The Independent, Volume XLII (2 vols.)

New York: The Independent, 1890. Hardcover. G+ (Ex-lib., bookplate inside front covers, usual markings; Some soiling to cloth; Small tear at outer edge of first few hundred pages in part 2; Some pages darkening around edges, but overall very clean). Black cloth over boards; tan spine cloth with black lettering; speckled paged edges; contemporary library binding; [2,000] Illustrated in bw, mainly with advertisements. A year's worth of issues, bound together in two volumes, with index. (Oversize and heavy - 20 pounds - and will require extra postage.). All issues of The Independent, a weekly magazine, for 1890. The magazine had a religious bent and included articles on biblical research, a ministerial register, religious intelligence, missions, and more but also included articles about farming, gardening, science, literature, music, art, general news, communications, etc. With many advertisements for all kinds of insurance, financial, and other needs. An excellent reference for social, cultural, and religious customs, events, perspectives and history of the era.