Box 1
Contains 5 Results:
Vol. I, Nos. I – XVIII, 1889 Fall-1890 February
The first edition of The Bassoon weekly journal by the Bachelor’s Ten Society; Wallace Leland Wright was editor of that first issue; subsequent issues had an editor and associate editor, each rotating among the members; complete first volume; laid inside is a piece of sheet music titled “Plantation Dance” for second banjo by Paul Eno, 2pp.; bound edition
Vol. II, Nos. I - No. VIII, 1890 March-April
Added a quote from S.T. Coleridge to the masthead: “The wedding guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud Bassoon”; bound with cardboard from a Strawbridge & Clothier (Philadelphia) box, addressed to Mrs. J. Matlack, 203 Market Street, city (c.o.d. $8.75)
Vol. II, Nos. IX – XVII, 1890 May-June
Added supplements called “Advanced Civilization”; no. XI missing
Vol. II, Nos. XVIII – XXIV, 1890 September-October
No. IX missing, supplement included; no. 22 missing
Vol. III, Nos. I – VIII, 1890 November-December
No. VII missing, supplement included