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Hubbard's Continuing Efforts
Hubbard, John M. [publisher]. THE CURIOSITY WORLD. Volume I, No. 1 through Volume II, No. 10 (Whole No. 22). Lake Village, New Hampshire, September 1886-January 15, 1888. Twenty-two illustrated issues, lacking only the final two numbers of the second volume to be a complete set in tabloid form. Tabloid, 4 pages per issue. Folded, generally very good or better. [with] Hubbard, John M. [publisher]. THE CURIOSITY WORLD. Volume III, Whole Nos. 25-30, (Lake Village, New Hampshire, March-August 1888), complete. 96 pages. [bound with] Hubbard, John M. [publisher]. THE STAMP WORLD. Volume IV, Whole No. 31 through Volume VI, Whole No. 48 (Lake Village, New Hampshire, September 1888-February 1890), complete. 96 + 48 + 48 pages plus advertising pages and supplement [two copies of No. 34 included]. [bound with] Hubbard, John M. [publisher]. HUBBARD'S MAGAZINE. Volume VII, Nos. 1-2 (Lake Village, New Hampshire, March-April 1890), complete. 32 pages. 8vo, contemporary brown quarter morocco with mottled sides; spine ruled and lettered in gilt; many original printed paper covers bound in. Very good or better. 1880-70 and 1880-71. A very rare periodical, with a substantial amount of numismatic content, especially in the earlier tabloid issues. This is by far the most complete run we have ever offered, having only recently made the same claim about a complete first volume sold in our Sale 155. This is the first time we have ever offered any of the issues past the first volume. Bourne lists only the first three volumes in his guide to numismatic periodicals, with the publication's focus having gradually shifted to be exclusively philately after that time. Indeed, it changes its name to The Stamp World for Volumes IV through VI, and then becomes Hubbard's Magazine for Volume VII, which lasts for only two issues. Articles of note in the first volume include J.H. Miron on U.S. silver dollars, half dollars, half dimes, 3¢ pieces, and large cents, all of them illustrated. Miron's writing is of dubious utility (he rehashes one of the chestnuts accounting for the rarity of the 1804 dollar: "At this time the United States was at was with the Barbary States and it is generally believed that almost the entire coinage was taken to the Mediterranean to pay off the American soldiers and sailors. These were exchanged with the Arabs for food, and, no doubt, were carried by them into the interior of Africa"), but the publication remains an interesting portrait of the hobby during a formative period. The later issues, while only tangentially numismatic (and sometimes not even that) remain interesting for the portrait of the hobby that they paint. Ex M. Bourne Library.
Estimate: 200 USD
Hubbard, John M. [publisher]. THE CURIOSITY WORLD. Volume I, No. 1 through Volume II, No. 10 (Whole No. 22). Lake Village, New Hampshire, September 1886-January 15, 1888. Twenty-two illustrated issues, lacking only the final two numbers of the second volume to be a complete set in tabloid form. Tabloid, 4 pages per issue. Folded, generally very good or better. [with] Hubbard, John M. [publisher]. THE CURIOSITY WORLD. Volume III, Whole Nos. 25-30, (Lake Village, New Hampshire, March-August 1888), complete. 96 pages. [bound with] Hubbard, John M. [publisher]. THE STAMP WORLD. Volume IV, Whole No. 31 through Volume VI, Whole No. 48 (Lake Village, New Hampshire, September 1888-February 1890), complete. 96 + 48 + 48 pages plus advertising pages and supplement [two copies of No. 34 included]. [bound with] Hubbard, John M. [publisher]. HUBBARD'S MAGAZINE. Volume VII, Nos. 1-2 (Lake Village, New Hampshire, March-April 1890), complete. 32 pages. 8vo, contemporary brown quarter morocco with mottled sides; spine ruled and lettered in gilt; many original printed paper covers bound in. Very good or better. 1880-70 and 1880-71. A very rare periodical, with a substantial amount of numismatic content, especially in the earlier tabloid issues. This is by far the most complete run we have ever offered, having only recently made the same claim about a complete first volume sold in our Sale 155. This is the first time we have ever offered any of the issues past the first volume. Bourne lists only the first three volumes in his guide to numismatic periodicals, with the publication's focus having gradually shifted to be exclusively philately after that time. Indeed, it changes its name to The Stamp World for Volumes IV through VI, and then becomes Hubbard's Magazine for Volume VII, which lasts for only two issues. Articles of note in the first volume include J.H. Miron on U.S. silver dollars, half dollars, half dimes, 3¢ pieces, and large cents, all of them illustrated. Miron's writing is of dubious utility (he rehashes one of the chestnuts accounting for the rarity of the 1804 dollar: "At this time the United States was at was with the Barbary States and it is generally believed that almost the entire coinage was taken to the Mediterranean to pay off the American soldiers and sailors. These were exchanged with the Arabs for food, and, no doubt, were carried by them into the interior of Africa"), but the publication remains an interesting portrait of the hobby during a formative period. The later issues, while only tangentially numismatic (and sometimes not even that) remain interesting for the portrait of the hobby that they paint. Ex M. Bourne Library.
Estimate: 200 USD