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Published by Charles Dickens... a 6 issue set...

A White Hand and a Black Thumb...



Item # 205271

January 23, 1864

Harper's WEEKLY, January 23 - March 5, 1864  This is a six issue set of Harper's Weekly issues containing all 6 installments of "A White Hand and a Black Thumb", by Henry Spicer, originally published by Charles Dickens' in All the Year Round.  The set provides more than a 10% discount over purchasing the issues individually.  The individual issues are described as:

Slaves being liberated...
Jan. 23, 1864 Full ftpg: 'Suffering in a Snow storm on the Michigan Central'. Nice fullpg: 'Colored Troops Liberating Slaves in North Carolina'. Displayable dblpgctrfld: 'Return of Veteran Vols. on Furlough'.  This issue contains the 1st installment of "A White Hand and a Black Thumb".

Jan. 30, 1864 Fullpg: 'Emancipated Slaves, White & Colored' showing the 'branding' on the forehead of the Black man. Nice Nast dblpgctrfld: 'Central Park In Winter' shows 9 scenes. One-third pg. illus: U.S. gunboat Eutaw' and 'Rebel Submarine Battery'.  This issue contains the 2nd installment of "A White Hand and a Black Thumb".

Feb. 13, 1864 Nice full ftpg: 'Our Flag Is There!'. Halfpg: 'The Confederates Evacuating Brownsville, Texas' halfpg: 'Hqts. of U.S. Sanitary Commission at Gettysburg, Pa.'  This issue contains the 3rd installment of "A White Hand and a Black Thumb".

Feb. 20, 1864 Full ftpg: 'Gen. Grant Crossing the Cumberland Mtns.'. Halfpg: 'The Negro Sentinel Shooting Burroughs' Halfpg: 'Scenes In & Around Richland Jail, Columbia, S.C.' Fullpg: 'Destruction by Fire of Colt's Armory'.  This issue contains the 4th installment of "A White Hand and a Black Thumb".

Feb. 27, 1864 Nice fullpg: 'Colt's Armory After the Fire--Interior & Exterior'. Halfpg: 'Interior of a Hospital Car' Great dblpgctrld: 'George Washington' shows 10 scenes in his life, including a large central illus. of him 'Resigning His Commission, 1783' A few more war scenes.  This issue contains the 5th installment of "A White Hand and a Black Thumb".

Winslow Homer print...
Mar. 5, 1864 Full ftpg: 'The Escaped Refugees from the Libey Prison'. Decorative dblpgctrfld: 'Brooklyn Fair in aid of the Sanitary Commission'. Fullpg. Homer: 'Any Thing for Me, if You Please?' Fullpg: 'Reconnaissance at Morton's Ford--Night Scene'.  This issue contains the 6th (and final) installment of "A White Hand and a Black Thumb".

Category: The Civil War