Rare, Hard-to-Find Books

Bound copies of the Mentor. Vol.1 No. 1 through Vol. 1 No. 24

Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue.

 8vo - over 7¾” - 9¾” tall. –

This is a bound volume of the very first 24 issues dating from February 13, 1913 to July 28, 1913 — Vol. 1, Nos. 1 - 24 — This is the publishers binding and as such the boards and contents are tight, slight scuffing on the edges, gold stamping and gold decoration on the spine flaking,  good condition

Each issue has 6 photogravure full page pictures or color pictures treating a separate subject in each issue — A total of 144 full page pictures — The issues are: (1) Beautiful Children in Art, (2) Makers of American Poetry, (3) Washington The Capital, (4) Beautiful Women in Art, (5) Romantic Ireland (6) Masters of Music, (7) Natural Wonders of America, (8) Pictures We Love to Live With (9) The Conquest of The Peaks, (10) Scotland, (11) Cherubs in Art (12) Statues With A Story (13) Story Of America In Pictures (14) London, (15) The Story of Panama (16) American Birds of Beauty (17) Dutch Masterpieces, (18) Paris,The Incomparable, (19) Flowers of Decoration , (20) Makers of American Humor, (21) American Sea Painters, (22) The Explorers, (23) Sporting Vacations (24) Switzerland, The Land of Scenic Splendors –

Bound in blue boards with half-leather

 

 

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