The industrial revolution, as it transformed all aspects of American life and society, dramatically affected newspapers. Both the numbers of papers and their paid circulations rose dramatically. The 1850 U.S. census catalogued 2,526 titles of periodicals in print. In the 1850's powerful, giant presses appeared, able to print ten thousand complete papers per hour. At this time the first "pictorial" weekly newspapers emerged; they featured for the first time extensive illustrations of events in the news, as woodcut engravings made from correspondents' sketches or taken from that new invention, the photograph.

There are published in the United States alone as many periodicals and papers as are produced in the whole of Europe. It is no matter of surprise then that America should be centuries ahead of the Old World in point of intelligence and general diffusion of knowledge. -Walt Whitman, editorial in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 23, 1846

Newspaper growth continued unabated in the years following the War for the Union. An astounding 11,314 different papers were recorded in the 1880 census. By the 1890's the first circulation figures of a million copies per issue were recorded (ironically, these newspapers are now quite rare due to the atrocious quality of cheap paper then in use, and to great losses in World War II era paper drives) At this period appeared the features of the modern newspaper, bold "banner" headlines, extensive use of illustrations, "funny pages," plus expanded coverage of organized sporting events. The rise of "yellow journalism" also marks this era. Hearst could truthfully boast that his newspapers manufactured the public clamor for war on Spain in 1898. Century's end is also the age of media consolidation, as many independent newspapers were swallowed up into powerful "chains"; with regrettable consequences for a once fearless and incorruptible press, many were reduced to vehicles for the distribution of the particular views of their owners, and so remained, without competing papers to challenge their viewpoints. In our time, radio and television have replaced newspapers as the nation's primary information sources, so it may be difficult for the modern journalism hobbyist initially to fully appreciate the pivotal role that newspapers have played in our history.

Papers and magazines from many different states and territories appear in these Nineteenth Century offerings. All shades of opinion are to be found in the editorials of these periodicals, along with full local, national and world news reporting. The differences in the earliest issues and the latest in this period are quite startling. The true modern newspaper slowly takes shape, decade by decade, in response to improvements in reporting techniques, printing and paper making technology, and to changing social values and interests.

In this period America left behind its roots as a small agrarian republic to assume its worldwide role as an imperial power, fueled by an industrial growth unprecedented in history. Physically the nation grew from a small area of the eastern seaboard to dominate the continent. From a policy of maintaining no standing army, a huge military establishment blossomed. From the Founders' ideal of a limited government grew a gigantic Federal bureaucracy. From a nation of small farming towns, America became a land of sprawling cities and heavy industry. There were of course conflicting opinions over the course the nation was taking, some of which exploded into violent confrontation and the most bitter political acrimony. To read about them now as they were reported at the time can furnish the modern collector with most interesting insights of how dramatic our history has been, and how rapid, almost overwhelming change has been the norm, rather than the exception, for some two hundred years now.

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Frederick Douglass Declines to Address the First Free-Soil Party Convention
G1-029. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE WEEKLY HERALD, August 19, 1848. [Complete original issue, 8 pages, folio size, published at New York, by James Gordon Bennett]
Frontpage headlines: "THE FREE SOIL CONVENTION AT BUFFALO", "NOMINATION OF MARTIN VAN BUREN FOR PRESIDENT" full detailed coverage of the first nominating convention of the short-lived party fills all of that page and most of Page Two. Their platform declared "...we inscribe on our banner, 'Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor and Free Men,' and under it we will fight on and fight ever, until a triumphant victory shall reward our exertions." Here the great human rights champion Fred Douglass is introduced to the convention, and receives a tremendous ovation, but declines to speak, citing a "recently performed operation on my throat". Though opposed to the expansion of slavery - and therefore denounced by Bennett in his report here - the Free Soiler ticket's inclusion of Van Buren discouraged many anti-slavery Whigs from joining; perhaps this is why Douglass refused to speak, for many of the more committed enemies of slavery dismissed the party as the "Free Spoilers", and Douglass would later advise his friends to vote the uncompromising Liberty party ticket this year. While they failed to capture the presidency, party members would be a formidable presence in Congress, albeit briefly. Excellent Americana on one of the great newspapers of the age.
Condition of this issue is very fine . . . 48.00

By the Inventor of the Graham Cracker!
G1-030. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE GRAHAM JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND LONGEVITY, March 16, 1839. [Complete issue of 16 pages, octavo size, published at Boston, Mass., by Sylvester Graham]
The journal of health reformer Sylvester Graham (1794 - 1851), who advocated whole foods, fresh air, exercise, etc. for prolonged health. The cracker of coarsely ground whole wheat he invented is still being consumed, the familiar "Graham cracker." Ralph Waldo Emerson lampooned Graham as the "poet of bran bread and pumpkins." In this issue we find articles on"Curative Properties of Water", "Animal Magnetism" Provocative article "Quackery Among Grahamites!" beginning "Manufacturing diseases... is a trade better followed than any other in our 'growing' republic," still an accurate observation. A new "Treatment of Maniacs" described by the Mass. Lunatic Hospital. More. Scarce and appealing little weekly.
Condition is fine . . . 15.00

A Very Rare Early Glimpse of Japan!
G1-031. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE SAILOR'S MAGAZINE, July, 1846. [Complete issue of 32 pages, octavo size, published at Boston, Mass.]
"VISIT TO JAPAN" is a four-page account of the adventure of Captain Cooper, of the "whaleship" "Manhattan" of Sag Harbor. He tells of his reception in Jeddo (Tokyo), the customs and dress of the people, the government and natural features of this mysterious forbidden island kingdom, where most westerners might face death for daring to visit. Great item in this fine magazine devoted to the interests of seamen and their spiritual needs.
Condition of this issue is fine . . . 25.00

Scarce Antebellum Louisiana
G1-032. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE WEEKLY PICAYUNE, June 5, 1848. [Complete issue of 12 pages, small folio size, published at New Orleans, Louisiana, by Lumbden, Kendall & Co.]
New Orleans' position as America's second-wealthiest city is well represented in this large high quality newspaper, quite better made than its Yankee rivals in New York. Much of this historic issue is taken up with full and enormously detailed coverage of the Democratic Presidential Convention at Baltimore and its contentious proceedings, which will result in the nomination of Lewis Cass and William Butler on an ardent anti-abolitionist pro-southern platform. Lots of commentary, news from revolution-torn Europe, local items and much more. Several runaway slave ads illustrated with stock figures of the fugitives with their bundles tied to a stick over their shoulders. Extremely uncommon antebellum Louisiana newspaper.
Condition of this issue is quite fine, small paper loss at spine on the last leaf affecting just a few letters of text. . . . 30.00

Mormons - Indians - The President's Murderer
G1-033. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE TOLEDO DAILY BLADE, April 21, 1882. [Complete issue of 4 pages, large folio size, published at Toledo, Ohio, by the Toledo Blade Company]
Page One headline feature stories include "THE ASSASSIN" Pres. Garfield's killer and his attorney struggle to get their appeal to the Supreme Court. "THE RED DEVILS", "Their Murderous Work" dispatch from Tucson says the Apaches are killing whites and Mexicans again "THE MORMONS" Utah wrestles with the polygamy problem. Great article "Nasby in Exile" is from editor David Ross Locke, one of the era's great humorists and editor of this newspaper. See detail scan.
Condition of this issue is fine, original state, never bound, on unusually sound transitional stock. Tiny fold tear loses nothing. . . . 10.00

The Conquest of Mexico - Best Reporting- with Maps!
G1-036. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD, November 20, 1847. [Complete issue of 8 pages, folio size, published at New York, by James Gordon Bennett]
Four solid pages of reports from Mexico, mostly General Scott's Official Reports, detail the final campaign in the conquest of the U.S. southern neighbor, the bloody battles at Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, the storming of the Citadel at Chapultepec, and the fall of Mexico City. The coverage is detailed and extensive of the actions. The roster of names of military men involved in these battles who will become American legends is most impressive. On Page One, for example, there is mention of Captain {Robert E.] Lee of the Engineers Corps, while on Page Two Captain James Longstreet's valor in combat is noted. We see also Hooker, Lieutenant Beauregard, Worth, Smith, Magruder, and many others. Top quality military history, this issue also contains four maps of the war zones, at a time when the Herald was the first newspaper pioneering illustration technology. Much more on the collapse of the Mexican government, Santa Ana's farewell, Henry Clay on the war, etc. Most historic. Mexico would lose half her territory after this defeat, and the U.S. would gain what are now the southwestern states
Condition is choice very fine . . . 58.00

Frontpage Letters from a Fugitive Slave - and Karl Marx!
G1-037. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, June 25, 1853. [Complete issue of 8 pages, folio size, published at New York by Horace Greeley]
Occupying a full Page One column is a gripping "Letter from a Fugitive Slave" in which she recounts the sexual abuse of herself and her sister at the hands of their Virginia "gentleman" master, the sale of her children, aged two and four, and of her sister because of the mistress' jealousy, and her flight, friendless and alone, through the hostile northern states. She concludes with on a comment the newly-published classic, that "in Uncle tom's Cabin she [Stowe] has not told the half" of the true horror of American slavery, particularly how it degrades women, both white and black. Powerful article.
Also on page one is "GREAT BRITAIN", "Correspondance of the New York Tribune" almost two columns of financial and political news and analysis, signed in type by the paper's London correspondant KARL MARX. It begins with a discussion of how the rising interest rate - as Marx predicted - will affect Gladstone's policies, and continues with insightful discussions of current affairs. Despite the excesses commited in his name by later generations, Marx's analyses of the European economics of his time are unsurpassed. Ever contrary and inflexibly opinionated, Marx delighted in declaring to his youtful admirers "I am not a Marxist!" Also, news from Gold Rush California, early description of Southern Florida datelined KEY WEST, and more
Condition is choice bright very fine . . . 48.00

The Siamese Twins, Still Exploited in Death
G1-038. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE DAILY CRITIC, January 26, 1874. [Complete issue of 4 pages, large quarto size, published at Washington, D.C.]
Page One "THE DEAD SIAMESE TWINS", "Ten Thousand Dollars for the Right to Cut the Bodies Apart" long feature on the relatives' attempting one final time to cash in on Chang and Eng, P.T. Barnum's most famous "exhibit." More items include a local arsonist at work, ship builders on strike, etc. Classic postwar "scandal sheet" in the new style of journalism
Condition is bright clean VF, spinecut when microfilmed by the holding library prior to release . . . 10.00

St. Patrick's Day
G1-039. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE SHAMROCK, [March 17], 1890. [Complete issue of 32 pages, quarto size, published at Dublin, Ireland, by the Shamrock Co.]
This special edition begins with the illustrated feature "St. Patrick's Day at the Irish Embassy" and contains other fine examples of fiction at this formative period of Irish National literature. "Three Millions of Money" is an early detective serial, following a fictional NYPD sleuth.
Disbound, w/o wraps. Condition is fine . . . 12.50

The Wreck of USS Kearsage
G1-040. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL, February 10, 1894. [Complete issue of 16 pages, large quarto size, published at New York, by W.C. Church]
"LOSS OF THE KEARSAGE" full column of details of the final voyage of the famed warship, her loss on the Roncador Reef, the travails of her survivors before being rescued. It is noted that in the effort to free her from the reef her guns were thrown overboard, including her "splendid old 11 inch sifter pilot, the gun that did such terrible execution on the Alabama in their famous fight in 1864." Great naval history. Much more in this fine soldiers newspaper, fine gun ads, and an ad with the late Pres. Garfield endorsing H-O oatmeal.
Condition is bright very fine . . . 12.50

Scarce Southern Almanac
G1-041. [PAMPHLET]. THE WARROCK-RICHARDSON MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, and NORTH CAROLINA ALMANACK, FOR, 1897. [Complete issue of 95 pages, octavo size, published at Richmond, Virginia, by James E. Goode]
This fine example of the classic annual contains the calendar pages with phases of the moon and notable holidays, together with an encyclopedic reference section of the state of Virginia, its government, counties, officials, statistics, etc., with similar stats for the federal government and Maryland and N.C.., a lengthy section on the Post Office rates and regulations, and much more. Fine example of the popular genre, Warrock's first appeared in 1815.
Condition is bright clean VF internally, light scuffing to covers, old oil spot on back cover . . . 20.00

Rare Early Fire Fighting Ephemera Honoring a Fallen Comrade
G1-042. [DOCUMENT] THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GENERAL ORDERS No. 311 , February 13, 1889. [singlesheet, octavo size, from Boston, Mass, printed by the Office Board of Fire Commissioners]
Ruled in black for a fallen comrade,"Hoseman William H. Cooper of Engine Co. 18" announcing his funeral and arrangements for men to form an escort and pallbearers in Boston's Jamaica Plain, possibly for interment at nearby Forest Hills Cemetery. Fine memento of this dangerous trade.
Condition is very fine . . . 15.00

San Franciscans Celebrate California's Entry into the Union!
G1-043. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, January 25, 1851. [Complete original issue, 16 pages, large quarto size, published at London, England, by Palmer and Little]
Gracing the front-page of this excellent newspaper is a woodcut depicting the "Procession in San Francisco, in Celebration of the Admission of California into the American Union,"see below, showing the gala October parade. Full printed description within as well. Great Americana, no American paper published illustrations of this momentous event in California history. Other content includes a view inside the newly-completed Crystal Palace, shipwrecks and much more. The Illustrated London News is the first illustrated news weekly, the ancestor of Time, Newsweek, and all the others. Classic. Extra domestic postage for this issue is 60¢
Condition of this issue is fine . . . 20.00

'General Jackson's Magical Spectacles'
G1-048. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE ESSEX TRIBUNE, December 21, 1833. [Complete issue of 4 pages, folio size, published at Lynn, Mass., by J.R. Newhall]
In this issue is published a classic piece by American political humorist "Jack Downing" (pseudonym of Seba Smith) in which he tells of the "magical spectacles" possessed by President Andrew Jackson, and how what the Chief Executive sees through them is so different from what everyone else about him perceives. Great article. Lots more news and politics, letter signed in type by the President on his intention to explain to the American people his attack on the Bank of the U.S. RARE NEWSPAPER, in its first (only?) year of publication; only three single issues of the title survive in all U.S. libraries, according to the Union List of Newspapers, page 291.
Condition is fine . . . 12.00

A Rare Glimpse into Jewish Life in Old New York
G1-049. [SINGLE ISSUE]. LIFE ILLUSTRATED, November 28, 1857. [Complete issue of 8 pages, folio size, published at New York, by Fowler & Wells]
Fine back cover article "A Sabbath at the Great Synagogue" is a feature piece on the observances at the Green Street Synagogue, which is depicted in a small woodcut of the edifice. Over a column of detailed and respectful coverage by one "Mrs. George Washington Wyllys". Unusually fine coverage of a people not much mentioned in contemporary journals. See detail scan below. Lovely display masthead of New York harbor, bustling with ships, with Castle garden, the immigrant processing facility that preceded Ellis Island, and emblems of American artistic and technological progress. Scarcer title from the prolific publishing house.
Condition is nice very fine with a very faint waterstain, original state, never bound or trimmed . . . 25.00

Early Illustrated Ad for the Siamese Twins Chang and Eng!
G1-200. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE NEW YORK TRANSCRIPT, May, 1835. [Complete issue of 4 pages, quarto size, published at New York, by Hayward, Lynde, & Stanley]
On page three appears a large illustrated ad for"Positively The Last Week of the SIAMESE TWINS", lately "arrived from the Isle of Cuba". Chang and Eng Bunker (1811 - 1874) had toured the world since 1829 and would soon throw in with the great showman P.T. Barnum, who would make them into one of the century's great attractions. Also to be seen at "Peale's Museum" are huge snakes and an Orangutan, all to be see for just a quarter. A great example of the "Penny Press" revolution in American journalism, also featuring Police Court news, and juicy reports of crime and other expressions of venality, ignorance, and lust. One of the scarcer titles of the genre, not often seen. .
Condition of this issue is fine . . . 10.00

First Printing of an Uncommon Edgar Allen Poe Story
G1-225. [SINGLE ISSUE] GRAHAM'S AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE, November, 1845. [Complete issue of 48 pages, octavo size, published at Philadelphia, Penna., by George Graham]
The first article in this issue of the classic American magazine is the first appearance of the story "The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether", written by the great Edgar Allen Poe. This humorous satire of a new system of treating mental patients is strongly influenced by Charles Dickens' recent similar narrative. See the Poe Society Article for further discussion of this remarkable work, written at the crest of Poe's popularity. Much more in the issue, how Indians hunt buffalo and other features. Copper engravings include one of the Georgia Medical College. IN THE ORIGINAL STATE, never bound or trimmed, stitched as issued, with both illustration plates andthe printed light tan covers, extremely uncommon thus. Rare opportunity to obtain an important magazine that is relatively available in bound annual volumes but almost never seen as issued.
Condition of this issue is very good, some normal age wear and spotting to the covers, internally very fine . . . 200.00

Indians!
G1-226. [SINGLE ISSUE]. STREET & SMITH'S NEW YORK WEEKLY, October 20, 1873. [Complete issue of 8 pages, folio size, published at New York by Francis Street and Francis Smith]
A large Page One woodcut depicts Luke "The Forest King" about to knife a tomahawk-wielding Indian, with an installment of his story. More exciting reading within by the sensationalist authors of the era male and female. Articles on "Marrying a Twin", "Strange Case of Insanity" and an editorial against the shocking corruption of the national government by the to-trusting President Grant. Classic example of the genre that invented the enduring "Wild West" myth.
Condition is never bound, generally quite fine, tiny fold intersection wear spot . . . 25.00

Lincoln Wins The Presidency!
G1-229. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE SALEM REGISTER, November 8, 1860. [Complete issue of 4 pages, large folio size, published at Salem, Mass., by Chapman and Palfray]
Great Page Two graphics (with a bust of Lincoln and crossed flags - see detail scan below) announce"LINCOLN AND HAMLIN UP!", "THE BAY STATE HAS SPOKEN! complete coverage of the momentous election begins "Give God the Praise! Our Country Has the Blessing" of new leadership after the corruption and ineptitude of the Buchanan administration, considered by most historians until recently to be the worst in our history. Deep-south radicals would see things differently and make war on their country rather than accept the will of the people. More than three columns of excellent reporting, including a long piece on the disappointed "office seekers", who like today's lobbyists, were hoping to get lucrative contacts in a new Democratic government. Great historic issue of a fine old New England newspaper.
Condition of this issue is nice very fine, in the original state, never bound, slight fold line area discoloration on one page detracts very little . . . 88.00

The Only Issue of Hawaii's First Women's Newspaper
G1-231. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE FOLIO, November 16, 1855. [Complete original issue, 4 pages, quarto size, published at Honolulu, Kingdom of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), "published at the Sailor's Home"]
The little four-page paper was produced upon the occasion of a fair for the benefit of the Sailors' Home in Honolulu. It has the distinction of being Hawaii's first women's newspaper. It put forth the arguments of the mid- century feminist movement, including among others women's rights to vote and to assume leadership roles in the church. It contains verses, prayer, and stories about superior women who were wives and mothers - even one who saved a ship at sea when her husband the captain suddenly became ill. Although these articles were anonymously written, Catherine Whitney is suggested to be the editor and principal author. Whitney was married to Polynesian editor and Advertiser founder Henry Whitney. The latter's press is given as the printing location in this issue, but noted scholar Helen Chapin of the Hawaiian Historical Society cites Samuel Damon, proprietor of the monthly newspaper the Honolulu Friend as the actual printer, and his wife, Julia Damon, as a likely co-author. It was a single-issue newspaper: future editions were promised, but none appeared. The first women's paper printed west of the Rockies, another twenty-five years would pass before a second women's journal was printed in Hawaii. SCARCE and important American women's history paper for the finest of collections.
Condition of this issue is fine with even browning throughout. . . . 295.00

Remarkable Mormon History
G1-232. [SINGLE ISSUE] L'ETENDARD NATIONAL, EDITION DE L'OPINION PUBLIQUE POUR LES ETATS UNIS, September 19, 1872. [Complete original issue, 16 pages, large quarto size, published at Montreal, Canada, printed by G.E. Desbarats]
The big centerfold print "Service dans le Tabernacle des Mormons a Salt Lake City" is a spirited rendition of Mormon leader Brigham Young passionately preaching before a largely female congregation at the great Utah temple. Excellent rendition like none I've seen in the contemporary U.S. pictorial media. Lots more in this scarce Canadian title.
Condition of this issue is nice very fine . . . 36.00

Detailed Frontpage Announcement of the First Gobrecht Silver Dollars!
G1-247. [SINGLE ISSUE] NILES WEEKLY REGISTER, December 17, 1836. [Complete issue of 16 pages, quarto size, published at Baltimore, Maryland, by William Ogden Niles]
This great issue features a detailed page one announcement of the new silver dollar, "the first coined at the mint since 1805." It includes a full description of the brand-new Seated Liberty obverse designed by Sully and engraved by Gobrecht, while will dominate U.S. silver coinage for the next 56 years. The eagle flying in a field of 22 stars, each representing a state, "the entrance of Michigan, it seems, anticipated" is here attributed to the artists Titian Peale. Great numismatic display issue, one of the best of the century. Only one thousand of the new dollars were minted; today they are classic American rarities much sought by collectors. Inside, full Annual report of the U.S. Treasury Department, with a good section on the mint's operations, state of the new circulating gold coins, and more. Also Nicholas Biddle, President of the Bank of the U.S., on the evils of paper currency, in this era of "Hard Times" and economic depression. Much more in this fine newsy issue.
Condition of this issue is choice bright very fine . . . 75.00

First Appearance of Walt Whitman's Most Important Early Published Prose
G1-248. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE NEW WORLD, November 20, 1841. [Complete original issue, 16 pages, quarto size, published at New York, by James Winchester]
Prominently placed on the frontage is the "Original Tale","The Child's Champion, By Walter Whitman." This story cautions against the excessive use of alcohol, and how alcoholism so tragically affects the family life. This humble tale is now recognized to be the most important of Whitman's early works, for in it the great poet establishes the theological foundation for his lifelong theme of the profoundly redemptive power of manly love. Critics herald this story as the origin of the emergent tradition followed by Horatio Alger and Henry James, which so influneced American nineteenth century culture. The young Whitman was employed by New World editor Park Benjamin as a compositor since May, and he must surely have set the type for his own story! Classic literary Americana
Condition of this issue is generally clean very fine, carefully extracted from a bound volume, faintest scattered foxing . . . 495.00

First Printing of Walt Whitman's "Great Army of the Sick"
G1-249. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 26, 1863. [Complete original issue, 8 pages, folio size, published at New York, by Henry Raymond & Co.]
Printed on page two is the full text of "The Great Army of the Sick", Walt Whitman's remarkable prose account of his experiences as a U.S. army nurse in Washington hospitals, where so many soldiers breathed their last with the great poet at their side. Moving account if the sacrifices of loyal men in the great struggle to preserve the United States, as only this greatest of American poets could write it. It is signed at the end in block capitals simply WHITMAN. The full text of this article is online at the Electric classroom Plus Civil War news and ads and so forth. Superb Americana for the best of collections.
Condition of this issue is choice problem-free very fine . . . 495.00

Walt Whitman Outraged, on Journalism and Politics G1-250. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, AND KING'S COUNTY DEMOCRAT, October 29, 1847. [Complete issue of 4 pages, folio size, published at Brooklyn, New York, by Isaac van Anden. The newspaper's managing editor from June 1846 through mid-January 1848 was the great American poet Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892). His contributions include all the editorial material published during this period, as well as virtually all the essays, dramatic reviews, book reviews, and "occasional paragraphs". The great poet-editor here reports on a democratic republican rally and furnishes an interesting op-ed piece on "Whiggery -Its Character", listing 27 points why their position is no good. Also, Whitman pens a delightful, spirited piece denouncing the rival New York newspaper The [Commercial] Advertiser's criticisms of Whitman's editorials, (he had commented on the many Irish-American army deserters from the Mexican War), in which Whitman denounces his rival as "the knave of knaves... welcome to all the ridiculous comments [he] chooses to make" and more, in excited remarks with several exclamation points. "Horrible Murder this morning" breathless account of the knifing death of a 30 year old man. Lots more content and small Whitman squibs. Condition of this issue is Bright clean Very Fine, this issue was cleanly cut at the spine, affecting no text, when microfilmed by the library's permanent reference collection prior to de-accession. Short blind tear mended with clear archival tissue. . . . 100.00 An Exceptional Review by Walt Whitman G1-250-A. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE AND KING'S COUNTY DEMOCRAT, May 31, 1847. [Complete issue, 4 pages, folio size, published at Brooklyn, New York, by Isaac van Anden, edited by Walt Whitman] This issue contains numerous reviews by Whitman, of nine new issues of the popular monthly magazines for June, and of several new novels and works of non-fiction. Among them is Whitman's review of Eugene Sue'sMartin the Foundling. Brasher (page 98 in the work cited below) says this review is unique among Whitman's writings of the period, in that he illustrates "by contrast with Old World ills and evils, the virtues of republican government - but he thought this work of fiction a 'democratic book'." Also in this issue are numerous briefs by Whitman on everything from the war and politics to the weather, a piece on "Good Living" and more. Fine and rare item of Whitmaniana, from a time in the young poet's life, within a month (see Grier), of when he began jotting down notes that would become the basis of Leaves of Grass. Ex-Library of Congress, this issue is one of only two known surviving examples of the date. Condition is bright clean very fine; spinecut when microfilmed prior to release by the LOC, affecting no content, leaving adequate margins; slightest occasional handling edge wear. . . . 125.00 In his later years Whitman rarely made reference to his time with the Eagle, and as he aged he evidenced a tendency to deprecate his youthful writings for the newspaper. Traditionally, Whitman scholars have concurred with this view, citing the many errors of usage and syntax in Whitman's columns, which were, it should be noted, often prepared hurriedly to meet compositors' deadlines. Yet there remains a vitality to these early works which can be seen to be seminal to the themes so superbly expressed in Whitman's masterwork Leaves of Grass, that has been belatedly acknowledged and appreciated by a new school of contemporary critics. Highly important source material, most of these articles have not been republished anywhere since they first appeared in the Eagle over a century and a half ago. This newspaper is quite rare. The definitive reference work and census of American newspapers for the period 1820 - 1936, The Union List of Newspapers, cites only two known surviving holdings of the Eagle from the Whitman years. This issue is from one of those files, formerly held by the Library of Congress, and is the only specimen of the date obtainable on the collector market. The paper is supplied with my Certificate of Authenticity, detailing full provenance of its remarkable survival. For further reading on Whitman and his newspaper we suggest these standard works of reference. Brasher, Whitman as Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, Detroit, 1970. Holloway, Whitman, an Interpretation in Narrative, NY, 1926. Rodney & Black, eds. A Gathering of the Forces, NY, 1920. Schroth, The Eagle and Brooklyn, Greenwood, 1974

Very Early New Mexico Reporting
G1-251. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE SATURDAY RAMBLER, March 20, 1847. [Complete issue of 4 pages, large folio size, published at Boston, Mass., by Simonds & Co.]
"Insurrection at Taos" good report of the anti-American uprising there, by the inhabitants of the occupied Mexican province, killing of several American leaders and the Alcalde, the plan to free Santa Fe, etc. Quite early notice of the future state. Several news items in the ongoing ground war with Mexico. Other articles"Asylum for Inebriates", "The Colored Population of Massachusetts," St. Patrick's Day and much more. Unusual title. Elaborate decorative Masthead depicts a train, steamship, two sailors leaning on the American shield, emblems of Boston's shipping status.
Condition is fine in the original state, never bound, creasing, light fold line wear on the first page . . . 8.00

Thoreau's Newest Book Reviewed on Page One1
G1-270. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE NEW-YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, June 16, 1849. [Complete issue of 8 pages, folio size, published at New York by Horace Greeley]
Filling two Page One columns is a very detailed and complimentary review of Henry David Thoreau's " A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers". With lengthy excerpts from the new book, the review begins "Mr. Thoreau's... observations of Nature are as genial as Nature herself, and the tones of his harp have an Aeolian sweetness." Fine literary history, on the prized Front page. Within, two columns of western news include a full column of accounts of the California Gold Rush. Comanches on the warpath in Texas, much more in this great classic of 19th century journalism .
Condition of this issue is fine . . . 55.00

A Beautiful Early Broadside. .
G1-282. [BROADSIDE/NEWSPAPER]. THE NORTHAMPTON COURIER, May 22, 1833. [Complete issue of 4 pages, folio size, published at Northampton, Mass., by Winthrop Atwill]
This issue exhibits one of the most curious formats I have encountered, having studied a great many old newspapers. In place of the frontpage, the printer has run off a copy of the huge broadside advertising poster that he has typeset for the Autumn country fair. See my scan for a view of this fine poster, which describes the categories for which ribbons will be awarded by the local agricultural society in the Autumn. Most impressive survivor of this essential piece of rural Americana life, when the great majority of Americans were free farmers. I have never seen another poster printed quite this way in a newspaper and would be happy to hear from you if you have encountered anything similar. Inside, all the news of the day, including coverage of the attempt to assassinate President Jackson who narrowly escaped death when the assassin's pistol misfired. More crime stories, a family butchered in N.J., slavery problems in the South, etc. The Union List finds only three specimens of this issue in existence, one of which is the present example.
Condition is bright clean fine, problem-free . . . 100.00

An Early Louisiana Plantation Succession With an Extensive Slave Inventory
G1-279. [DOCUMENT]. SUCCESSION OF EUGENE CARLIN. First District Court, New Orleans, Doc. 4227, Inventory of Property in the Parish of Lafourche Interior, dated December 8, 1849. [Complete document of 10 pages on 5 leaves, plus final blank used as wrapper. Tall 8vo size, 8¼" x 13½", New Orleans, Louisiana]
This remarkable document, entirely handwritten in a fine clerk's hand, is the Plaintiff's copy of the Court's official ruling on the October 20 petition of Mrs. Eugenie Carlin for the "succession" (i.e, to be the executrix) of the estate of her late grandfather Eugene Carlin, to be executed in care of her father, Felix Carlin. Carlin Senior's plantation in the Parish of Lafourche Interior is here completely inventoried and found to be worth $46,650.31, a staggering sum in those times. Plantation property, buildings, equipment and livestock are detailed and appraised, as are no less than forty-two slaves, worth some $9,000.00. Each is individually listed by name, sex, and age, and appraised market value. Men, women, and children as thus singly enumerated, while young mothers with small children are priced as a lot. "Values" range from $600 for a strong 16 year old man, to "A negro woman named Ruthie aged forty years, appraised fifty dollars." Each page is blindstamped with the seal of the Notary Public under whose auspices the inventory and appraisal was conducted. Powerful reminder of a tragic time of our history. All contents are fully legible. My scans show a detail of one page of the slave inventory section and a typical full page.
Condition is generally very good, the pages separated at the spine, with edge browning there; some short fold separation and erosion, confined to the blank margins, overall quite nice shape for an ancient document from the humid Deep South . . . 350.00

Uncommon Progressive Whig Newspaper
G1-300. [ATMOSPHERE ISSUE]. THE LYNN FREEMAN, 1838 to 1840. [Complete issue of 4 pages, folio size, published at Lynn, Mass., by J.R. Newhall]
Whig politics highlights the content of this fine newspaper from the north shore of Massaschusetts, which also contains the full budget of the day's doings and a great variety of illustrated ads. An excellent example of the genre of American political journalism in this turbulent era, the Freeman is a scarcer title which lasted just three years.
Condition is quite very fine, with some light fold lining browning confined to the upper quadrant. . . . 5.95    My order quantity: 

Fine Pictorial Weekly Christian Newspaper
G1-301. [ATMOSPHERE ISSUE] THE ILLUSTRATED CHRISTIAN WEEKLY, 1872. [Complete issue of 12 pages, large quarto size, published at New York, by the American Tract Society]
The editor of this short-lived weekly was the respected Congregationalist clergyman Lyman Abbott (1833 - 1922), a major figure in 19th century American religious life. His newspaper contains words and pictures of old-fashioned Christian values in action, together with commentary on the passing scene, humor, home life, and more. Fine sentimental engravings abound of family life and values, in an era when many popular publications were considered inappropriate for family use and traditional values were under attack in the great social upheaval of the post-Civil War years. Not an often encountered title. .
Condition of this issue is very fine . . . 5.95 - Enter your order quantity here: 

A Fine Abolitionist Newspaper With Exceptional Provenance
G1-303. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE EMANCIPATOR AND WEEKLY CHRONICLE, April 2, 1845. [Complete issue of 4 pages, large folio size, published at Boston, Mass., by Leavitt & Alden]
The slaveholders' desire to annex Cuba as a slave sate is denounced on Page One. The tragedy extermination of the native peoples of Hawaii is reported, state of slavery there. Much on the Whig Party and its attitude toward slavery, considerable more news and ads of all sorts.
This issue of the Anti-Slavery Society spokesman was the personal property of James G. Birney; his name, written in by a subscription clerk, appears at the frontpage Masthead. Birney (1792 - 1857 ) was a prominent anti-slavery leader and Presidential candidate on the aggressively antislavery Liberty party ticket in 1840 and in 1844, making a respectable showing in several northern states. His advocacy of abolition by peaceful, constitutional means included attacks on the complacency of Whigs and Democrats alike. Scarcer title, with only a handful of scattered issues in the U.S., according to the Union List of Serials.
Condition is nice very fine. . . . 100.00

Very Early Detroit Newspaper
G1-309. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE DEMOCRATIC FREE PRESS, December 8, 1846. [Complete issue of 4 pages, large folio size, published at Detroit, Michigan, by Bagg & Harmon]
Local and national news and opinion abounds in this very early Michigan newspaper. A fine piece tells of the growth of "Kalamazoo Village", Much on politics, the troubling resurgence of federalism in the Democratic Party, the effects of the federal tariff on local farmers, etc. There is just an abundance of delightful illustrated ads on Pages 1 and 4, for everything from watches, steamboats, new kind of stove, to patent medicines. Scarcer. with very few library holdings.
Condition is fine, spine loose, slight browning and minor wear in one margin affecting no text. . . . 25.00

The Emergence of Abraham Lincoln into the National Spotlight
G1-330. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE NATIONAL ERA, November 18, 1858. [Complete issue of 4 pages, large folio size, published at Washington, D.C., by Noble, Bailey, and Whittier]
Page 3 article on the late Senatorial election, in which Steven Douglas beat Lincoln, contains a great description of the future President, saying in part "Mister Lincoln, his opponent, is a man of inflexible political integrity...We have never seen eloquence surpass his, when his ungainly form would step back on the rostrum and, with spiritual fire enlarge upon the Declaration of Independence, or the blasphemous indifference with which his foe would treat human rights..." The magnificent oratory of his candidacy brought Lincoln to national prominence and would help win him the nomination in two years. Also in this issue is comment of William Seward's just-delivered speech in which he describes the fight between freedom and slavery as "The Irrepressible Conflict", a motto that would inspire a generation to war. Much more on Douglas and the white-heat rage of the slavery fight. Editor and poet John Greenleaf Whittier was one of the founders of the Republican Party, making this fine antislavery newspaper an especially fine place to read this historic news. .
Condition is bright very fine, original state, never bound, trifling normal edge or fold wear. . . . 95.00

Lincoln Wins The Presidential Nomination!
G1-333. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE NORTHAMPTON FREE PRESS, May 18, 1860. [Complete issue of 4 pages, folio size, published at Northampton, Mass., by Henry M. Burt]
"The Chicago Convention" column-long account of the second Republican national convention, its opening and adoption of the party platform here, saying "no Republican... has uttered the threat of disunion so often made by Democrats", the support for states' rights, limitations on the expansion of slavery, within Constitutional guidelines, immigrants' rights, and the passage of a homestead act so all can have access to the vast west. Continuing "Special Dispatch" "LATEST FROM CHICAGO BY TELEGRAPH", "11, AM NO BALLOT YET! GREAT EXCITEMENT", "1:30 PM, Lincoln Nominated for the Presidency!", "TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM!", ending "the excitement is unabated, and the announcement of his nomination was received amid - shouts of deafening applause." This bulletin-by-bulletin format truly brings the excitement to life, as the editor holds his last open column inches for the news, which was then rushed to press and passed to the crowd which customarily gathered at newspaper offices when great events were in the offing..
Condition is fine, with some small disbinding marks in the gutter margin affecting no text; the 11th issue of the title. . . . 50.00

Unrecorded Full Year of a Newspaper Containing Mary Baker Eddy's Early Defense of Her Teachings
G1-389. [BOUND VOLUME]. THE LYNN TRANSCRIPT. Volume V, 52 ISSUES + I EXTRA, Jan. 1 to Dec. 28, 1872. [each issue of 4 pages, elephant folio size, published at Lynn, Mass.]
The issues of January 20, January 27, February 3, and February 10 (plus possibly others) contain letters by or about Lynn resident Mary Glover, more famous as Mary Baker Eddy after her 1877marriage to Asa Eddy. She authored "Science and the Scriptures" and was the founder in 1879 of the Christian Science Church. While in Lynn in the 1870's she developed the theories that led to this revelation. In these issues "Moral Science and Mesmerism" are debated, which include one of her earliest statements on her beliefs, in the Jan. 20 letter, with testimonial letters from her early students. A running correspondence with William Wright is quite hostile, calling her "deluded", after he has been bound not to libel her further. Most of Eddy's pre-Christian Scientist writings were published in the rival Lynn Reporter; only in this year and in 1871 did her writings appear in this title.
This volume is ex-Lynn Historical Society and is UNRECORDED in the authoritative Union List of Newspapers (see page 292), where a single 1872 volume is cited, in the great newspaper collection of Duke University in North Carolina; the present example may well be the only one ever available on the private market. No other U.S. libraries appear to have even scattered 1872 issues of the title.
Condition is fine internally, Feb 3. issue with short blind tears easily mendable; publisher's half-leather marbled boards are detached and scuffed, spine perishing. Extra postage 8.50. . . . 2,500.00

Early Militant Temperance Organization Newsletter
G1-392. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE VERMONT ISSUE, March, 1905. [Complete issue of 8 pages, large octavo size, published at Essex Junction, Vermont]
Cover proclaims "GREAT VICTORY ... Dry for 1905" as more Vermont towns vote to abolish liquor sales. This monthly of the Vermont Ant-Saloon League contains more news of the organization, its principles, and activities, and extracts from the Annual Report of 1904, in which the group staged no fewer than 251 "agitation meetings" statewide and raised the enormous sum of some six thousand dollars. "Moderate Drinking" piece ends "the only one safe way is taste, touch, and handle not" the deadly drink. Quite uncommon..
Condition is nice VF, never bound original state. . . . 6.00

Honor the Victims of the "Boston Massacre"? Never!
G1-403. [PAMPHLET]. Goodell, The Boston Massacre, June, 1887. [Complete issue of 8 pages, 8vo size, published at Boston Mass]
In this most interesting private offprint of an article published in the Advertiser, the author raises considerable objections to spending city money for a proposed monument to the victims of the 1770 Boston "Massacre". The noted historian author shows them (quite truthfully, in fact) to have been a violent mob of multiracial street gangs -perhaps not too unlike the trade unionists and anarchists terrorizing their betters in 1887- who attacked the defenders of law and order in Colonial Boston. Provocative content, accurate as far as it goes; the leaders of the American Revolution in Boston sometimes used mob violence perpetrated by the lowest social classes (whom they promptly disenfranchised after the war) to achieve their ends. The monument was built anyway and may be seen today on the Tremont Street side of Boston Common.
Fine example of the classic American art of political pamphleteeringCondition is about as new . . . 8.95

By the "Learned Blacksmith"
G1-416. [SINGLE ISSUE]. BURRITT'S CHRISTIAN CITIZEN, November 20, 1847. [Complete issue of 4 pages, large folio size, published at Worcester, Mass., by Elihu Burritt & Co.]
Editor Elihu Burritt (1810 - 1879) was known by sobriquet title as he advanced from working as a smithy to founding what he called "The League of Universal Brotherhood", of which this uncommon title is the weekly organ. Devoted to putting the noble principles of Christianity to work in the modern world, Burritt labored tirelessly for reform. In this issue we read a highly detailed account of a "PEACE MEETING AT FITCHBURG" and what was said there. Also a lengthy report from the American temperance society covers two frontpage columns, telling of the movement's progress and the work that remains. Burritt also organized the world peace conference at Brussels in 1848 This era of American history is characterized by reform movements of all sorts, as the first generation born in liberty comes to maturity and tackles the work left undone by the founders to make the nation a true beacon of freedom for the world. Attractive Masthead features a vignette of the lion lying down with the lamb, led by a little child, with decorative calligraphy..
Condition is fine. . . . 10.00

Those Mormons Again!
G1-435. [SINGLE ISSUE]. MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, October 19, 1867. [Complete issue of 8 pages, folio size, published at Rochester, N.Y., by David Moore]
Small page five engraving is a general view of Slat Lake City, where 18,000 souls now reside, of which only 300 are thought to be "Gentiles", non-Mormons. See detail scan below. Lots of news includes problems in the postwar South, the political hurricane brewing in Washington around President Johnson, etc. Amusing feature on adverting for a bride, and more. Nicely made paper. Fine Masthead engraving of farm and a train; each page enclosed within a decorative engraved border..
Condition is bright VF. . . . 15.00

A Great Display Masthead
G1-438. [SINGLE ISSUE]. THE MASSACHUSETTS PLOUGHMAN AND NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, May 3, 1873. [Complete issue of 4 pages, elephant folio size, published at Boston, Mass., by George Noyes]
Fine 2-column article details "A Visit to Nebraska" and the state of the settlers there. More news, vast variety of ads, etc. in this huge format (25" x 28") weekly. Huge display masthead of a two-horse plowing team, in action, with vignettes of farm scenes and decorative lettering..
Condition is fine. . . . 8.50

Attractive Early California History
G1-560. [PAMPHLET]. Society of California Pioneers. Ceremonies at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the New Pioneer Hall..., [September] 1862. [Complete issue of 26 + 1 pages, octavo size, published at San Francisco, California, by Charles Calhoun]
This splendid early California imprint contains the full detailed account of the historic cornerstone ceremony, which includes a tantalizing enigmatic reference only to "Coins of the United States" among other items placed there. Also are the speeches and a poem on the event. Also the celebrations of the 12th anniversary of California's admission to the Union delivered by Society President Washburn. The society's membership was restricted to those Californians who had been there before 1849, when the vast wave of gold seekers came. Ending the work are "Resolutions in Regards to John A. Sutter" appointing a committee to present the discoverer of gold in California "a substantial mark of their gratitude for his many good and charitable deeds towards the early settlers of the State...", the sum of $500 already being subscribed for the purpose. Fine old California history
Condition is generally quite fine, in the original printed tan wraps, slight corner creasing last few leaves. . . . 150.00

Great Early Page One Political Graphics
G1-561. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE LYNN FREEMAN AND ESSEX COUNTY WHIG, 1840. [Complete original issue, 4 pages, folio size, published at Lynn, Mass., by Eugene F. W. Gray]
For a few weeks in the summer and fall of 1840, editor Gray turned his weekly newspaper into a campaign sheet, vigorously supporting "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too," the candidacy of William H. Harrison for President. Accordingly, he placed a fine log-cabin graphic endorsement, in the style of era ballots, where it could be see immediately by all on Page One. Inside we read of why the team desreves the vote, and why that wily rascal Van Buren does not. The election of 1840 was the first "modern" presidential campaign, and the first use of the "log cabin" motif later employed by Lincoln. It was meant to show the candidate's humble origins in the hardscrabble west, but Harrison was in fact born in a Virginia mansion to a slaveholding aristocratic family! Lots more news, ads, opinion, and more.
RARE TITLE. Only two single 1840 issues of this title survive in all U.S. libraries (Union List of Newspapers, page 291).
Condition of this issue is fine . . . 10.00

Early Humorous Journalism
G1-582. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE LYNN TATTLER, February 19, 1848. [Complete original issue, 4 pages, quarto size, published at Lynn, Massachusetts, by Eugene Aram]
Volume I Number 6 issue of a charming weekly newspaper which puts a humorous spin on the day's doings. Send-up of the "Great Fancy Ball" held in Lynn is quite amusing for its characterizations of the revelers. "The Mails" are always good for some satire, as are "The Rum-Seller", "Money" "Our Reporter" and more. Nice masthead engraving of an owl and a vulture. A single surviving issue is cited in the Union List.
Condition of this issue is fine in the original state, light creasing, irregular margin page one. . . . 10.00

Handsome Gilded Era Musical Program at Newe York's City Hall
G1-583. [PAMPHLET] CAMILLA URSO'S CONCERT , November 15, [1873]. [Complete original issue, 4 pages, octavo size, published at New York]
Nicely composed titlepage is graced by a fine woodcut portrait from life of Camilla Urso (1842 - 1902. She was considered one of the greatest 19th century violinists, and here she performs selections from Liszt, Hayden, Donizetti, et al. with an accompanying pianist and three singers. Nice item from a storied era. Full program of the recital, backpage of glowing reviews.
Condition of this issue is very fine, small old glue discoloration in left margin where once mounted on a card. . . . 15.00

Unusual North Shore Humor Magazine
G1-584. [SINGLE ISSUE] THE KITE-ENDER, July 4, 1874. [Complete original issue, 4 pages, folio size, published at Lynn, Massachusetts, by "A Mudsill"]
A tongue-in-cheek description of the 98th Fourth of July celebration appear on the front-page of this unusual title, lampooning local politicians and the Mass. Governor. More one-liners and humorous articles, plus ads for local clothiers, grocers, etc. Third year of publication, apparently, but not cited in any standard reference. Possibly unique.
Condition of this issue is fine . . . 10.00

Providing for a Famed Revolutionary War Veteran's Survivors!
G1-585. [EPHEMERA] BILL IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, H.R. 251, March 2, 1860. [Complete original issue, 2 pages, quarto size, published at Washington, D.C., by the Government Printing Office]
First official printing of a proposed new law in the House of Representatives, to provide "unto the heirs or legal representatives of Major Clement Gosselin, of the revolutionary army, the half-pay of a Major of infantry, as promised by the Resolve of Congress" in 1780. Canadian-born Clément (1747 - 1818) was a spy for George Washington, having reported about Canada for the American Congress in 1778. At Yorktown, he was wounded while commanding an artillery unit less than 300 yards from the British. He was a founding member of the Cincinnati Order of veteran officers. Nice item, paying a debt owed by the nation to its founding army, on the eve of Civil War. Most uncommon, very few such House documents survive
Condition of this issue is overall fine, some short blind edge tears. . . . 15.00

Magnificent Color Map of New England
G1-586. [MAP] MAP OF NEW ENGLAND, from Walling & Gray's OFFICIAL TOPOGRAPHICAL ATLAS OF MASSACHUSETTS, published, 1871. [Singlesheet, large folio size, published at Boston, Mass., by Stedman, Brown and Lyon]
HAND-COLORED DOUBLEPAGE MAP, 17" x 30". A choice example of 19th century mapmaker's art, from the noted Mass. Atlas, this perfect display map retains its original brilliant hand-coloring, with each county in the six-state region carefully delineated in a finely engraved plate. Inset of Boston shows a much different topography than today's, before extensive landfilling. Dated in the plate, per photo below.
Condition is bright clean very fine condition, superb item for framed display. The seeming discoloration at the fold line in the photo is just a shadow from the camera flash. . . . 95.00

Scarce Early Issues of a College Humor Classic
G1-587. HARVARD LAMPOON, typical issue dated 1906 to 1908. [28 pages, quarto size, Cambridge, Massachusetts, by the Harvard Lampoon Corp.]
In high quality glossy magazine format, clearly modeled on the "Life" magazine of the era, these products of the merry denizens of the Castle (which still stands. behind Harvard Square, with its original Ibis weathervane, trademark of the publication) are rich in the ironic humor that has made this magazine an enduring classic, since its founding in 1876. Many fine ads for all the upper class gentleman's necessities as well. Very few survive.
Condition is bright clean very fine, price per issue just . . . 9.95
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From Old San Francisco
N-995. THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN, typical issue dated 1872. [Complete issue of 4 pages, large folio size, published at San Francisco, California, by the San Francisco Bulletin Company]
Begun in 1855, the Bulletin is one of San Francisco's oldest and most successful newspaper, enjoying a long life in print from 1855 to 1929. It was founded by the colorful eccentric James King William, during the lawless Gold Rush days. Under the post Civil War editorship of Loring Pickering the paper developed a nationwide reputation for incorruptible honesty and fair-mindedness. Its columns are filled with the day's doings in San Francisco, which had been a U.S. city for less than 25 years in 1872, along with news items from across California and other western states, as well as the latest from the east, and international affairs. Interesting editorials and features as well, plus many fine ads for everything from steamers and railroad excursions to insurance, jewelry, and household items. At 21" x 27", one of the great "horse blanket" papers of the era; printed on sound quality paper. SCARCER TITLE "The Union List of Newspapers (page 50) finds some three 1872 holdings of the title in the entire country..
Condition is very fine. Price per issue . . . 7.95 Enter your order quantity here: 

       

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