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The United States Magazine and Democratic Review. New Series: Volumes 11-19 1842-46
1842464162New York: J. & H. G. Langley 1842. Hardcover. Good. Nine continuous volumes: 11-19 July 1842 – December 1846. Octavos. Illustrated with engraved and lithographic plates. Bound in contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper over boards gilt spines with two black leather titling labels. Contemporary small owner’s name Alfonso Johnson in ink on front free endpaper and title page of Vol. 11 and in light ink or pencil at the front of other volumes. The leather is toned and worn at the joints and edges of the boards scattered moderate to heavy foxing good or better overall.<br /> <br /> Contains several short stories and essays by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman together with contributions by Edgar Allan Poe and other leading American writers. Edited by John O’Sullivan the magazine was established to promote the liberal politics of the Democratic party and to provide a forum for contemporary American literature. It is noted for having published articles on the abolition of slavery women’s rights New England transcendentalism and socialist movements and more Hawthorne short stories than any other magazine.<br /> <br /> Included among Hawthorne’s first appearance contributions in this nine-volume run are the stories Rappaccini’s Daugher and The Artist of the Beautiful together with short stories by Walt Whitman and his essay against capital punishment: A Dialogue and Henry D. Thoreau’s essay The Landlord. Also notable are six first appearance contributions by Edgar Allen Poe: the first four installments of the Marginalia the essay The Power of Words and a review. Other notable contributions include John O’Sullivan’s Annexation in which he coined the term “Manifest Destiny†and several contributions by Whittier and Lowell. A scarce run of the Democratic Review’s most highly desired volumes. J. & H. G. Langley hardcover
