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Harpers Weekly 8-23-1862 HARRISON'S LANDING Steinway Pianos NAVY Gun-making, MAP

$ 10.55

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Complete issue of 16 pages. Paper was made with rag content at the time so the paper quality is excellent. The issue was previously bound, protecting the pages within for over 150 years. There is little staining or foxing, just occasionally some light smudging along the edges of some pages (see photos). All illustrations are in very good to excellent condition. Issue is stored in a clear acid-free plastic sleeve with one end open.
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Modified Item: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)

    Description

    Authentic (not a reprint) Civil War Harper's Weekly dated August 23, 1862 featuring:
    Please see photos for additional information
    Cover illustration/article "Great War Meeting at Washington DC, August 6, 1862"
    Article/illustrations "General View of the Encampment of The Army Of The Potomac at Harrison's Landing" [sketched by AR Waud] plus two additional illustrations at Harrison's Landing, Heron Creek, Kimmidge's Creek
    Map
    "Map of the Country Surrounding Richmond, VA, Showing the Railroads, Principal Roads, Water-Courses, etc."
    Article/illustrations
    "Specimens of our New Iron-Clad Navy"
    Article/full-page illustrations "Making Guns for the New Monitors at Pittsburg, PA" [sketched by TR Davis]
    Article/illustration
    "The Pacific Mail Company's Steamer "Golden Gate" Burned at Sea July 27, 1862" and "The US Infantry Burning the House of the Rebel Ruffin Under the Guns of the US Gun-Boat 'Mahaska'"
    Article/illustration "The Murder of General Robert L. McCook, Near Salem, AL"
    Article/illustration "
    Steinway's Pianos"
    Back page ads and political cartoons, one featuring Uncle Sam, the others military conscription
    Shipping
    : Stored in a clear, plastic sleeve with one end open.  Will be safely mailed flat and well-supported by cardboard in a poly bubble-mailer.
    I will happily combine shipping for like items.  Shipping for each additional Illustrated London News or Harper's Weekly is an additional .