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[CIVIL WAR]. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Bound vols. in English and German, ca 1858-1862. 
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Nov 30, 2023
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Dec 11, 2023
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[CIVIL WAR]. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Bound vols. in English and German, ca 1858-1862. 

Folio (approx. 11 1/2 x 16 in.). 2 volumes, including:

Bound volume containing issues of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, as well as a sampling of issues from New York Illustrated News and Harper's Weekly. (significant wear to binding; toning, staining, spotting, chipping, tearing, occasional areas of loss or sections cut out). 1859-1861 (English). 30+ issues from Leslie's, which date from 30 April 1861 through 28 December 1861, and an additional 6 issues dating from March 1858-Dec. 1859; 6 issues from New York Illustrated News, which date from Nov. 1859-May 1861; 2 issues from Harper's Weekly, which date to Aug. 1861 and Dec. 1861. 

Bound volume containing issues of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper for 1862 (in German): 8 February 1862 through 2 August 1862 (significant wear, incl. warping to boards; toning, staining and spotting, chipping, occasional tearing to contents). 

[With:] A large group of Frank Leslie's Illustrated reissued magazines after issues produced ca 1861-1865. -- MOAT, Louis Shepheard, ed. Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War. New York: Mrs. Frank Leslie, 1895 (shelf wear to covers). -- Frank Leslie's Illustrations. The American Soldier in the Civil War. A Pictorial History...New York: Bryan, Taylor & Co., 1895 (some shelf wear; contents good).
Property from the Estate of Amelia and Aubrey Abramson, Sunnyvale, California
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