Featuring Mosher, Bullowa & the Stacks
Lindquist, H.L. [publisher]. AVOCATIONS: A MAGAZINE OF HOBBIES AND LEISURE. A complete run of the periodical, Volumes I-V (New York, October 1937-June 1939), complete. Bound in three volumes. 4to, contemporary black cloth, gilt; original pictorial paper covers bound in. Approximately 1700 pages; illustrated. Occasional wrinkling; generally near fine. Bourne 1930-19. A general hobby magazine, though considerably better than most and with an impressive editorial board that included Wayte Raymond and Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach. Authors on numismatics include Stuart Mosher, David Bullowa, Morton Stack, and Joseph Stack, most of whom controbuted multiple articles over the two years of the publication's existence. The May 1939 issue includes an unsigned article on the ANS Museum. Ex M. Bourne Library.
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