An album of Civil War Patriotic Pictorial Covers with pro-Union designs and slogans
- Used
- Condition
- Contemporary folder, with "PML 3958" on paper label on upper cover, covers secured loosely to album leaves by means of string an
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Some 15,000 such covers were privately printed in the North during the war, circulating patriotic sentiment among those who were not directly engaged in battle, and intended to boost morale of the soldiers who might receive a letter from home tucked into one of them. The covers were also marketed as souvenirs, with albums like the present one being sold for the express purpose of preserving the covers. (One of the envelopes advertises "Haine's Envelope Holder for Holding and Preserving Illustrated Envelopes," of which this folder is an example.) While individual covers aren't uncommon on the market, it is unusual to encounter a collection assembled in the period and housed in a contemporary album. See Stephen Boyd, Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War (LSU 2010)
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 309404
- Title
- An album of Civil War Patriotic Pictorial Covers with pro-Union designs and slogans
- Format/Binding
- 99 individual covers, measuring approximately 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 to 3 x 6 inches. Folio album
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary folder, with "PML 3958" on paper label on upper cover, covers secured loosely to album leaves by means of string an
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- vp
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- Civil War
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...