Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume VIII (8) December 1853 - May 1854

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes Melville's short story "Cock a Doodle Doo - The Crowing of the Cock Beneventano" on page 77 - 86, Charles Dickens' "School Boy Stories", and chapters 4 - 20 of Thackeray's "The Newcomes." Bound in three quarter black leather with maroon cloth covered boards and gilt title and raised bands to spine. Marbled endpapers. Rubbing to boards and minor wear to edges of boards, corners, and hinges. Foxing to interior and occasional small spots of soiling. Illustrated. Lacks fashion plate and cartoon page from several issues. 864 pages. PER/031424.