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THE FOLLOWING IS A CATALOG OF NEW ACQUISITIONS OF THESTEVEN LOMAZOW, M.D. COLLECTION SINCE THECOMPLETION OF

AMERICAN PERIODICALS

IN 1996.(*) DENOTES THAT THE ITEM SUPERSEDES THE PREVIOUS LISTINGOF THE SAME NUMBER. THE REMAINDER ARE EITHER NEWTITLES OR ADDITIONS TO PREVIOUSLY CATALOGUED TITLES.THESE ITEMS ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY AND NUMBERED WITHAN "S" PREFIX.

2005 SUPPLEMENTAMERICAN PERIODICALS

A MISCELLANY OF NEW MATERIAL IS PRESENTED. THERE IS ALSO NEW AND ORIGINALRESEARCH , AND A MORE AGGRESSIVE PURSUIT OF HIGHLIGHTS OF PULP AND LITTLEMAGAZINES, BOTH BEING DIVERSE AND COMPLEX. ABOUT 800 NEW ITEMS ARECOMPREHENSIVELY CATALOGUED. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE LISTINGS OF"HAMBURGER HELPER" FIRST ISSUES AND AN UPDATED INDEX.

It is interesting to note the period from after the Civil War to the turn of the twentieth century, a large number of magazines, usually of a humorous or scandalous nature, were published. Despite their allegedly large circula-tions (though many of them clearly exaggerated these numbers) and volume numbers suggesting long publica-tion runs, many of them are virtually unknown, unlisted in ULS or represented by only a few scattered issues.Complete runs of even some quite well-known titles such as

Wasp

,

Truth

or

Once a Week

, the direct descendantof

Collier's

and

McCall's

, do not exist. This speaks for the amazingly ephemeral nature and rarity of even themost popular and collectible titles and adds an even greater thrill to the hunt for American periodicals of this era.Over the last few years, the incredible proliferation of the Internet has changed the way the antiquarian book trade is conducted. Auctions such as eBay, book-selling search sites such as Bibliofind, Bookfinder, Alibrisand Advanced Book Exchange, as well as thousands of individual websites now permit the avid collector ordealer to spend countless hours sitting at the computer pursuing his or her interests. This is now effecting thetype of material seen at book fairs, with many of the highly marketable items, particularly those of lower price,never getting past the computer screen. The amount of dealers at fairs is perceptably shrinking. Non-internetbook searching is becoming much less evident. Old staples such as

Antiquarian Bookman

have ceased to exist.In the new millennium, this trend will undoubtedly persist. Many of the major auction houses are now startingon-line bidding. Eventually (and sadly) it will not at all be necessary to leave one's chair to buy or sell antiquar-ian books or periodicals, and the alluring aroma of old dusty bookstores will be no more than a memory!

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Welcome to the supplement of American Periodicals! It has been nine years since the first edition and countlesshours of bookfairs, ephemera shows, and internet searching. This edition shows the fruit of all that searching.

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK(NUMBER) TITLE.

Volume/issue number; Place of publication

SizeNumber of listings in Union List of Serials; Run informationDescription.References.The numbers of new entries are consecutive with a prefix "s" for supplement. Titles cited in the first edition of AmericanPeriodicals continue their original number. Film periodicals are prefixed by the previous system, divided into fan (f), trade(tr) and in house (h) sub-categories.The number of listings in Union List of Serials, third edition, 1963, reflects holdings in all major libraries in the U.S andCanada. It is an index of relative rarity, though any holding, however incomplete is included. It can be inferred thatindividual volumes are scarcer and issues in original wrappers even moreso.Items are referenced to those cited in the first edition, most frequently Mott, Kribbs and Albaugh.

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Page 3(S1) ADVENTURE.

New York: V. 1 no. 1; November 1910

Pictorial wrappers; 7 x 10ULS: 8. N 1910+. My 3, 18, 1920 never issued.Probably the most important pure adventure pulp magazine, running forover 800 issues. It was financed by Butterick & Co., the publishers of thesuccessful fashion magazine

Delineator

. It attracted the best writers of the genre and, for a time, was edited by Sinclair Lewis. One of its featuresled to the founding of The American Legion. Rockwell Kent providedillustrations in the 1920's.

(S2) ADVISER; OR VERMONT EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE.

Middlebury, Vt.: V. 1 no. 1-12; January - December 1809

OctavoULS: 20+. V. 1-7, Ja 1809-D 1815A monthly published to relieve religious "destitution" in the frontier areas of Vermont. Edited by a group of 12-14 ministers.Albaugh 3.

(S3) AERO MECHANICS. AVIATION SIMPLIFIED.

New York: V. 1 no. 1; August 1929

Pictorial wrappers; 8 1/2 x 11 3/4ULS: 7.V. 1-2 no. 3; Ag 1929-Jl 1930. In ULS and after v. 1 as

Aero News and Mechanics

. Merged into

Scienceand Invention

.A simplified approach to aviation. Initially an illustrated bedsheet pulp, though not a fiction magazine. Editedby Augustus Post and published by Experimenter Publishing. A scarce title.

A COMPLETE RUN OF THE FIRST AVIATION MAGAZINE IN AMERICA(AV1) AERONAUTICS.

New York: V. 1 no. 1-12; October 1893 - September 1894

QuartoULS: 15. All published.The pioneer periodical in its field. Published by M.N. Forney of the

American Engineering and Railroad Journal

, it was well illustrated andcontained news and technical aspects of ballooning and attempts atheavier than air flight. Rare and important.Mott IV: 335.