Bidspirit auction | First Ed. of Appleton's Journal's

First Ed. of Appleton's Journal's - Original First Series 15v. Run, 1869 - 1876 - Important Provenance - First Edition / First Series of Appleton's Journal of Literature, Science, and Art - Complete First 15 Volume Run | This Original First Series is Dated 1869 - 1876 and includes great authors such as Charles DICKENS, Victor HUGO, et al. | Published: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1869 - 1876 | Approx. Size: 8.25” W X 11.25” H (Imperial Octavo). Original First Edition set of the yearly compendium volumes of the monthly magazine. A highly popular lifestyle magazine in the late 19th Century. Each volume is bound in the period leather with marbled boards. Five raised bands and title in gold gilt lettering to each volume. The first fifteen included represent the first series. The second series started with volume 16 and ran until the end of the publication in 1881. Thousands of illustrations and many fold-outs. Artists include Winslow Homer, John Filmer and many more. Provenance: From the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee.