HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. (OCTOBER, 1881). Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1881.
 
Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in New York City in June 1850, it is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States. While Scientific American, founded in 1845, is older, it did not become monthly until 1921.--Wikipedia
 
Softcover magazine. Foxing at the cover fore edge and a bottom fox mark that goes through the first several pages (then disappears). Small edge chips and spine edge tears (the spine paper is mostly abraded). About 10 x 7. Fair condition. Illustrated.