Original Harpers Weekly - March 1864 : Brooklyn Sanitary Fair double page plate

Description: Harper's Weekly A Journal of Civilization ---o---o--- Saturday March 5, 1864 Illustrations Include Brooklyn Sanitary Commission Fair ---------------------------------------------- Published in New York by Harper & Brothers ---------------------------------------------- Newspaper : Overall Good Carefully Removed from a Bound Volume of Original Papers Light water stain to bottom edge. Paper quality is good. Centerfold Illustration was tabbed - not stitched through when the issue was sewn into the bound volume. This is the best way to have done them, as it does not result in stitch holes down the center of the image. The folding plate will display nicely. Full Issue : 16 pages in totalWill be shipped carefully rolled, in a sturdy Mailing Tube. ================================ Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor, alongside illustrations. It carried extensive coverage of the American Civil War, including many illustrations of events from the war. During its most influential period, it was the forum of the political cartoonist Thomas Nast. Besides illustrations by Wislow Homer and Thomas Nast, the magazine published illustrations by Theodore R. Davis, Henry Mosler, and the brothers Alfred and William Waud. ======================================= Saturday, MARCH 5, 1864 Illustrations IncludeBrooklyn Sanitary Commission Fair Libby Prison Escape Reconnaissance at Morton's Ford Plus information on the War between Denmark and Germany. And political cartoon on the back : "Waking up Hornet's Nest" about France and Great Britian contemplating intervention in the American Conflict.=================================== Thank you for supporting independent booksellers ! (not bulk resellers who don't know the first thing about what they are selling !) I pride myself on knowing my stock, accurate descriptions, and good packing !!! The Rock Top Book Shop and Bindery Cashtown, Pennsylvania ====================================== Thanks for Looking !!! ---------------------------------------------------------- Postage is free (within Continental US - others at cost) either by media mail or priority depending upon the final sale price of the items(s). I always include delivery confirmation, and will insure more expensive packages at my cost.Check my other auctions for Civil War related books, documents, and ephemera, plus the occasional other book or curiosity - mostly military related. ========================================

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