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HARPER'S WEEKLY, June 1, 1889 Very dramatic dblpgctrfld: 'A Bull-Fight In Mexico' is by F. Remington. Lengthy article and six other illustrations by Remington on bull fighting. Good issue for Remington.
Complete in twenty pages.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 9, 1886  The full front page is a print by famed Western artist Frederic Remington, titled: "In From The Night Herd" (see). Other prints inside include a nice full page: "Over The Rocky Mountains on the Northern Pacific Railroad" by Charles Graham; a double page centerfold: "The New  York Riding Club"; another smaller Remington print: "The Couriers", a full page with 7 vignettes of: "The Civil Service Examination For New  York Firemen", and a very nice full…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 28, 1896  Full ftpg. cartoon shows: 'Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving', by W.A. Rogers. Nice fullpg. F. Remington print: 'White Man's Big Sunday--Indian Visitors on Thanksgiving Day'. Great doublepage centerfold: 'Thanksgiving in the Woods' is by A.B. Frost. Photos of 3 bronze statuettes by Remington.
Complete issue.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 4, 1886  The full front page is a very nice (and famous) Frederic Remington print: "Abandoned" which has a Western theme. There is a related article on an inside page: "Our Soldiers In the Southwest" which also has a Remington print titled: "Saddle Up", which includes two buffalo soldiers (black soldiers). Also within the issue is a nice full page political cartoon by Thomas Nast: "Liberty Is Not Anarchy", a halfpg: "Smuggling On the Rio Grande". There is…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 4, 1886  The full front page is a very nice (and famous) Frederic Remington print: "Abandoned" which has a Western theme. There is a related article on an inside page: "Our Soldiers In the Southwest" which also has a Remington print titled: "Saddle Up", which includes two buffalo soldiers (black soldiers). Also within the issue is a nice full page political cartoon by Thomas Nast: "Liberty Is Not Anarchy", a halfpg: "Smuggling On the Rio Grande". There is…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, July 12, 1890  The full front page is a print of: "Lookout Bridge on an Ocean Steamer" in rough waters. Inside has a full page: "Mr. Jones's Adventure" showing a cowboy shooting a buffalo, drawn by Frederic Remington. The facing have has five other, smaller, prints done by Remington.
The doublepage centerfold is: "Taking a Pilot Aboard On the Coast of Greenland". Also a full page of: "Sketches In New Mexico, Near Las Vegas" with 8 scenes including an adobe village (see). And…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 15, 1890  The full front page is a nice winter-themed print: "Sleighing in Central Park During the Brief Winter Spell".
Prints inside include a half page: "A Runaway on the Brooklyn Side of the East River Bridge", plus a halfpg. of Aztecs by Frederic Remington which accompanies a fictional story. The doublepage centerfold is: "After The Opera" and there is another nice fullpg. Remington: "Trout Fishing Thru the Ice in the Canadian Wilderness", and a full page:…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 2, 1897  The full front page is by F. Remington: "A Wounded Bull Elk", plus a fullpg. with 7 photos: "On the Way to the Klondike Gold Fields". Nearly halfpg. A.B. Frost print: "A Snap Shot at Woodcock" is a hunting scene. Plus three more hunting scenes by Frost also, including: "Shoot! Shoot, Man! Why Don't You Shoot". "The Evolution of the Golf Club" includes 4 small prints.
Complete in 32 pages.
Note: The issue was originally distributed with an outer…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 18, 1888  Perhaps the most desired print in this issue is the very nice full page by Frederic Remington, captioned: "Geronimo and His Band Returning From a Raid Into Mexico", which is one of the more sought-after of the Remington prints in this title.
Other prints include the full ftpg. W. A. Rogers political cartoon: "Make Way For The Uncrowned King!" and "The Three Chief Contestants for the Goelet Cup for Schooners" and a very nice double page centerfold…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 27, 1890  The full ftpg. features a nice Frederic Remington print: 'One of the Ft. Keogh Cheyenne Scout Corps', very displayable. Inside has 7 more Remington prints of soldiers & Indians, including: 'Apache Scout'.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. This issue is complete in 16 pages and is in good condition.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 8, 1910

The front page of this issue has a photo of "An Interpreter of the West", portrait of Frederic Remington who recently died.

There is an article of "The Price of Peace" by Major R. C. Croxton, 9th U.S. Infantry. Also in this issue are several photos of "His Majesty Goes Shooting" and there is an article of "A Painter of the West--Frederic Remington and His Work" by Charles de Kay which includes "Notable Examples of Remington's Word." The double…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, Mar. 22, 1890 The most sought-after wood-cut illustration is the fullpg. Frederic Remington: "Canadian Mounted Police on a Winter Expedition". The ftpg has: "The Mississippi Floods--Night scenes in the Arkansas Bottoms", and the dblpg. centerfold has: "Sketches On a Journey to California in the Overland Train" (which shows some nice western scenes including Indians). Two prints showing "Two Distinguished Cavalry Officers" are Remington's as well. Also present are: "At The Sale…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 17, 1895 Fullpg. by F. Remington shows the cavalry: 'Battery K at Drill in the Berkshire Hills, Mass.' plus 2 more Remington prints.
Complete issue.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 21, 1889  There are many nice prints in this issue, but by far the most desirable is the great doublepage centerfold done by famed Western artist Frederic Remington, titled: "Cow-Boys Coming To Town For Christmas" showing four of them on horseback coming into a typically Western town. A nice item for display.
Among other prints in this issue are a front page Frederic Remington "The Dying Cacique" done to accompany a story: "The Aztec Treasure House"; a full…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Feb. 2, 1889 The full front page is an illustration by Remington of "Hunting the Prong Horn Antelope in California." Inside is a 1/4 pg. portrait of "Hon. W. D. Washburn, the Newly Elected United States Senator from Minnesota"; a half page of "Destruction of a Derelict by a United States Naval Cruiser." The doublepage centerfold is: "In the Land of Promise-A Scene in Castle Garden."
Also in this issue is a one-quarter page map: "The Seat of the Troubles in Samoa,…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Feb. 7, 1891 Full ftpg. cartoon of New York: 'King Garbage Reigns'. Fullpg: 'The Poultry Show at Madison Square Garden'. Fullpg: 'The Fire Boat 'New Yorker'' shows it in action. Two nice fullpg. F. Remington prints: 'The Sioux War--Final Review of Gen. Miles Army at Pine Ridge: the Cavalry' & another similar but of: 'The Infantry' plus a 3/4 pg. Remington: 'The Hotchkiss Cannon'. There is text also headed: 'The Sioux Rebellion--The Final Review' & 'The Story of…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 17, 1898  Front full pg. illus. of "A Christmas Box From Home." Inside is a 1/2 pg. illlus. of "December Scenes at the Navy Yard - Preparing the Torpedo Boats for Winter Quarters." Full pg. illus. of "The Hero of the Occasion." 1/2 pg. with two illus. of "Two Bronze Statuettes by Frederic Remington." Full pg. illus. of "Christmas in Puerto Rico - A Cock Fight at Caguas."
Full pg. illus. of "Holiday Festivities at the United States Military Academy, West…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 13, 1899  Full front page illus. of "The Philippines - Brigadier-General Loyd Wheaton, U.S.V., Ordering the Advance at Stone Quarry Hill, March 13" by Frederic Remington.
Inside has two full pg. illus. pertaining to "The Philippines - Our Artist with the firing Line During the Advance on Malolos." 1/3 pg. illus. of "Effect of the Disastrous Tornado which Struck Kirksville, Missouri, April 27, with Great Loss of Life." 1/3 pg. illus. of "Washington - Hon. John…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, March 30, 1889 This issue features the dblpgctrfld: 'The Last Lull In the Fight' done by Frederic Remington, showing but a few survivors of an Indian attack. Nice fullpg. view of: 'Madison, Wisconsin' showing 3 scenes. Fullpg. with 6 scenes: 'Last Lodges of the Mandans'
Complete in twenty pages.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Apr. 26, 1890  Full ftpg. shows: 'Stanley On the March' in Africa. Fullpg. with 6 'Scenes & Incidents of the Mississippi Floods'. Famous F. Remington doublepage centerfold: 'Prospectors in the Sierra Madre'. Fullpg: 'Cheap Clothing--the Slaves of the Sweaters' showing laborers in the New York clothing district.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 21, 1894 Two pgs. have 5 illus. by F. Remington, all of a military theme. Fullpg: 'At the Long Island Chautauqua, Point O' Woods'
Complete issue.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 13, 1892  Front full pg. illus. of "Military Tops in Action." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The Van Rensselaer Manor House, Albany - Proposed as New York State Building at the Columbian Exposition." "Our Indian Contingent," includes six different works by Frederic Remington (see images for a few).
Full pg. illus. of "Curling at St. Paul, Minnesota." 1/4 pg. portrait of "Abraham Lincoln - From his First Photograph, Taken in Chicago in 1857." 1/4 pg.…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 20, 1893 Full ftpg. shows a crowd at the gate of the Columbian Exposition. Fullpg. with 7 scenes of 'The Rock of Gibraltar' & a fullpg. with 5 scenes 'In the Nicaragua Country--Across the Divide'. 'Characteristic Sketches of the German Army' includes 12 prints by F. Remington. Two additional pages of illustrations of the Columbian Exposition.
Complete issue.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 22, 1894 Full ftpg. is a dramatic cavalry charge showing one soldier: 'Down!'. Fullpg. view of : 'The New Public Library, Boston' & 'Midsummer Jinks of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco in the Redwoods'. Nice dblpgctrfld: 'U.S. Senate in Session'. Two Remington soldier prints.
Complete issue.

HARPER'S WEEKLY,  New York, February 19, 1887 (print only)  This is a single page illustration entitled "Sketches on a Man-Of-War Under Sailing Orders -- The Last on Board" by Frederic Remington. This print features an inset which contains five other illustrations. This measures approximately 16.25 x 11 inches and is in very nice condition. Very suitable for framing.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 3, 1900  Tientsin; The Taking of Peking; doublepage centerfold "The Drought In The Southwest" by Frederic Remington; The Evil Men In The Passion Play; The Warren Street Disaster; front page photo of John Sherman; and other news of the day. See photo for details.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 26, 1887  Full front page illustration by Frederic Remington: College Players At Foot-Ball---A Tackle And Ball-Down.  Inside has a related report: The College Game Of Football. Also a report: Base-Ball In San Francisco and an illustration: A Base-Ball Game On The Haight Street Grounds, San Francisco. 
Full page "Hunting Wild Hogs in Arkansas"; doublepage centerfold "The Sham Naval Attack and Defense of Newport" which is comprised of several scenes; halfpage…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 30, 1886  Front page print: "Lawrence Barrett as 'Hamlet'". Nice fullpg: "Among the Coke Furnaces of Pennsylvania". A half page print by Thomas Nast: "The President's Grip; or, Our Infant Hercules". Doublepage centerfold: "On The Ice" shows men & women ice skating. Fullpg. Remington print: "The Apaches are Coming" is very displayable. Half page print: "King Ludwig of Bavaria on a Sleigh-Ride".
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 26, 1892  Full front page shows construction of 'The Great Derrick' at the Columbian Exposition. Full page of nice architecture on Chestnut St., Phila.
Lengthy article regarding a western train excursion includes 5 illustrations by F. Remington, all showing soldiers. Full page: 'The College Athlete Indoors' has 3 scenes, one showing baseball (just a small vignette)

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 2, 1901, from New York. The Funeral of Queen Victoria; Inaugural Ceremonies for the Commonwealth of Australia; Fox Hunting at Chevy Chase, Maryland; Tales of the Mush-Ice Heroes; doublepage centerfold "An Ore-Train Going Into The Silver-Mines, Colorado" by Remington; Westminster Kennel Club; and other news of the day. See photos for details.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, Jan. 10, 1891 Full page: 'The Philadelphia & Reading Terminal Facilities' shows 4 views. Double page centerfold by F. Remington: 'The Last Stand' is famous & desirable. Very displayable.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 18, 1898  Full ftpg. naval scene shows blowing up the 'Merrimac' at Santiago Harbor. Fullpg. with 11 photos of 'Landing of Cuban Volunteers at Puerto De Banes, Cuba'. Halfpg. photo of: 'Gen. M. Gomez, Commander of the Cuban Insurgent Forces'.
Doublepage centerfold by F. Remington: 'With the Regulars at Port Tampa, Florida--U.S. Cavalry...'. Other naval scenes also, including: 'Coast Defence Fleet--On a Patrol Boat, N.Y. Harbor'.
Other news and advertisements…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 21, 1886  Full ftpg. is a famous Frederic Remington print: 'Soldiering in the Southwest--The Rescue of Corporal Scott, a Black soldier.'
Fullpg: 'A Forest Fire'. Halfpg: 'Types From Arizona' includes Indians & soldiers. Displayable fullpg. print: 'Annapolis, Md.' being 5 views. Also present is "ELEPHANTS IN A BATH", which is a print of P.T. Barnum's elephants.
Note: The Supplement, "Hard Lacrosse - 'Hard Pressed'", by T. de Thulstrup (9th image) is not…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 1, 1888  Fullpg. of the new Cathedral Church of All Saints, Diocese Of Albany. Half page print: "The United States Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Cruiser 'Vesuvius'".
Great fullpg. F. Remington print: "A Peccary Hunt In Northern Mexico" shows two cowboys on horseback. Another full page print: "The Wreck" plus much more.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in sixteen pages.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 27, 1888  Although this issue has a wealth of fine prints, perhaps the most notable is the very nice doublepage print in the "Supplement" titled: "Dragging A Bull's Hide Over A Prairie Fire In Northern Texas" which was done by Frederic Remington".
Front full pg. illus. of "The Effect of 'Negative Gravity'." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Jack Rabbit Hunting in Southern California." 1/2 pg. illus. of "Jack Rabbit Drive in Southern California." Two full pg.…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, from New York, dated December 22, 1888 The full front page of the issue contains the portrait of 'Henry M. Stanley', the famous African explorer.  Inside the issue is a full page "The Expedition to Hayti" which is comprised of two half page illustrations and an inset of Admiral Luce. The doublepage centerfold is "The Late Henry Hobson Richardson's Design For An American Cathedral". A full page by Frederic Remington: 'Lieutenant Johnson and the Tenth United States Cavalry in…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 15, 1894  The full front pg. is an illus. of: "The Holy Family." Inside has a full pg. illus: "How Santa Claus Comes in Canada." which is by the famed artist Frederic Remington. Also a full pg. illus. of "Two's Company." (ice skaters), and another fullpg: "In Old Virginia - 'De Christmas Dinner Am Safe Fo' Sho''.
Complete in 28 pages.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 4, 1891  Full front page Frederic Remington print: "Big Fishing--Indians Hauling Nets On Lake Nepigon". Inside is a half page "The Government's Exhibit at the Columbian Exposition"; 1/4 page "The Government Building for the Columbian Exposition"; a full page "The City of St. John's, Newfoundland" and "The Midwinter Game of Badminton" is a fine illustration on this game, with men playing in tuxedos & woman in long dresses; full page: "Men Who Control the Great…

Harper's WEEKLY, Aug. 16, 1890 Full ftpg. shows people at: 'Bluff Point, Lake Champlain'. Nice & displayable fullpg. F. Remington print: 'Teaching a Mustang Pony to Pack Dead Game'.
Doublepage centerfold has 5 'Summer Night Scenes in N.Y.'.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 26, 1888  Front page print: "General Russell A. Alger, Of Michigan". Full page print: "The Islands of the Venetian Lagoon" shows 5 scenes. Two full page prints: "The New Armored Cruiser 'Maine'" and "Will He Enlist?" Very nice halfpg. illus. by Frederic Remington: "An Ox Train In The Mountains". Fullpg. of "Recent Additions To the Churches of Brooklyn" plus much more.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in sixteen pages.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 16, 1892  The full front page is a print captioned: "Easter Lilies". Other prints within include a full page with 6 photos of: "The Revolt In Venezuela"; a full page with 7 illustrations and photos of: "The Sisseton Indians"; 4 prints of "The New York Board of Trade & Transportation"; prints of: "Shad Fishing on the Susquehanna River"; a print of: "The Pennsylvania State Building at the Chicago Fair" a full page of: "Columbian Exposition, Chicago--In the…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 25, 1888  Full ftpg: "The March Out of the Battalion of Fort Columbus, Governor's Island". Fullpg: "Reminiscences of a Ramble Through the Chinese Quarter of New York". Nice doublepage centerfold: 'Tourists Crossing a Norwegian Glacier'. Over one-third pg. by Remington: 'A Fur Train from the Far North'. Halfpg: 'Hammocks on the Beach--A Scene at Atlantic City'.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in sixteen pages.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 20, 1890  Features a very nice full front page print: "Salmon Fishing on the Frazer River, British Columbia" by Charles Graham. Inside page prints include a full page: "Golden Gate Park, San Francisco" also drawn by C. Graham; a full page of: "The  Gymnasium of the Central Turn Verein, New York", a smaller print of: "The Milwaukee Turn Verein", a double page centerfold print: "At Alexandria Bay, Thousand Islands", a half page: "The Masonic Home & School to…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 24, 1894 Quaint, full ftpg: 'The Old Homestead Well'. Two fullpgs. of photos on: 'The War In Asia'. Over half of a dblpgctrfld. is taken up with: 'A Bird's-Eye View of Harvard University', being very displayable. Four photos on the re-building of Hinckley, Minnesota, previously destroyed by fire. Five photos on the 'Women at the Polls in Denver, Colo.' & a fullpg. with five F. Remington prints on 'The Horse Show, Madison Square Garden'.
Complete issue.

HARPER'S WEEKLY June 8, 1889. Front full pg. illus. by Remington of "The Ambushed Picket." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Cornell University." Two 1/2 pg. illus. of "Farewell" and "The United States Steamer 'Yantic' in a Canyon." Dblpgctrfld. of "A Wet Day on the Parisian Boulevard." 1/2 pg. illus. of "Characteristic Scenery of the Clay Formations Near Ashcrot, British Columbia." Two 1/2 pg. illus. pertaining to "Sketches along the Line of the Great Flood in the Valley of the Conemaugh,…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 17, 1887  Perhaps the best print in this issue is the full front page captioned: "Burning the Range" by famed Western artist Frederic Remington.
But there are many other prints within this issue including a full page with 9 vignettes of: "Sketches In Amsterdam"; a halfpg: "The Minneapolis Exposition Building by Night"; small prints of "Dr. Nathan Smith Davis, President of the International Medical Congress" & "Dr. John R. Hamilton of Washington,…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 6, 1893 (without panorama; sold separately) The front page features a full page illustration: 'The Naval Land Parade'. A full page with 8 vignettes of: "The Uprising in Chihuahua, Mexico" is by famed artist Frederic Remington & includes an accompanying article by him as well. 
A full page "Incidents of the Naval Parade" features five photos. A great doublepage centerfold: 'The Great Naval Review' shows many, many decorated ships. A half page 'A Day's…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 9, 1893 Nice fullpg. with 7 scenes of 'In the San Juan Country', of New Mexico. But the significant content is the terrific dblpgctrfld. by Remington: 'Toro, Toro!' showing a California Vaquero chasing a steer.
Complete issue.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 5, 1892 Full front page: 'The Elevated Railroad Bridge at Chatham Square'. Nice full page Remington print: 'U.S. Cavalry Hunting for Garza on the Rio Grande'. This issue also includes a small photo of the Alamo in an article: 'From San Antonio to Corpus Christi'. Various scenes in Paris.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, Apr. 13, 1889 Full ftpg. is the famous Remington print: 'The Frontier Trooper's Thanatopsis'. Displayable fullpg: 'Oklahoma Sketches', several with men on horseback. Dblpgctrfld: 'Going to a Fire in St. Petersburg.
Complete in twenty pages.