September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
Newspapers, Three issues of Puck, New York, October 19, 1887, October 26, 1887, November 2, 1887each 16pp., disbound, color covers and center pages, highly political, VG. From the October 19th issue, a vertical center spread mocking the Republican Party using a ghost image of Lincoln and a straw man titled "Bloody Shirt." From the October 26th issue, a center spread showing the Laborer trapped between the slavery of unionism and the wolf of starvation. from the November 2nd issue, a center spread showing Platt controlling Grant, Hancock and others.
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