ORIGINAL BOUND 1878 HARPERS BAZAR 25 PATTERNS MINT Start Price USD 2,000.00 Current Price USD 2,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, July 20, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 27, 2008 Location Brooklyn, NY See more about 'ORIGINAL BOUND 1878 HARPERS BAZAR 25 PATTERNS MINT' Description   For Auction: Original edition of Harper's Bazar from 1878, Complete with all 25 Patterns.   Rare -- Comes from a Harper Estate Auction.   The book is in absolutely pristine condition [with the exception of some very minor scuffing on corners of boards.]   ·        Complete with all 25 unopened, mint patterns, ·        Virtually no foxing, creasing, chips or tears -- pages are really exceptionally clean and not at all brittle,  ·        Original half marble, half leather binding, ·        Fine marbling on page edges, ·        All pages and boards firmly attached   This book is remarkable—the finest Harper’s I’ve seen in my many years of collecting and selling prints; too fine to break up. THIS IS FOR THE COLLECTOR OF FINE BOOKS.   Additional photos available upon request. Questions welcome and answered promptly.       General Information   Payment: we accept it all—whatever is most convenient for you—PayPal, cashier’s checks, money orders and personal checks. Personal checks require about 10 days to clear so shipping is delayed. However, we only accept PayPal for international payments.   We expect the winning bidder to make contact within 5 days. And, we expect payment within 10 days after we make contact. Since we are charged for items whether or not we get paid, we must report non-paying bidders to get the Ebay credit. If You Have A Question Don't Hesitate To Contact Us.  We Are Happy To Answer All Questions And Usually Can Do So With 24 Hours.    Insurance: we recommend insurance on all items. However, our policy is that insurance is optional. That said uninsured items are the responsibility of the buyer. If you do not receive your item within a reasonable amount of time, or if it arrives broken, and the item has been insured just send us an email and we will forward the insurance receipt to you. We generally do not follow up on insurance issues beyond sending you the insurance slip.   If requested, we will try to insure shipments outside the continental U.S. However, the post office does not offer insurance to some locations. Please ask before you bid if you need insurance and you live outside the continental U.S. if you don't ask i will assume that you don't want insurance and will ship without any, at your risk.     Return policy: Please be assured that we strive to provide our customers and potential customers with accurate descriptions and we always do our best to mention any condition issues worth noting. If you are ever dissatisfied with a purchase from us, please contact us immediately. We stand behind what we sell and will do our best to accommodate. All of our items have a full return policy, less shipping (unless we unintentionally misrepresented an item).   Please do check out our other items. We add to our listing several times a week. And, of course, bookmark our site....for later shopping occasions.     Important Note   If you found this item on an auction, please do go to our store. We only auction a small sampling of the many items (mostly prints) we have in each category every week. There are lots more in our store at buy it now pricing. Just enter a key word (the best way to find what you want) or take a look at all our categories. We've tried to make it very easy for you to find that special item. Our goal is to make this a site that you can go to for all your print needs at reasonable prices. We're determined to cultivate a solid following and will do whatever it takes to make that happen. Place a Bid!