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Longest running American satire magazine of the period...
Longest running American satire magazine of the period...
Item # 695039
May 01, 1855
YANKE NOTIONS, New York, May, (1855) This is a comic monthly magazine, still with the original wrappers. The year is not printed, but research using the month, issue number, and volume number determines it is 1855.
Started in 1852, Yankee Notions was the longest-running American satire magazine of the Civil War period. It lasted until 1875. It was edited and published by Thomas Strong, an enterprising publisher of cheap paperbacks and penny valentines. Strong modeled it after the comic almanacs that had been popular with American audiences for a generation. Each issue contained a motley assortment of comic stories, jokes, doggerel, woodcuts with humorous captions, and a full-page interior and cover cartoon.
Complete in 32 pages, 8 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches, never bound nor trimmed, minor wear at the margins, good condition.
Complete in 32 pages, 8 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches, never bound nor trimmed, minor wear at the margins, good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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