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Lot 152
[CIVIL WAR]. Harper's Weekly. Bound volumes for 1862 and 1863. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Harper's Weekly. Bound volumes for 1862 and 1863. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Folio (11 x 15 3/4 in.), most 16 pages. 2 volumes, numbering:
1862: Vol. VI, No. 262, 4 January 1862 through Vol. VI, No. 313, 27 December 1862 (toning, occasional staining and spotting, chipping to edges, all issues loose but show evidence of having once been bound as evidenced by small holes in folds). Includes separate weekly issues for the entire year except 12, 19, and 26 July. Housed in hand-crafted wood and leather case (wear to extremities, modern labels affixed to cover). -- 1863: Vol. VII, No. 314, 3 January 1863 through Vol. VII, No. 365, 26 December 1863 (toning, occasional staining and spotting, chipping to edges of newspapers, damage and loss to approx. 20 page). Cloth boards, "Harper's Weekly, Vol. 7, 1863" on spine (shelf wear).
Property from the Estate of Amelia and Aubrey Abramson, Sunnyvale, California