{"title":"Periodicals","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"reckless-ralphs-twenty-five-cent-novel-library-no-2-1935-emmett-dalton-signed","title":"Reckless Ralph's Twenty-Five Cent Novel Library No. 2; Featuring \"Prison Delivery\" by Emmett Dalton; Signed by Emmett and Julia Dalton","description":"\u003cp\u003e(\u003cspan class=\"citation-503\"\u003eCrime and Punishment, Western Americana, Dime Novels and Fanzines) DALTON, Emmett; CUMMINGS, Ralph F. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-503 citation-end-503\"\u003eRECKLESS RALPH'S TWENTY-FIVE CENT NOVEL LIBRARY NO. 2; FEATURING \"PRISON DELIVERY\" BY EMMETT DALTON; SIGNED BY EMMETT AND JULIA DALTON ON THE FRONT WRAPPE\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eR\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-484 citation-485 citation-486 citation-487\"\u003eGrafton, Mass.: Ralph F. Cummings, 1935. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-484 citation-485 citation-486 citation-487\"\u003eFIRST EDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-484 citation-485 citation-486 citation-487 citation-end-487\"\u003e. 8vo - 8-5\/16\" x 5-7\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-484 citation-485 citation-486 citation-end-486\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-484 citation-485 citation-end-485\"\u003e\/16\". Origin\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-484 citation-end-484\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eal printed yellow paper wrappers, staple-bound and laid in wrappers as issued. 8 pp. Signed in ink on the front wrapper by former Old West outlaw Emmett Dalton and his wife, Julia Dalton. \u003cstrong\u003eAccompanied by a Letter of Authenticity from PSA\/DNA Authentication Services\u003c\/strong\u003e (Certification Number: AL04813). The physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eNEAR FINE\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). Wrappers exhibit minor toning along the spine and lower edge of the rear panel, with a few light stray marks and minor signs of handling, remaining remarkably well-preserved, clean, and structurally sound throughout. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOutlaw Criminology and Early Dime Novel Fanzine Publishing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelf-published by Ralph F. Cummings, \u003ci\u003eReckless Ralph's Twenty-Five Cent Novel Library\u003c\/i\u003e stands as an early pioneering fanzine dedicated to the preservation, history, and collecting of nineteenth-century American dime novels, nickel libraries, and story papers. The feature piece of this issue, \"Prison Delivery,\" was authored by Emmett Dalton—the sole surviving member of the notorious Dalton Gang following their disastrous October 5, 1892 dual bank robbery attempt in Coffeyville, Kansas. After surviving 23 gunshot wounds and serving 14 years in the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing prior to his gubernatorial pardon, Dalton repurposed his firsthand experience into a reformist critique of American penal policy. In \"Prison Delivery,\" Dalton offers pragmatic observations on rehabilitation and reintegration for the hundreds of thousands of individuals released annually from confinement. The issue additionally features publisher Ralph F. Cummings' commentary on popular juvenile fiction, \"Two Remarkable Heroes: The Deadwood Dicks, Senor and Junior, Are the Gentlemen.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eInstitutional Census, Provenance, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven the fragile pamphlet format and small-scale self-publication by Cummings, original issues of this early collecting periodical are notably scarce in any condition, with signed association copies from Dalton extremely rare. 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The Marijuana Review was the first periodical in the U.S. devoted to cannabis culture and information. It featured information on legalization efforts, advocacy campaigns, cannabis pricing, psychedelic imagery poetry and much more. By 1972, the magazine's publisher, AMORPHIA, saw that its advocacy efforts were being challenged by another cannabis advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. named the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML. Early on, both organizations recognized that cooperation between the two organizations would be better than competition between the two, so AMORPHIA rolled its organization into NORML, making NORML the cannabis advocacy organization we know today. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe nine issues are as follows:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVOL. 1, NO. 1. Michael Aldrich and Ed Sanders, editors. Buffalo: LEMAR INTERNATIONAL, Oct.-Dec. 1968. FIRST EDITION. 4to - 10-7\/8\" x 8-1\/4\". 16 pp. Feature article: \"Marijuana and the Military: A Complete Report;\" age-tanned pages and chipping to lower fore edge corner of front wrapper. VERY GOOD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVOL. 1, NO. 2. Mike Aldrich and Ed Sanders, editors. Buffalo: LEMAR INTERNATIONAL, Jan.-Mar. 1969. FIRST EDITION. 4to - 11\" x 8-1\/4\". 24 pp. Contents include a letter to the editors from Timothy Leary and a review of \"Pot Research\" conducted by Boston University School of Medicine; age-tanned pages. NEAR FINE\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVOL. 1, NO. 3. Mike Aldrich and Ed Sanders, editors. Buffalo: LEMAR INTERNATIONAL, Jun.-Aug. 1969. FIRST EDITION. 4to - 10-15\/16\" x 8\". 24 pp. Feature article: \"Preliminary Observations on the Use of Marijuana In Psychotherapy;\" age-tanned pages. NEAR FINE\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVOL. 1, NO 4. Mike Aldrich and Ed Sanders, editors. Buffalo: LEMAR INTERNATIONAL, Oct.-Dec. 1969. 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Contemporary half-binding of black calf and marbled paper covered boards with gilt rules, and gilt lettering stamped to spine, with rubbing to the corners, edges and joints, plus some scratches and wear to the back cover for what is still a quite nice, completely sound copy of the book. 1-24, 1-96, 1-96, 1-96 pp. Plain endpapers with children's pencil markings to front paste-down and FFEP, and gift inscription on first blank matching name stamped in gilt at foot of spine. The Little Pilgrim was an eight page quarto children's newspaper that ran monthly from October 1853 - April 1869. Though the \"Pilgrim\" began in October 1853, the Lippincotts preferred to begin each volume with the January issue, thus both the October 1853 and January 1854 issues are marked \"Vol. I. No. 1.\"; included in this offering is a continuous run of the first 39 issues, i.e., Vol. I (1853), Nos 1-3; Vol. I (1854), Nos. 1-12; Vol. II (1855), Nos. 1-12; Vol. III (1856), Nos. 1-12. While it was written mostly by Sarah Jane Lippincott under her well know pseudonym, Grace Greenwood, she also attracted original contributions from other well known writers, e.g., Hawthorn, Longfellow, Whittier, et al. The first three issues were not illustrated, but beginning with the January 1854 issue, they were nicely adorned with a masthead by F. O. C. Darley and woodcuts by George Devereux, et al.; some foxing and staining, but for the most part, the pages are in very good or better condition throughout; printed on high quality paper that has remained supple and white. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD. Volumes I, II and III (1854-1856) are VERY SCARCE; the three issues from Volume I (1853), which are all included here, are RARE. # 000811","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43248477536405,"sku":"000811","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/thelittlepilgrim0120190511.jpg?v=1676656126"},{"product_id":"original-pen-and-ink-drawing-by-tony-sarg","title":"Original Pen and Ink Drawing by Tony Sarg","description":"Sarg, Tony. ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWING BY TONY SARG. Chicago: The Parents' Institute, Inc., 1938. The drawing, which is captioned \"Little Bo Peep\", measures 9-1\/4\" x 11-5\/8\" on a 13-3\/4\" x 15-3\/4\" sheet of drawing paper. The drawing features the aforementioned Little Bo Peep caught at a moment of extreme distress and unhappiness; witness to Little Bo Peep's emotional meltdown are a varied group of creatures including two song birds, a rabbit and a small rodent, all which seem to share a sense of concern for the young lady, and four sheep, all which seem quite amused and completely unsympathetic to poor Little Bo Peep's distressed state of mind. This drawing was published on page 72 of the November 1938 issue of Parents' Magazine illustrating a section named \"Information Tests For Children\"; Sarg was a regular contributor to Parents' Magazine all throughout the 1930's and early 1940's; drawing is signed and dated by Sarg on lower right; drawing is age-tanned with light finger marks. The condition of the drawing is NEAR FINE. Included with the drawing is a copy of the November 1938 issue of Parents' Magazine where the drawing was originally published. # 000822","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43250614861973,"sku":"000822","price":1175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/littlebopeep0120190519.jpg?v=1676829801"},{"product_id":"original-pen-and-ink-drawing-by-tony-sarg-1","title":"Original Pen and Ink Drawing by Tony Sarg","description":"Sarg, Tony. ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWING BY TONY SARG. Chicago: The Parents' Institute, Inc., 1939. The drawing, which is captioned 'A story that teaches a lesson -  \"The Boy who skated on thin ice!\"' measures 8\" x 10-1\/2\" on a 13-3\/4\" x 10-1\/2\" sheet of heavy weight drawing paper. The drawing features the aforementioned ice skating boy at the precise moment he learned the \"lesson\". This drawing was published on page 52 of the March 1939 issue of Parents' Magazine, illustrating a section named \"Information Tests For Children\"; Sarg was a regular contributor to Parents' Magazine all throughout the 1930's and early 1940's; drawing is signed by Sarg on lower left; light stain along right side of drawing, plus minor soiling and age-tanning. The condition of the drawing is VERY GOOD. Included with the drawing is a copy of the March 1939 issue of Parents' Magazine where the drawing was originally published. # 000824","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43250616434837,"sku":"000824","price":675.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/boyonthinice0120190522.jpg?v=1676830339"},{"product_id":"the-pioneer-literary-critical-magazine-complete-run-1843-edgar-allan-poe","title":"The Pioneer. A Literary and Critical Magazine. 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Internally, all three issues remain exceptionally clean, bright, and securely attached to their original stitching, free of any significant foxing or other defects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eEdgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, and the First Printing of The Tell-Tale Heart\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eFounded by James Russell Lowell and Robert Carter, \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"51\" data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eThe Pioneer\u003c\/i\u003e was launched as an avant-garde vehicle to challenge the commercialism of contemporary literary magazines and foster a high-minded national literature. Though the venture abruptly ceased after only three months due to severe financial collapse and an eye infection that temporarily blinded Lowell, its brief run remains one of the most legendary triumphs in American publishing history. Most notably, \u003cstrong\u003eVol. I, No. 1 contains the true first printing of Edgar Allan Poe's masterpiece of Gothic fiction, \"The Tell-Tale Heart,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e which Lowell eagerly accepted for publication. \u003cstrong\u003eNos. 2 and 3 similarly contain foundational first printings by Poe, including the definitive publication of his landmark poem \"Lenore.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e This complete run also features early critical works, essays, and poetry by iconic literary contemporary figures including Elizabeth Barrett [Browning], Nathaniel Hawthorne, and John Greenleaf Whittier, capturing the peak of the mid-19th-century American Renaissance as it was originally presented to the public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eSeries Bibliography, Census, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eBecause 19th-century paper-wrapped periodicals were inherently fragile and intended for casual consumption rather than preservation, complete three-issue runs of \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"162\" data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eThe Pioneer\u003c\/i\u003e are incredibly scarce, particularly when preserved in their original publisher's printed salmon wrappers. 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Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. \u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e37 issues (of 38 issued), each 8 pp., numbered consecutively pp. 1-96 for Volumes 1 through 3, and pp. 1-8 for Volume 4. \u003cstrong\u003eComplete with all published subscription supplements\u003c\/strong\u003e across the run: Vol. 1 No. 5 (photo plate \"The House of the Magician\"); Vol. 1 No. 9 (photo plate \"Der Taschenspieler\" and playing card with New Year message); Vol. 1 No. 12 (Index to Vol. 1); Vol. 2 No. 1 (photo plate \"Egyptian Juggler\"); Vol. 2 No. 5 (photo plate \"The Street Conjurer\"); Vol. 2 No. 9 (photo plate \"Birthplace of Professor Hoffmann\"); Vol. 3 No. 1 (Index to Vol. 2); Vol. 4 No. 1 (Index to Vol. 3 and Edgar Heyl playing card reproduction). Accompanied by two autograph letters signed (ALS) from editor Wilf. Huggins to subscriber Mr. Cutts on [1] p. sheets, dated February 10, 1951, and October 3, 1960. Lacking only the final issue (Vol. 4 No. 2).\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe physical condition of the items is graded \u003cstrong\u003eFINE\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The paper wrappers remain exceptionally clean, vibrant, and structurally sound throughout. Extremely minor, superficial edge spotting is present to the extreme outer margins of Vol. 1 Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7; all remaining thirty-two issues, plates, and laid-in ephemera remain in pristine condition with tight, unblemished interiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMiniature Magic Periodicals and Mid-Twentieth-Century Conjuring Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished quarterly between January 1951 and late 1960 in Hounslow, England, \u003ci\u003eThe Midget Magician\u003c\/i\u003e represents one of the most distinctive and extraordinarily limited serial publishing ventures in the history of conjuring literature. Conceived, edited, printed, and distributed exclusively by British magic enthusiast Wilf. Huggins, the periodical was produced in a true miniature 48mo format measuring just four inches tall. Each quarterly issue was strictly capped at an edition of merely 50 numbered and hand-signed copies intended for a tiny circle of private subscribers. Despite its diminutive physical scale, the journal maintained a rigorous editorial standard, offering trick breakdowns, historical sleight-of-hand commentary, bibliographic notes, and meticulously reproduced archival photograph supplements highlighting historic conjurers, automations, and legendary figures such as Professor Hoffmann.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSeries Bibliography, Census, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-379 citation-380 citation-381 citation-382 citation-end-382\"\u003eA current global sweep of the\u003cstrong\u003e OCLC\/WorldCat database locates 0 copies preserved in institutional special collections worldwide.\u003c\/strong\u003e Owing to its microscopic limitation of 50 signed copies per iss\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-379 citation-380 citation-381\"\u003eue, its private subscriber distribution model, and its small physical format, complete or near-complete runs of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-379 citation-380 citation-381 citation-end-381\"\u003eThe Midget Magicia\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-379 citation-380\"\u003en\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-379 citation-380 citation-end-380\"\u003e are virtually unrecorded in the trade and institutional records. Most subscriber copies were dispersed individually or lost over the intervening deca\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-379 citation-end-379\"\u003edes. The presence of all issued photographic plates, indexes, special playing card enclosures, and contemporary editorial correspondence from Huggins makes\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-end-378\"\u003e this 37-issue assembly an unparalleled primary reference set for mid-century magic publishing history.\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND NEARLY COMPLETE SIGNED RUN OF ONE OF THE SMALLEST AND MOST RESTRICTED CONJURING PERIODICALS EVER PUBLISHED, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF MAGIC, MINIATURE BOOKS, OR TWENTIETH-CENTURY PERIODICAL PUBLISHING.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 001087\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43549063970965,"sku":null,"price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/midgetmagician.01.20230721.jpg?v=1689965885"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/collections\/marijuanareview.01.20221127.jpg?v=1758481484","url":"https:\/\/wallaceandclark.com\/collections\/periodicals.oembed?page=2","provider":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}