Incredible assemblage of Civil War-dated issues of Harper’s Weekly from November 1863 to December 1864, Vols. VII and VIII, Nos. 360-418, with each issue offering intensive coverage of war-related events and the various goings-on of the political landscape. Additionally, issues feature sections of poems and jokes, short stories, battlefield maps, advertisements, and excerpts for foreign news and technology. A consistent highlight of Harper’s Weekly remains the brilliant lined illustrations from celebrated artists of the period, most notably those of Winslow Homer, Thomas Nast, and Alfred Rudolph Waud. Each issue has been professionally bound into a custom 11.75 x 16.25 hardcover volume. In very good to fine condition, with wear to the covers and heavy wear to the spine; interior pages are generally clean and fine, although there are some scattered stains and tears to a handful of pages.
Issues include:
November 21 and 28, 1863, Vol. VII, Nos. 360 and 361
December 5, 12, 19, and 26, 1863, Nos. 362-365
January 2, 8, 16, 23, and 30, 1864, Vol. VIII, Nos. 366-370
February 6, 13, 20, and 27, 1864, Nos. 371-374
March 5, 12, 19, and 26, Nos. 375-378
April 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 1864, Nos. 379-383
May 7, 14, 21, and 28, 1864, Nos. 384-387
June 4, 11, 18, and 25, 1864, Nos. 388-391
July 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 1864, Nos. 392-396
August 6, 13, 20, and 27, 1864, Nos. 397-400
September 3, 10, 17, and 24, 1864, Nos. 401-404
October 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, 1864, Nos. 405-409
November 5, 12, 19, and 26, 1864, Nos. 410-413
December 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31, 1864, Nos. 414-418
