HARPER'S WEEKLY: A JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION, May 20, 1865: Lincoln Assassination and Funeral
by [Abraham Lincoln]
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1865. 16 pages. Large folio (16 inches by 11 1/4 inches). Original complete issue of Harper's Weekly. Harper's Weekly was the most important American pictorial newspaper in the 19th century. Because the original wood engravings in virtually every issue are highly collectible, complete issues are becoming more difficult to obtain. The issue offered here focuses on the events following the assassination of Lincoln. On the front page are articles on the assassination and the funeral along with three original wood engravings: one showing the ruins of the Garrett barn where John Wilkes Booth was shot; another showing the house where Booth died; and a third engraving of the house of Booth's co-conspirator David Herold. On the interior are multiple engravings of various Lincoln funeral sites. Among the unrelated engravings is the double-page centerfold by Thomas Nast, entitled "Palm Sunday"--one side portraying the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem and the other side, Lee surrendering to Grant. This issue of Harper's Weekly is disbound from an annual volume and has the usual sewing holes along the binding edge, but it is still in very good condition: clean and bright, with minimal toning of the paper. Note: we have available more than 500 complete issues of Harper's Weekly as well as thousands of individual wood engravings. Please inquire if you are looking for specific items.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Magazine.
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Details
- Seller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- W2380
- Title
- HARPER'S WEEKLY: A JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION, May 20, 1865: Lincoln Assassination and Funeral
- Author
- [Abraham Lincoln]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1865
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15" -
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
We hold books only for firm orders. Books may be returned within 7 days of receipt for refund of purchase price. We pay shipping costs only if we have made a significant error in description.
About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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- First Edition
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- Folio
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