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The Saturday Magazine, No. 267 (Supplement), August, 1836, 8pp., London, published by John William Parker, West Strand. "On the Weather", with an illustration entitled "Nimbus, or Rain-cloud; from a painting by Teniers"; another entitled "The Principal Modifications of Clouds"; and one final illustration entitled " Forms of crystals of hoar-frost and snow". Section headings are: "Introduction--Chemical and Mechanical Constitution of the Atmosphere"; "Of Atmospheric Currents, or Winds"; "Local Winds"; "Of Vapour, Dew, Mists, Fogs, Clouds"; "Mists"; "Clouds".

Also, The Saturday Magazine, No. 278 (Supplement), October, 1836, 8pp., London, published by John William Parker, West Strand. An illustration of a "Water-spout at Sea", accompanying an article entitled "On the Weather, No. 2", with sections on "Rain", "Snow", "Hail", "General Observations on Radiation, and the Consequent Condensation of Vapour", "Thunder-Storm, Hurricane, Tornado, Typhoon, Etc."; "The Water-Spout"; "Whirlwinds"; "Luminous Meteors" (which doesn't seem to be about meteors, in the modern sense); "The Halo"; and "Parhelia" (the last accompanied by a diagrammatic engraving, illustrating various kinds of such optical displays).

Also, a third issue in this series, "On the Weather".The Saturday Magazine, No. 289 (Supplement), December, 1836, 12pp., London, published by John William Parker, West Strand. The front page has an engraving of the "Aurora Borealis, as seen in Norway". The issue has sections on "The Rainbow" (1page), "The Aurora" (one page), "Shooting Stars and Meteors" (almost a page), "Prognotics of the Weather" (1/2 page), "Barometrical Indications of changes in the Weather" (1/2 page), "On Indications Furnished by Clouds, &c." (1/2 page), "indications of the Change of Weather Furnished by Animals, &c." (1 page), "On Meteorological Instruments" (2 1/2 pages), below which is an illustrations of a "Fog-Bow, as seen among Mountain Peaks". The Supplement proper is followed by four extra pages, listing books recently published by Parker, with descriptions and prices, including 1/2 page of books for children and almost a page of school textbooks.
Tiny sewing holes, where they were formerly bound, otherwise VF..........$60.00 for the set of three meteorological supplements.

The Saturday Magazine, No. 271, September 24th, 1836, 8pp., London, published by John William Parker, West Strand. An engraving, a portrait of "John Fox, the Martyrologist", and three smaller illustrations, with an article on the last page, concerning "Gall-nuts and the Gall-insect". There is almost two pages about John Fox; a short essay on Friendship; an installment in a series about newspapers, this one about the writing of articles and the typesetting and printing process; a very funny letter from a baronet, detailing the calamities of his life ( for example, "...Finding the roof bad, I sent slaters, at the peril of ther necks, to repair it. They mended three holes, and made thirty themselves...."); two pages on the "Manners and Customs of the Chinese"; several short anecdotes and aphorisms; and a nostalgic poem, "The Bucket", by Woodworth, "...The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hangs in his well."
Tiny sewing holes, where it was formerly bound, otherwise VF.......$25.00

The Saturday Magazine, No. 287, December 24th, 1836, 8pp., London, published by John William Parker, West Strand. An illustration of a "Saxon Freeman [and a] Saxon Serf" accompanies the article "Manners and Customs of the Anglo-Saxons" (3pp.); there follows a description of a "Fall of Locusts"; two short pieces, "Rustic Philosophy" and "Evidence in Every Thing"; another in the series, "Notes on Forest Trees", this one on "The Scotch Fir", accompanied by two illustrations (1 1/2 pp.); several short anecdotes and aphorisms; a poem by Kirke White, "Christmas Day"; one-half-page articles on "The Leathern Bottles of the Ancients" and "The Ants"; an essay on "Progress of the Human Mind", by Roget; a short piece on "Huber, the Naturalist"; and a long article on "Carpets" (different kinds and their methods of manufacture).
Tiny sewing holes, where it was formerly bound, otherwise VF.......$25.00

The Penny Magazine, No. 426, November 24, 1838, 8pp., London, Charles Knight & Co. The front page bears an engraving of a scene at Fossvollum, Iceland, accompanying an article, "Cataract at Fossvollum--Iceland" (1 page plus illustration); then, "On Artificial Gems" (1 page); a great paean to the "Character of Washington" (1/2 page); "The Museum at Boulogne", accompanied by four illustrations, one of a medal struck by Napoleon to commemorate the Invasion of England, another, of a medal, bearing a portrait of Catherine de Medici, struck to commemorate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, the last two showing ancient drinking vessels (1 1/2 pp.); a history, from 339 B.C., of Demosthenes (1 1/2 pp.); a one-page article "On the Commercial Value of Tulips in the Seventeenth Century"; and, last, a one-page article on "The Kingfisher, or Nest of the Halcyon".
Tiny sewing holes, where it was formerly bound, otherwise VF.......$25.00

American History Illustrated, October 1984, 50pp. Articles: The Night of the Roper ( destroyer and U-boat clash off the N. Carolina coast in early 1942), 10pp.; Artist of the Old Corps (USMC paintings of Charles Waterhouse), 8pp., 10 color repro's; The Most Beautiful Lady in America (Statue of Liberty), 8pp.; The Herman Melville Papers: Literary Treasure in a Barn; Delia Bacon, The Lady Who Didn't Dig Shakespeare (academic and literary figure of 19th century America), 7pp.
Slight tear in pages at outer edge, corner creases on back cover, otherwise, Very Good........$4.00