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Harper's Weekly: Saturday, March 16, 1861. Vol V, No.220 (Lincoln Inauguration)
by Harper and Brothers
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Bound with thin thread - perhaps once bound with other issues. Clean covers but for faint staining along tail edges; some rubbing wear along joint; clean interior with some offset to text pages from illustrations; leaves remain supple. Center 2 page illustration is Winslow Homer's wood engraving. Includes: chapters 24 + 25 of Dicken's Great Expectations; engravings of inaugural events and other Congressional scenes; sketches of Fort Sumter; listing of new Cabinet members; summaries of secession conventions in the South; international reports; more. Elephant folio (28 x 40 cm); 16 pp (8 leaves including covers).
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19605
- Title
- Harper's Weekly: Saturday, March 16, 1861. Vol V, No.220 (Lincoln Inauguration)
- Author
- Harper and Brothers
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New York: Harper and Brothers
- Date Published
- 1861
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CIVIL WAR; PRESIDENCY; ABRAHAM LINCOLN; WINSLOW HOMER; SLAVERY; SECESSION; TREASON; ANTEBELLUM; CONGRESS; INAUGURAL; HANNIBAL HAMLIN; FORT SUMTER; REPUBLICANS; CAPITOL; WASHINGTON DC; BUCHANAN; CHARLES DICKENS; GREAT EXPECTATIONS; NEWSPAPERS; COLLECTIBLE;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Politics, Government;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
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About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Rubbing
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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- New
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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