Large Grouping of Harper’s Weekly

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/30/2014

Just a wide variety of interests are represented in this grouping of 31 Harper’s Weekly complete issues, each disbound, 16pp., occasional tear, VG. For simplicity we have listed the date and the front cover engraving. The issues include; August 15, 1868, Full engraving of Lady Liberty “Reconstruction.” ... February 15, 1873, Full engraving “Robbing the United States Mail.” ... March 15, 1873, Full engraving “The Doubtful Bank Note.” ... April 19, 1873, Half page engraving “Farm Ballads” with poem “Uncle Sammy.” ... January 24, 1874, Full engraving “A hard Fish to Catch,” by Nast. March 28, 1874, Full engraving, Mourning the Death of Charles Sumner. ... June 13, 1874, Full engraving by Nast shows the Arrest of 43 women “..who went on the streets to sing and pray ...” .. January 16, 1875, Full engraving shows public school of Asian, native, and Black students. ... January 23, 1875, Full engraving, European nobility. ... February 20, 1875, Two 1/2 page engravi ngs, the lower showing a Black boy writing a valentine. ... March 27, 1875, Full engraving by Nast shows President Grant delivering his Louisiana Message. ... May 8, 1875, 2/3 page engraving on the death of John Harper. ... May 15, 1875, Full engraving by Nast, shows the corruption of Gov. Tilden ... May 22, 1875, Full engraving shows the Pope with his dog eyeing the school. torn. ... May 29, 1875, Full engraving “The Wreck of the Schiller.” ... June 5, 1875, Full engraving Shows General Sheridan “Captured At Last.” ... June 19, 1875, Full engraving by Nast shows President Grant and Chief Spotted Tail. ... February 10, 1877, Full engraving Of Boss Tweed heading to Prison ... June 2, 1877, Full engraving, “The Situation on the Black Sea.” ... June 23, 1877, Full engraving, “Whaling Station on the California Coast.” ... June 30, 1877, Full engraving by Nast shows European leaders scissoring the European map. ... July 21, 1877, Full engraving, “The Reining Belle.” ... July 20, 1878, Full engraving, The Henley Regatta Course.” ... October 12, 1878, Full engraving, “Pack Mule Train in Colorado.” ... January 11, 1879, Full engraving by Nast “The Golden New Year.” ... January 25, 1879, Full engraving by Nast “No More Outbreaks” satire of the Indian bureau. ... February 8, 1879, Full engraving by Nast shows a Balck man, and Indian, and Coolie “Every Dog Has His Day.” ... March 1, 1879, Full engraving, Peace. ... May 10, 1879, Full engraving by Nast accuses the Democratic Party of Voting Fraud. ... June 28, 1879, Full engraving by Nast, “English Georgraphy.” ... July 12, 1879, Full engraving by Nast of a Southern Senator, “I do refer me to the oracle.”

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