Harper\'s Weekly: A Complete, Bound Civil War Volume Set
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Harper\'s Weekly: A Complete, Bound Civil War Volume Set:
$7800.00
A Complete, Bound Volume Set of Civil War Harper’s Weekly
A rare war-dated complete run of America’s most famous illustrated newspaper.
[CIVIL WAR]. Newspapers. Harper’s Weekly bound collection. 261 complete issues in five volumes (Volume V-No. 210 through Volume IX No. 470), January 5, 1861-December 30, 1865. In original bindings, with the owner’s paper label, “Library of I. Linton” in the front of each.Inventory #22843
Overall good condition, a few of the bindings are cracked and separating at covers. Minor tears and smudges, as is expected with such a large and complete collection.
Includes the map “Map of the Southern States Showing Rail Roads, County Towns, State Capitals, County Roads, The Southern Coast From Delaware to Texas Showing the Harbors, Inlets, Forts, and Positions of Blockading Ships.” This map is very hard to find in good condition, and despite the tears, which can be easily repaired, ours is very good.
This set records the entire Civil War in text and engravings. The 35+ Winslow Homer engravings from this period are present, as well as serializations of Charles Dickens’s works.
Some content highlights include:
1861: Jan. 5, full front page, The Seceding Georgia Delegation; Feb. 2, full front page shows The Seceding Mississippi Delegation in Congress and includes Jefferson Davis; March 9, full front page: Pres. Lincoln Hoisting the American Flag Upon Independence Hall; March 16, full front page: The Inaugural Procession at Washington Passing the Gate of the Capitol Grounds showing Abraham Lincoln and James Buchanan in a carriage; May 4, full front page, The House-Tops in Charleston During the Bombardment of Sumter, July 13, slave sale print; August 3, front page features two Civil War images captioned: The Death of the Rebel General Garnett, at the Battle of Laurel Hill, August 10, many prints on the battle of Bull Run; December 14, full front page, A Chart Map of Georgia, Showing the percentage of Slaves in Each County.
1862 includes: March 22, naval battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac; April 26, Battle of Pittsburg Landing; May 17, great double centerfold: Com. Farragut’s Squadron Entering the Mississippi River; May 31, full front page: Balloon View of the Attack on Fort Darling; June 14, Robert Smalls and Steamer “Planter”; July 12, two important Winslow Homer prints; July 26, Battle of the Chickahominy; September 2, 2nd Battle of Bull Run; October 4, a complete printing of the Emancipation Proclamation signed in type “Abraham Lincoln,” headed: The Abolition of Slavery--A Proclamation. October 11, Battle of Antietam; November 15, the most famous of all Homer Civil War prints, A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty.
1863 includes: January 17, “The Emancipation Proclamation”; March 14, full front page Teaching the Negro Recruits the Use of the Minie Rifle; July 25, the Battle of Gettysburg; August 8, the Battle of Gettysburg; October 17, Abraham Lincoln establishes the first national Thanksgiving; December 26, Thomas Nast’s iconic Santa Claus.
1864 includes: March 19, full front page, Brigadier General George A. Custer, showing him leading a charge on horseback, March 26, front page text: Gen. Custer’s Raid; double page centerfold Gen. Grant Receiving His Commission as Lt. Gen. from Pres. Lincoln; July 2, prime content in the front page illustration: The Rebel General Robert Edmund Lee with a short biography on him as well. November 12, front page contains a print captioned: General Custer Presenting Captured Battle Flags at the War Department, Washington; November 26, famous Lincoln cartoon on having won the election, Long Abraham Lincoln A Little Longer.
1865 includes: January 7 full front page: Raising the Colors of the 107th N.Y. Reg. Over the Capitol at Milledgeville, Ga. Full page shows 2 scenes of Atlanta; March 18, full front page: President Lincoln Taking the Oath At His Second Inauguration, March 4, 1865; April 29, front page has a large and dramatic illustration of J. Wilkes Booth plus a lengthy article headed: The Murder Of The President, a nice display issue. May 6, one of the most desired of the Civil War era, if not the 19th century, as much of it deals with the assassination and funeral of President Abraham Lincoln; July 22, Lincoln conspirators hanged, including Mrs. Surratt; September 30, Hanging of Amy Spain... Negro slave; Nov. 11, Execution of Champ Ferguson, the Guerrilla, at Nashville; Nov. 18, Base-Ball Match Between the “Athletics” of Philadelphia, Pa.
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Harper\'s Weekly: A Complete, Bound Civil War Volume Set:
$7800.00