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Original September 21, 1861 Harper's Weekly Volume 5 #247Condition: Very Good-, disbound, a few foxing spots, see photos, 16 pages large format 11" x 16" tall Newspaper Woodcut IllustrationsThe Army Forge full page illustration 1861St. Louis Missouri Major-General Fremont's Body-GuardCamp Blood, Near Pilot Knob MissouriFort Hatteras Before the SurrenderFiske at the Bombardment of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina Fort Hatteras Interior after the SurrenderFort Clark Interior after the SurrenderCameron Cavalry Private Tent InteriorCharleston BlockadeMajor-General McClellan Double Page by Chapin Stephens off photo by Brady and othersMAP of McClennans's Operations Along the PotomacDes Moines Cavalry Leaving Iowa for the WarDavenport Iowa marching Volunteers on Main Street Welcome Pride of Iowa (hand painted backpacks)Manufacturing Muskets in Springfield Mass. 1861King Cotton Political CartoonSachem of Tammany Kicking out a Wooden Imitation of Democracy Mozart Articles and NotesThe Way to Put Down The… Read More

1895. soft. Very Good. Original German January 2, 1895 PUCK Magazine 10.5 X 13.5 tall with 16 pages Condition: Very Good, some cracks around staples, COMPLETE, some yellowing from age. Includes 4 Color Lithograph pages - Front and Rear Covers and Double Center Page Comics Front Cover: Panic of 1894 with Saving of 1895. 'Welcome and Let Us Hope you will Be a Real Happy New Year'

1930. softcover. Very Good. Original 1930 s Cartoons from Esquire Lot of 287 118 in full color and 169 in BW. Many of the 119 Color Cartoons also have color illustrations on both sides. Large Format 9.5 X 14 tall For Sale as collection
Illustrators include: Paul Webb ESC Elmer Simms Campbell Barbara Shermund Rismerki D. McLaust Gilbert Bundy Rodney de Sarro Sidney Hoff Dorothy McKay Abner Dean Gardner Rea Howard Baer Ty Mahon roland Coe Laurence Fellows (fashion Illustrator) Raeburn Van Buren Jay Iwing Everett Shinn Dan O Howard George Lichty (later Grin and Bear it) Weiment Gaspano Ricca (Gus Ricca) Ed Graham John Groth V.L.Durkhard John Mackey John Garna J. Liedloff R.Van Buren Shanks Emery Kelen Alois Derso Jaro Fabry

Original November 28 1956 Punch Magazine
Condition: Very Good, cover torn at spine, corner bumps, 8.75" x 11.5" tall
Color Double Page Holy Matrimony by Norman Mansbridge

Original 1865 Our Young Folks Christmas Bells by Henry W. Longfellow First Printing!Civil War Bound Volume 1 All monthly Issues of 1865 the first year of Our Young FolksCondition: Fair, half leather and marbled paper bound, spine cracked, hinges cracked but operational, leather treated with Klucel G, 5.5" X 8.5" tall, 808 pages, with Index, published in Boston Ticknor and Fields 124 Tremont Street. University Press, Welch, Bigelow, & Co. Cambridge 1865. Many Woodcut Illustrations. Most Stories and Poems are First Printings.
Theodore Roosevelt read Our Young Folks as a child.
A Few Plain Words to my Little Pale-faced Friends....
Dio Lewis Afloat in the Forest....
Mayne Reid Among the Lions....
A. F. Among the Studios ....
T. B. Aldrich Andy's Adventures....
F.T. TrowbridgeApologizing....
Gail Hamilton (Abigail Dodge) Aunt Esther's Rules....
Harriet Beecher Stowe Aunt Esther's Stories....
Harriet Beecher Stowe Baby of the Regiment, The....
T. W. Higginson Birdie's Day with the Rose-Fairies ....
Margaret… Read More

Saturday Evening Post, 1959. soft. Good. ORIGINAL MAGAZINE COVER Saturday Evening Post ---Dieting Through Dessert --- This is the front cover only, not the entire magazine. It measures approx. 11 by 14 inches tall. Condition: Good - a few small tears at edge Cover Illustration: Dieting Through Dessert Description of Cover: Mr. Noble, on Constantin Alajalov s 1959 cover, doesn t even make it through dessert. His pretty dinner companion is overjoyed at the thought of strawberry shortcake, but Mr. Noble (panel 2) nobly declines. Pretty lady jabbers away, enjoying her dessert, while Mr. N looks like…well, remember that dog you had who watched with pitiful, soulful eyes as you forked down your dinner? Like that. Finally taking pity by the eighth panel of this scenario, the lady gives the last bite of dessert to the man, making for a happy couple in the last segment. Cover Artist: Constantin Alajalov Constantin Alajalov (also Aladjalov) (1900 in Rostov, Russia - October 23, 1987 in Amenia, New York) was… Read More

Original October 3, 1891 Town Talk weekly published in Fitchburg Massachusetts Volume III, Number 14 --RARE--Condition: Very Good, yellowing from age, some discolor, Complete, 11.5" x 9" and 32 pagesPhoto of James H. McMahom (chairman of Democratic City Committee) and articleWhispers and Rumors - Humor - Man About TownRavens Reflections - The Séance that the town is talking about. "That seance. Seance is a good work. I suppose you have heard that seance. I was there and I.....Jottings by the Way - Sixth annual YMCA concert, Annie Harrington Day Dance classes, New armory etcCity NewsJohnny Jones letter about bicycle race with cartoon.Gossip and Chit-Chat - humor - example "A sick woman said: "I'm so apprehensive, dear doctor, about being buried alive." The doctor replied: "You shan't be if I can prevent it." And now she wonder what he meant.Edited by the Sidewalk Sifter - Local Fitchburg news bits and opinionFitchburg Local Town AdvertisementsIllustration of The Patrol Wagon in 'Kidnapped' comedy… Read More

Judge September 5 1931 8.5" x 11.25" tall fair condition, 1 page missing #5/6, a couple tears on inside edge
Full of 1931 humor and cartoons
Dr. Seuss

Judge September 5 1931 8.5" x 11.25" tall with 32 pages good condition, 2 2 inch corner ads missing
Full of 1931 humor and cartoons
Dr. Seuss

Original December 17, 1952 Punch Magazine Volume CCXXIII No. 5854Condition: Good, cover has edge tears, corner bump, London, 8.75" x 11" tallAdvertisements including Benson and Hedges, Sobranie cigarettes, Moussec, Martell Cordon Bleu, White Horse Scotch Whisky, The Rover Seventy Five, British Aboe Scholarships, New Parker '51', Kenwood Electric Chef, Bellringers (in Color) Standard Triumph, Battersby London Hats, Renault 750, Dunlop Fort TireHeadline Writer's CraftAccountsNight DutyThe Minister's GreetingsCartoon of Joseph Stalin in Vienna and Lorea and MalayaCartoon CarolsLow Jinks by Alex AtkinsonA Canary Passes by Mark BevanChristmas TreesRather a Queer YarnManuscript Found in a VacuumChristmas Reading by T. S. WattPilot of the Pools by J.B. BoothroydImpressions of ParliamentAt the Play by Eric KeownCarols for Forty by D.J.SaintMr. Smith Receives Smith Minor's Term Report by G.H.Vallins

Many powerful figures on America's founding owned a copy of The Spectator including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton.
Original Edition -1753 -The Spectator- 6 Volumes of 8 total printed
Publisher-Printing Location: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper London Date and Numbering:MDCCLII 1753 Volume 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 Size and Page Count: 4" X 6.5" Tall
Condition: -Very Good- Half Leather Bound with marble paper boards. Leather cracking on spine covers, Hindges work, some foxing or darker areas on end paper. Text blocks tight and complete. Private library Emblem on inside of front boards of earlier owner "William Benj Marshall"
Illustrations Information:
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Volume 1 # 1 March 1 to #80 June 1, 1711
Volume 2 #81 June 2 to #169 September 13, 1711
Volume 5 #322 March 10 to #394 June 2, 1712
Volume 6 #395 June 3 to #473 September 2, 1712
Volume 7 #474 September 3 to #555 December 6, 1712
Volume 8… Read More

1883. Very Good. The Spectator Introduction, notes, and index by Henry Morley Date: 1883, originally published from 1711-1712 All Three Volumes of a Three Volume Set Size and Page Count: 5.5 X 7.25 Tall, approx. 2151 total pages Published by: George Routledge and Sons Condition: Very good, Half leather bound with marble boards, flaking on edges of covers, some uncut pages, end-pages with signatures and markings, small tears on end-page in first edition, but otherwise text in pristine condition. Contents: The Spectator was widely read by people from the 18th and 19th centuries. These papers influenced many leaders during those ages and was found in the libraries of legendary men such as George Washington, John Hancock, Samuel Johnson, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Adam Smith, and even C.S. Lewis in the 20th century. The Spectator was a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England after they met at Charterhouse School; it lasted from 1711 to 1712. Each paper , or… Read More

Original World War I Jokes and Stories Pamphet 4.5" x 5.75" tall with 18 pages. front cover light water stains, faded some. Printed by Veteran Service Magazine 1918
Comics of War - Facts of Service
"Price - Pay What You Please for Disabled Ex-Service Men
World War 1