Society b-w copies in 1839 quarterly volume and 1833 and 1834 annual compilations.

OCLC:

1041857569

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.