Lot 136
[CIVIL WAR]. Harper's Weekly. 305 issues in 6 bound volumes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860-1865. 
Estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $3,125

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Harper's Weekly. 305 issues in 6 bound volumes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860-1865. 

Folio (10 3/4 x 15 /2 in.), most 16 pages, 305 issues in 6 bound volumes, numbering: 1860: Vol. IV, No. 158, 7 January 1860 through Vol. IV, No. 209, 29 December 1860 (lacking first leaf of issue No. 158, lacking volume title page and index). One-quarter red morocco with cloth boards (lacking spine, water damage and fading). -- 1861: Vol. V, No. 210, 5 January 1861 through Vol. V., No. 261, 28 December 1861. One-quarter calf with marbled boards (lights scuffing). -- 1862: Vol. VI, No. 262, 4 January 1862 through Vol. VI, No. 313, 27 December 1862. (Tear on pp.737-8 in issue No. 308.) One-quarter navy morocco with cloth-covered boards (rear hinge broken, scuffing). -- 1863: Vol. VII, No. 314, 3 January 1863 through Vol. VII, No. 365, 26 December 1863. (Lacking 1st leaf of No. 315). One-quarter red morocco (lacking spine, board partially detached, soiled). -- 1864:  Vol. VIII, No. 367, 9 January 1864 through Vol. VIII, No. 418, 31 December 1864. (Lacking issue 366, lacking 1st leaf of issue No. 381, lacking volume title page and index.) One-quarter black morocco with marbled boards (lacking front board, scuffing). -- 1865: Vol. IX, No. 419, 7 January 1865 through Vol. IX, No. 470, 30 December 1865. (Loss to 1st leaf of issue No. 455.) One-quarter red morocco with cloth covered boards (lacking spine, scuffs). 

Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”
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