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CW-HW11 |
Civil
War Newspaper
Harper's Weekly.
Journal of Civilization
for September 6, 1862 |
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Vol.
VL- No. 297 New York, Saturday, September 6, 1862. Title under engraving detail shown "The Iron Clad Frigate
'Ironsides' in Fighting Trim". Other engravings
"The Battle of Baton Rouge" "The Union Gun-boat
'Essex' (Commander Porter) Destroying the Rebel Iron-Clad
Ram 'Arkansas', in the Mississippi" "Our Women
and the War (full center page)" "The Army of
the Potomac Arriving at Yorktown From Williamsburg"
"The Last Reconnaissance of the War Balloon on the
James River". Pages 561- 576. |
SALE $ 8.00 |
BK1-
SA-012 |
Scientific
American
August 22, 1891 |
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Title under
cover engraving "Trials of Magazine Rifles Made by
the War Department, at Governor's Island, N.Y." Vol.
LXV.- No.8 New York, August 22, 1891. Damage to edge of
newspaper where it looks as if it was in a loose-leaf holder and had been ripped out. Pgs. 111- 126. |
SALE $8.00 |
BK1-
SA-011 |
Scientific
American
July 13, 1895 |
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Title under
engraving "The Ball Nozzle" "1 and 2.
Experiments illustrating the principle. 3. Hose nozzle. 4.
Fountain 5. Lawn Sprinkler. 6. Exhibition of fire nozzle."
Vol. LXXIII.- No.2 New York July 13, 1895. Has article on
"To the North Pole by Balloon." Pgs.17-32. |
SALE $8.00 |
BK1-
SA-010 |
Scientific
American
October 16, 1897 |
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Title under
photographs "Landing the Great Meteorite From the
'Hope' at the Brooklyn Navy Yard." "Esquimau
Dogs" "Esquimau Man and Boy." "Raising
the Great Meteorite From the Hold of the 'Hope.'"
All are under the general heading "The Return of the
Peary Expedition." Vol. LXXVII.- No.16. New York,
October 16, 1897. Also articles on the Lowell Textile
School. Has continued articles and photos on the Peary
Expedition. Pgs. 241-256. |
SALE $8.00 |
BK1-
SA-009 |
Scientific
American Special Navy Supplement |
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Titles under
photos on front page are "First Class 'Indiana'"
and "'Indiana'- Forward Turret, Looking Aft from the
Bow." Copyrighted 1898. 40 + pgs. & 6 pgs.
advertisements. Packed with engravings, photos and
drawings It has lots of battleships, cruisers. Picture of
Coast Defense Monitor 'Amphitrite'- the Forward Pair of
10-inch Guns., U.S. Armored Coast Defense Vessel
'Monterey', Dynamite Gunboat 'Vesuvius', Torpedo Boat
'Porter', Submarine Torpedo Boat 'Holland", Second-Class
Battleship 'Maine' and more. Stapled binding. |
SALE $8.00 |
BK1-
PP-008 |
Punchinello
June 4, 1870 |
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Punchinello Vol. 1, No. 10, New York
Saturday, June 4, 1870. Has engraving on pg. 153 titled
"The New Plea for Murder" With police officer
in front of police station with man who has shot another
man and holding a certificate of marriage. Subtitled
"Man With Revolver. 'Of Course I've Killed Him, But
it's no murder, for I'm insane. If you don't believe it,
there's my marriage certificate!" |
SALE $ 7.00 |
| BK1-
HW-FB2064
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Harper's Weekly
Journal of Civilization.
February 20, 1864 |
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Vol. VIII.- No. 373. New York
,Saturday, February 20, 1864. Title under engraving on
front "General Grant Crossing the Cumberland
Mountains, January 7, 1864. Other engravings "Military
Hall of the Third Corps, Army of the Potomac",
Center spread is "St. Valentines Day 1864" with
naval and army cherubs delivering valentines letters from
the troops. Also "Scenes in and Around Richland
Jail, Columbia, South Carolina" "Fort Fisher,
Commanding the New Inlet Entrance to Cape Fear River. The
British Steamer 'Hansa' Running the Blockade Under the
Guns of the Fort." "The Destruction by Fire of Colt's Armory, at Hartford, Connecticut" Pgs. 113-128.
Pg 17/18 has been cut and only has engraving and info on
"Railroad Accident in Kentucky". |
SALE $8.00 |
BK1-
HW-MH1264 |
Harper's Weekly
Journal of Civilization
March 12, 1864 |
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Vol. VIII.- No. 376. New York,
Saturday, March 12, 1864. Title under cover engraving
"Major-General William T. Sherman." Other
engraving titles "Escaping Union Officers Succored
by Slaves" "Major-General Palmer" "Brigadier-General
W.S. Smith" "Bridge Across the Holston, at
Knoxville, Tennessee" "Map of the Campaign in
East Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, and
Florida." Center engraving spread is "A Story
of the Sea, Incidents in the Life of a Sailor." Also
"Sanderson, Florida, Occupied by Our Advance Before
the Battle of Oluster" "Scene of the Fight at
the Plank Bridge Over Big Creek, at Barber's, February 19,
1864" "Barber's House at the Ford on Big Creek,
Colonel Barton's Head-Quarters" "General Truman
Seymour" and "Wreck of the 'Bohemian' as Seen
the Morning After She Sunk." Cover has masking tape
repair to rip as seen in picture. |
SALE$ 10.00 |
BK1-
HW-AL964 |
Harper's Weekly
Journal of Civilization
April 9, 1864 |
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Vol. VIII.- No. 380. New York,
Saturday, April 9, 1864. Title under cover engraving
"The Metropolitan Fair Building on fourteenth
Street, New York." Other titles "Metropolitan
Fair Buildings, on Union Square, New York" "Major-General
John A. Dix, President of the Metropolitan Fair"
"Rev. Henry W. Bellows, D.D., President United
States Sanitary Commission." Full page engraving
dedicated to U.S. Sanitary Commission "Our Heroines".
Center engraving spread is titled "The War in
Tennessee- Views at Knoxville and Vicinity." Also
"Soldier's Ball at Huntsville, Alabama-Dancing the 'Virginia Reel'." |
SALE $8.00 |
BK1-
HW-AL3064 |
Harper's Weekly
Journal of Civilization
April 30, 1864 |
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Vol. VIII.- No.
383. New York, Saturday, April 30, 1864. No title under
cover engraving. Other titles "In the Fair"
"Admiral Porter's Flotilla" "Map of Fort
De Russy" "The Steam-Ram 'Switzerland'"
"The Advance Signal-Station Near Ringold, Georgia"
Ringold, Georgia". Missing pgs. 279-284. |
SALE $8.00 |
BK1-
89-1477
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Children's Illustrated Book
King Buff |
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Large quatro with illustrated wrappers. Childrens story about the buffalo with illustrations. 20 pgs. Overall size is 10" x 12+". Story and drawing by Ellis Christian Lnz. Published in 1937 by the Saalfield Publishing Company. |
SALE $8.00
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