The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (Set 1: Periodical run, 1878-2011)

Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 2011. Softbound. VG, may have museum library stamp on covers, otherwise clean, one issue still in shrinkwrap.). CAVE. A combination of 32 bound volumes and 189 loose issues. An astounding accumulation of this quarterly journal (1878-2011), invaluable to researchers. The lot begins with bound volumes as follows: Vols. 2, 4-5, 8-26 bound in blue library buckram, and Vols. 27-39 (1915) bound in tannish library cloth. A bound index for Vols. 1-75 is included. Loose issues: 73:3, 74:1, 77:1, 81:3, 85:2, 86-116, 117:1,3,4; 118-125 (three issues per year issues 1+2 being a combined publication); 126 (2002) - 134; 135:3. A most useful reference for Pennsylvania history, through original research into everyday lives as well as events, arts, manufactures and activities. Requires 13 feet of shelf space.