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Page 149(S532) RAILROAD MAN'S MAGAZINE.
New York: V. 1 no. 1; October 1906
Red wrappers; 6 3/4 x 10ULS: 6. V. 1-40 no. 3, O 1906-Ja 18 1919. Jl-D 1913 as
Railroad and Current Mechanics
. Merged into
Argosy All-Story Weekly
, later
Argosy
.A monthly Munsey publication containing articles and fictionabout railroads. It is particularly important as it is considered thefirst topical pulp magazine. Early volumes are quite scarce.Also, V. 1 - 2 no. 1; octavo
(S533) RAINBOW. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MISCELLANY AND THEARTS.
Woonsocket, R.I.; V. 1 no. 1; January 13, 1836
Pictorial masthead; quartoULS: 2. V. 1, Ja 13 1836-Ja 4 1837A scarce, 8 page, illustrated weekly miscellany, edited by I. Robinson. Much of the literary content is original.Not in Kribbs.
(S534) RAMBLERS' MAGAZINE AND NEW-YORK THEATRICAL REGISTER: FOR THESEASON OF 1809-10.
New York: V. 1; 1809
16moULS: 14. V. 1-2 no. 1; 1809-10One of a number of theatrical journals of the era. Mr. and Mrs. Poe are mentioned (the parents of Edgar Allan),including a very negative review of Mrs. Poe as Desdemona.Mott I: 166; Edgar: 176.
(S535) RECREATION. A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO EVERYTHING THENAME IMPLIES.
New York: V. 1-2 no. 6; October 1994 - June 1895
Octavo.ULS: 20+. V. 1-36 no. 1, O 1894 - Jl 1912. Merged into
Illustrated Outdoor World
, later
Recreation
.An important, expensively produced monthly outdoor magazine, profusely illustrated with photographs.Edited by G.O. Shields. ULS lists three titles of the same name, one beginning as
Amateur Sportsman
, anotheras
Playground
, all of which eventually merged into a final form entitled
Recreation
. This magazine is theorigin of the title. Two issues in the teens have rare color cover illustrations by Norman Rockwell (see Moffatt) .Mott IV: 381.
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