THE KNICKERBOCKER, or New-York Monthly Magazine. Volume XL

New York: S. Hueston, 1852. Leather. 552p.

Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 brown leather with marbled boards. Leather is rubbed; head of spine worn. Owner's name on front endpaper; some smudges and foxing inside. A few old library stamps, but otherwise, text unmarked and binding tight. Item #180853

Volume 40 of THE KNICKERBOCKER, a monthly literary magazine, containing issues from July through December 1852. Includes a serial feature called THE FUDGE PAPERS by Ik Marvel (the pen name of Donald Grant Mitchell, author of REVERIES OF A BACHELOR), a piece by humorist Charles Leland titled "Sketch-Book of Me, Meister Karl," and a feature on English fairy myths.