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(S687)WANDERER.New York: V. 1; 1821

Masthead; 16mo

ULS: 0.

An unrecorded literary venture of poetry and stories, edited by H.I. Megarey.

(S688) WEAVERS' MONTHLYDavenport Io.: V. 1 no. 1; May 1900

Masthead; 9 x 12

ULS: 0

An obscure, unrecorded monthly "devoted to the interests of hand loom

weavers".

(42A) WEEKLY MAGAZINE OF ORIGINAL ESSAYS, FUGITIVE

PIECES, AND INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE.Philadelphia: V. 3 no. 29; August 18, 1798

Green wrappers; 5 5/8 x 9 1/4

(S689) WEEKLY SOUTHERN SPY: AN ACCOUNT OF

THE EVENTS, PROGRESS AND SPIRIT OF

THE AMERICAN WAR.Baltimore: V. 1 no. 1; June 29, 1861

White wrappers; 5 3/4 x 8 7/8

ULS: 6. V. 1 no. 1-2, Je 29-Jl 6 1861.

A rare and short-lived copperhead weekly published by E. A

Pollard as "a constant watch upon the Lincoln government... to

aid the cause of Southern liberty".

(S690) WEEKLY SPIRIT OF THE TIMES.Philadelphia: V. 1 no. 13; November 2, 1839

Masthead; 17 x 24

ULS: 0

A newspaper format miscellany edited by John S. Du Solle.

(S691) WEEKLY WHISPER.Washington: V. 1 no. 1; August 18, 1923

Masthead; 13 x 20 3/4

ULS: 0.

A very rare weekly illustrated magazine in newspaper format, targeted

to Washington's African-American community.

(SF2A) WEIRD TALES.Indianapolis: V. 12 no. 2; August 1928

Pictorial wrappers; 6 1/4 x 9 1/2

Pages 253-260 contain "The Vengeance of Nitocris" by Thomas

Lanier (Tennessee) Williams, his earliest published literary work.

This is a nearly pristine copy of a very fragile magazine.


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(S697) WESTERN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE,

MANUFACTURES, MECHANIC ARTS, INTERNAL

IMPROVEMENT, COMMERCE AND GENERAL

LITERATURE.St. Louis: V. 1 no. 1-12; January - December 1848.

Tan wrappers (V. 6 no. 2); 5 5/8 x 9 1/8

ULS: 20+. V. 1-15 no. 5, Ja 1848-Ap 1856. In ULS and after S 1851 as

Western Journal and Civilian.

An early western miscellany, particularly valuable for articles about early

railroad projects and the development of the upper Mississippi valley.

Edited by M. Tarver and T. F. Risk.

Mott II: 116.

(A698) WESTERN LITERARY JOURNAL AND MONTHLY

REVIEW.Cincinnati: V. 1 no. 1; November 1844

Brown wrappers; 6 3/8 x 9 3/8

ULS: 10. V. 1 no. 1-6, N 1844-Ap 1845. Issued simultaneously as

Southwestern Literary Journal and Monthly Review (S597).

A non-illustrated monthly miscellany edited by E.Z.C. Judson (Ned

Buntline) and L.A. Hine. Contributions are from little-known authors,

many from the editors. Later issues have good Americana content.

Kribbs 885.

(344A) WESTERN MESSENGERCincinnati: V. 8 no. 1; May 1840

Brown wrappers; 5 1/2 x 8 5/8

An issue after the move to Cincinnati of this early transcendentalist

monthly. Ralph Waldo Emerson contributed between February and July

of 1839.

(S699) WESTERN MISSIONARY MAGAZINEWashington, Pa.: V. 1 no. 8-12; September 1803 - January 1804

Grey wrappers; octavo

ULS: 8 (none complete). V. 1-2 no. 12; F 1803-Ap 1805.

A scarce, early religious magazine published under the patronage of the

Pittsburg (sic) Synod. Issue no. 9 (front wrapper present) contains an

original narrative "Of a Tour on a Mission to the Indians on Sandusky

River", by Rev. George Scott.

Albaugh 876.

(S700) WESTERN RESERVE MAGAZINE OF

AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE.Cleveland: V. 1 no. 1; March 1845

Gray wrappers; 5 3/8 x 8 1/2

ULS: 5. V. 1-2 no. 4, Mr 1845-Je 1846

A monthly regional horticultural magazine, edited by F.R. Elliot. This

issue is illustrated with engravings of fruits.


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(S701) WESTERN STAR. A MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE

FACTS, PHILOSOPHY, AND HISTORY OF THE

COMMUNION BETWEEN SPIRITS AND MORALS.Boston: V. 1 no. 1; July 1872

Blue wrappers; 6 1/8 x 9 5/8

ULS: 3. V. 1 no. 1-6, Jl-D 1872.

One of a number of spiritualist periodicals popular at this time. Edited

by Emma Hardinge Britten.

Mott III: 82n.

(S702) WHAT TO EAT.

Chicago: V. 17 no. 3; September 1904Pictorial wrappers; 6 3/4 x 11 1/2

ULS: 20+. V. 1-45 no. 9, Ag 1896-Jl 1920. In ULS and after D 1908 as

National Food Magazine. Merged into Table Talk.

A magazine devoted to cooking published by the Pierce Publishing

Company. This issue is particularly notable for its colorful cover of a

stereotypical African-American boy eating a watermelon.

Mott IV: 363.

(S703) WHAT'S ON THE AIR. THE MAGAZINE FOR

THE RADIO LISTENER.Chicago: V. 1 no. 1; November 1929


ULS: 3. V. 1-2 no. 8, N 1929-Je 1931

A well-produced, very early (the first?) monthly radio program-

ming guide. It contains features, photographs of performers and

program listings of every American radio station. This issue is

contained within an embossed leather folder especially de-

signed by the publisher. A scarce and important magazine.

(914A) WHEELMAN.Boston: V. 1 no. 1-6; October 1882- March 1883

Octavo

The first volume of this monthly devoted to literature about

cycling which shortly after continued as the classy and highly

successful Outing.


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(S704) WHEELWOMAN.Boston; V. 1 no. 3; April 1895


ULS: 0. F 1895-1902.

An illustrated, highbrow, expensively produced monthly, conducted

by Mary Sargent Hopkins and devoted, as the title suggests, to theinterests of upper-crust female bicycle enthusiasts.

Mott IV: 378.

(S705) WHITE ELEPHANT.New York: V. 1 no. 7; December 1896

Silver and green pictorial wrappers; 6 x 9

ULS: 3. V. 1 no. 1-16, Je 1896-S 1897. No. 1-6 as Poker Chips (1061).

A monthly magazine of original stories published by Frank Tousey.

This is the first issue as this title.

Mott IV: 117.

(S706) WILD FIRE.New York: V. 1 no. 1-16; November 30, 1877 - March 13, 1878

Masthead; folio

ULS: 0

One of the many sensationalist, illustrated weekly journals of the time

which have essentially disappeared. The advertising suggests that it

was published by Henry Leslie and edited by Fred J. Englehardt, who

concurrently published theIllustrated Dramatic and Sporting News.

(S707) WILKES' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES. A JOURNAL OF

TURF, FIELD SPORTS, LITERATURE AND THE

STAGE.New York: V. 1 no. 1-26; September 10, 1859 - March 3, 1860

Folio

ULS: 20+. See Spirit of the Times for run information.

George Wilkes founded this magazine after the death of William T.

Porter. It shortly afterward absorbed its two competitor's of similar

title and ran until 1902 as the pre-eminent sporting journal. Each

issue in this volume contains items of Baseball interest in addition

to reports of the "gentleman's" sports of horseracing, draughts,

aquatics, hunting and fishing.

Mott II: 203-04.

(S708) WILLIAMS MONTHLY MISCELLANY.

CONDUCTED BY THE STUDENTS OF WILLIAMS

COLLEGE.Williamstown, Ma.: V. 1 no. 1-12, July 1844 - June 1845.

Octavo

ULS: 0.

A 48 page monthly magazine of essays, tales and poetry.

Not in Kribbs.


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(S709) WILLITS JOURNAL. FOR THE PROMOTION OF RELIGION AND MORALITY.Philadelphia: Undated (1886); No. 1

Masthead; quarto

ULS: 3. No. 1-415, 1886-1924. In ULS and after no. 1 asAfrican's

Friend for the Promotion of Religion and Morality.

An annual Quaker publication funded and published by a bequeathof Charles L. Willits of $10,000, "one-half of which shall be

distributed among the colored people of the Southern States of the

United States, and the remainder in the Colony of Liberia, so that

religion and morality be promoted".

(S710) WIRELESS AGE.New York: Nsv. 1 no. 1; October 1913


ULS: 20+. V. 1-12 no. 11, O 1913-Ag 1925. Supersedes

Marconigraph, merged into Popular Radio.

An very early and important monthly radio magazine illustrated

with photographs. Articles are both technical and newsy. Anexpansion in scope and size from Marconigraph, published in

1912. One article is by David Sarnoff. No earlier wireless magazine

has been located.

THE FIRST PERIODICAL PUBLISHED IN WISCONSIN

(S711) WISCONSIN CULTURIST,

AND FARMER'S AND

GARDNER'S MAGAZINE.Milwaukee: V. 1 no. 1. April 3, 1833

Quarto

ULS: 0

The first magazine published in Wisconsin. A very early eight

page territorial imprint, published "to be of incalculable utility

to the energetic cultivators of the Western soil". Edited by W. P.

Proudfit. Only 20 pre-1838 Wisconsin imprints are located in

NUC. Very rare.

NUC: 0387311 (1-WiH). (Thanks to David Lesser for his

excellent research)

(S712) WISDOM.Boston: V. 1 - 2 no. 6; March 1902 - February 1903

White photographic wrappers; octavo

ULS: 4. V. 1-4, Mr 1902-Ja 1904. Suspended Ap-Jl 1903.

A scarce well-accomplished newsy monthly miscellany, well-

illustrated with photographs, edited by John Forster Benyon.

Features include articles on Elbert Hubbard and other important

personalities of the day. This volume has all the covers and ads

bound in.


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(S713) WIT AND WISDOM.New York: V. 1 no. 1-26:

January 20 - July 14, 1881

Masthead; quarto

ULS: 7. V. 1-2 no. 22, Ja 20-D 15 1881.

An non-illustrated weekly reprinting of

"the fun of the day from all the New York

papers and every humorous paper in the

land". Edited by A. C. Wurtele and Harry

J. Shellman.

Mott III: 269n.

(S714) WITNESS.Boston: V. 1 no. 1-6; January - June 1809

Octavo

ULS: 4. All published

A Baptist monthly designed "to raise a fund for missionary

purposes".

Albaugh 899.

(S715) WOMAN.New York: V. 1 no 1; November 1906


ULS: 0.

A well-produced but unlisted woman's magazine published by

Frank Munsey. It was billed as "a brand new magazine for

woman and the home - a great big human interest magazine".

(S716) WOMAN AND BEAUTY.

Philadelphia: V. 1 no. 1; February 1914Pictorial wrappers; 9 x 12

ULS: 0.

An unrecorded woman's miscellaneous monthly, liberally

illustrated with drawings, edited byAdrienne De Valois.

(S717) WOMAN'S ERA.New Orleans: V. 1 no. 1;

February 1910

Brown pictorial wrappers;

5 7/8 x 8 1/2

ULS: 0.

A rare monthly illustrated

"Magazine of Inspiration for

the Modern Woman" edited

by Margaret Elsie Cross. The

articles outline the

accompishments of promi-

nent woman of the era.


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(S718) WOMAN'S JOURNAL.Boston and Chicago: V. 1 no. 1; January 8, 1870

Masthead; Folio

ULS: 20+. V. 1-48 no. 21; Ja 8 1870-My 26 1917. Superseded by

Woman Citizen later Woman's Journal (N.Y).

A highly important long-standing weekly "devoted to the

interests of Woman, to her educational, industrial, legal, andpolitical Equality, and especially to her right of Suffrage".

Edited by Mary A. Livermore, Julia Ward Howe, Lucy Stone,

Wm. Lloyd Garrison and T.W. Higginson.

(S719) WOMEN. A JOURNAL OF LIBERATION.Baltimore, Md.: V. 1 no. 1; Fall 1969

Pictorial wrappers; 8 1/2 x 11

A radical, women's lib magazine published 5 times a year, edited

by Donna Keck, Dee Ann Pappas and Vicki Pollard. The motto is

"Inherent Nature or Cultural Conditioning?"

(S720) WOMEN'S POLITICAL WORLD.New York; V. 1 no. 1; January 6, 1913

Masthead; 11 1/2 x 15 1/2

ULS: 2. V. 1-2 no. 20, Ja 6 1913-N 1 1914.

An illustrated newspaper format weekly with the stated immedi-

ate object of securing Woman suffrage in New York State in 1915.

The front page is largely devoted to a cartoon promoting

suffrage.

A RARE CONTEMPORARY PRINTING OF THE UNITED

STATES CONSTITUTION

(20A) WORCESTER MAGAZINE.Worcester, Ma.: V. 3 no. 26; Fourth Week of September 1787

White wrappers; octavo

The last four pages of this issue (348-52) are devoted to a printing of the

Federal Constitution. This is one of four contemporary printings located

in an American magazine. The priority of this printing is uncertain but it

probably precedes those in Columbian orAmerican Museum. The rear

wrapper is not present and this copy appears to be disbound from a

volume. Scarce, especially so in wrappers. This title is the continuation

of Isaiah Thomas' newspaper,Massachusetts Spy, which he suspended in

protest of postal rates.


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(S721) WORLD'S COLUMBIAN

EXPOSITION

ILLUSTRATED.

DEVOTED TO THE

INTERESTS OF THE

COLUMBIAN

EXPOSITION, ART AND

LITERATURE.Chicago: V. 1 no. 1-6;

February - July 1891

Folio

ULS: 11. V. 1-5, F 1841-Ja 11 1896. After F 1894 as Campbell's

Illustrated Monthly. In ULS and after Ap 1895 as Campbell's

Illustrated Weekly.

A nicely illustrated volume in the original publisher's binding.

Mott IV: 99.

(S722) WORLD'S FAIR PUCK.Puck Building, Jackson Park, Chicago: V. 1 no. 1;

May 1, 1893

Pictorial wrappers; 8 5/8 x 11

ULS: 7. V. 1 no. 1-26, My 1-O 30 1893

A scarce weekly humor magazine, Joseph Keppler's last

periodical, published at the fair. The effort of publishing a

weekly remote from New York exhausted him and he died

shortly afterwards.

(S723) XAVIER.

New York: V. 1-2 no. 5; June 1883 - April 1885 with supplementsWhite wrappers (v. 1 no. 1); Quarto

ULS: 0.

An irregularly issued (5 issues per volume) non-illustrated

miscellany edited by the students of the College of St. Francis

Xavier. The bound-in wrappers are devoted to advertising.

(S724) Y CYFAILL. O'R HENWLAD YN AMERICA.Utica, N.Y.: V. 1-2 no. 12; January 1838 - December 1839

Pictorial wrappers (colors vary); octavo

ULS: 12. V. 1-68, 1838-1933. In ULS as Cyfaill.

A monthly magazine printed entirely in Welsh and illustrated with

a few foldout woodcuts. Edited by William Rowlands.

(S725) YALE BANNER.New Haven, Ct.: V. 1 no, 1; November 5, 1841

Masthead; 9 3/4 x 12

ULS: 0.

An unrecorded student humor magazine, illustrated with a

woodcut.


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(S726) YALE LITERARY MAGAZINE.New Haven, Ct.: V. 1- 2 no. 5; February 1836- March 1837

Brown wrappers (pictorial woodcut after no. 1); 6 1/8 x 9 1/2

ULS: 20+. F 1836+

An important college monthly/semi-monthly literary magazine. The first

and longest running of the major college literary magazines. This run is

uncut and loosely bound with ties, with original wrappers preserved. The

ownership is of Joseph B. Varnum, apparently a Yale student, who has

penciled in the names of the authors next to many of the anonymous

contributions.

Mott I: 488; Kribbs 912.

(S727) YANK. THE ARMY NEWSPAPER.New York: V. 1 no. 1-29; June 17 - December 30, 1942

Photographic wrappers; quarto

ULS: 20+. V. 1-4 no. 28; Je 17 1942-D 28 1945.

The official illustrated weekly of the U.S. Army, "by the men for the

men in the service".

A RARE AND IMPORTANT POE APPEARANCE

(232C) YANKEE; AND BOSTON LITERARY GAZETTE.Boston: Nsv. 1 no. 6; December 1829

Octavo

This issue contains a 4 page article entitled "unpublished poetry"

devoted to lengthy pre-publication excerpts and critical acclaim of

"Al Aaraaf" and other early works of Edgar Allan Poe. This also

includes lengthy excerpts from "Tamerlane", here published for the

first time (technically, the legendary rare first printing was never

published). This is the earliest Poe magazine appearance of any length.

A copy in wrappers, annotated by the compiler, is item 29 in the 1992

Poe Catalog of the Nineteenth Century Shop, priced at $3200 (our copy

was purchased at Papermania, Hartford CT in 1998 for $8).

(S728) YANKEE BOYS AND GIRLS.East Winthrop, Me.: V. 1 no. 1; November 1895

Brown pictorial wrappers; 9 1/8 x 12 1/8

ULS: 0.

A cheaply produced, 12 page, unrecorded monthly children's magazine

"for live young people everywhere".


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A COMPLETE RUN WITH THE RARE MELVILLE APPEARANCE

(508A) YANKEE DOODLE.New York: V. 1-2 no. 26: October 10, 1846 - October 2, 1847

Quarto

ULS: 18. All published.

A complete run of this rare, valuable (2000 price $3000) and

desirable illustrated humor weekly. Contents in volume 2 include

"Anecdotes of Old Zac" by Herman Melville. This bound volume

includes indexes for both volumes, a preface and separate title

page. The original wrappers are not bound in.

(S729) YANKEE FARMER. DEVOTED TO FARMING

AND GARDENING, RURAL AND DOMESTIC

ECONOMY, ARTS AND TRADES.

Cornish. Me: V. 1 no 1-26; January 5 - December 21, 1835.Quarto

ULS: 17. V. 1-7 no. 48, Ja 5 1835-D 16 1841. In ULS as Yankee

Farmer and New England Cultivator.

A semi-weekly agricultural miscellany, edited by S.W. Cole.

(S730) YANKEE MISCELLANY.Boston: V. 1 no. 1-2; January - February 1839.

Octavo

ULS: 4. V. 1 no, 1-12, Ja-D 1839.

A scarce monthly literary miscellany with original and reprinted content.

Kribbs: 915.

(S731) YOUNG AMERICA.Boston: V. 1 no 1-12; January - December 1858

Octavo

ULS: 4. V. 1-2 no. 4, Ja 1858-Ap 1859. AbsorbedExcelsior. In ULS incorrectly as Young American Monthly

Magazine.

An non-illustrated monthly children's magazine, edited by E. C. Richardson. It contains original poetry and

serial fiction. This volume is in a contemporary brown cloth publisher's binding.

(S732) YOUNG CHRISTIAN SOLDIER.New York: V. 1-3 no. 12; December 1867 - November 1870

Pictorial Masthead; Folio

ULS: 1. All Published?

A well illustrated religious monthly, published by the domestic missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

This is by far the most complete file extant.


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(S733) YOUNG CRUSADER.Boston: V. 1 no. 1-12; January - December 1869

Pictorial wrappers; Octavo

ULS: 1. V. 1-3 no. 9, Ja 1868-S 1871.

A scarce illustrated juvenile monthly, probably intended for use in

Sunday Schools.

*(540) YOUNG PEOPLES MIRROR AND AMERICAN

FAMILY VISITOR.New York: V. 1-2 no. 12; January 1, 1848 - December 1, 1849

Masthead; quarto

ULS: 5. All published. (ULS lists only until O 1849)

A well-illustrated monthly children's miscellaneous magazine

edited by B. J. Lossing and published by E. Walker. The prospec-

tus for each volume is bound in. This appears to be the most

complete file extant, and the only one with a complete second

volume.

(S734) YOUNG LADIES' MISCELLANY.Utica, N.Y.: V. 1 no. 1-12;

August 1842 - July 1843

Octavo

ULS: 2. All published.

A very scarce literary miscellany. The frontispiece

woodcut is identified in pencil as the Female

Seminary, Utica, which may have published it. Any

periodical in this era devoted to young women is

unusual. ULS cites only one other complete

holding.

Not in Kribbs.

AN UNRECORDED WINSLOW HOMER ENGRAVING IN AN UNRECORDED

MAGAZINE

(S735) YOUNG SPORTSMAN.Boston: V. 1 no. 3; March 1870

Masthead: 9 1/4 x 12

ULS: 0.

An unrecorded monthy magazine, edited by Edwin A.Farwell (as per handwritten attribution), containing a

front-page engraving entitled "The Boat Race" signed

"WH". The illustration does not appear in Beam

(Winslow Homer's Magazine Engravings, Harper and

Row, 1979) or Cikovsky and Kelly, ("Winslow Homer",

National Gallery of Art, Yale, 1995).


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