Issues for under $50
Issues for under $50
Natural gas In Pennsylvania...
Item #175030
November 14, 1885
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 14, 1885 Nice doublepage centerfold: "Natural Gas In Pennsylvania" shows 7 scenes including a large & dramatic one of "Old No. 1". Fullpg: "Life Under the Dumps In New York City". 3/4pg. Thomas Nast political cartoon: "Does This Mean The Indorsement Of The President?". Full ftpg. print: "The National Hor... See More
Item #203896
November 21, 1885
THE CHRISTIAN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, New York, November 21, 1885. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Trouble with Apache Indians...
Item #664423
November 21, 1885
MORNING TRIBUNE, Altoona, Pennsylvania, Nov. 21, 1885 The top of the ftpg. has a column headed: "THE APACHE WAY" "A Cattle Raiser Delivers Himself of His Grievances" "He Tells of How the Bad Indians Murder the Settlers, Steal the Horses & Destroy Property--The Soldiers Too Slow to Catch Them", all taking three-quarters of a column.
Four pages, good conditio... See More
Flooding along the Atlantic coast...
Item #175036
December 05, 1885
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 5, 1885 Full front pg. portrait of "The Late Thomas Andres Hendricks, Vice President of the United States." Inside is a 1/3 pg. illus. of "Proposed Design for the New Fifth Avenue Omnibuses." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The Old Broadway Stages in 1831." Full pg. illus. containing three illus. pertaining to "The High Tide of No... See More
Reverend Thomas De Witt Talmage sermon...
Item #715421
December 17, 1885
THE CUBA PATRIOT, December 17, 1885
* Reverend Thomas De Witt Talmage
Page 3 has an article headed: "TALMAGE'S SERMON" with subheads. (see images) Text takes up about 1 1/2 full columns.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 8 pages, generally in nice condition.
Item #203925
December 25, 1885
THE ILLUSTRATED CHRISTIAN WEEKLY, New York, December 26. 1885. A great issue for framing and displaying!
A farming-themed newspaper from San Francisco...
Item #130025
January 01, 1886
PACIFIC RURAL PRESS, San Francisco, 1886 Few towns from the Old West are more legendary than San Francisco, springing to life with the nearby discovery of gold in 1848 at Sutter's Mill. Its population of 1000 in 1848 swelled to 25,000 by December, 1849.
This is a tabloid-size newspaper with a very decorative, "pastoral", masthead. The content is mostly farming related. The phot... See More
Drawbridge across the Harlem River...
Item #152294
January 02, 1886
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 2, 1886 This paper has front page prints and inside article: HYDRAULIC MACHINERY FOR OPERATING THE DRAWBRIDGE ACROSS THE HARLEM RIVER AT SECOND AVE. N.Y. CITY. The internal article describe and bridge and how it functions. There is also an article on the Invention of Bell's Phone. This paper is in very good condition with some edge tears with no los... See More
The controversial Alexander G. Bell telephone patent case...
Item #613917
January 02, 1886
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, January 2, 1886 Includes an article of: THE BELL TELEPHONE CASE . This article details the Interior Department recommends that the Attorney General investigate to see if Bell's first patent was valid. The front page of the issue "Hydraulic Machinery for Operating the drawbridge Across the Harlem River at Second Ave. N.Y. City". Inside t... See More
"Gathering Christmas Laurel"... Thomas Nast New Year cartoon...
Item #175044
January 02, 1886
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 2, 1886 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: "What You With Us Is One Thing; What You Will Give Us Is Another". Fullpg: "The Nanticoke Mining Disaster" shows 5 scenes.
Doublepage centerfold: "Gathering Christmas Laurel". Fullpg: "Issuing Christmas Dinners to the Veterans in Brooklyn" plus much more.
Other news and advertise... See More
Whaling on the Long Island coast...
Item #222791
January 09, 1886
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 9, 1886
* Predecessor of the dump truck
... See More
* Predecessor of the dump truck
* Whaling on the Long Island coast
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations, accompanied by text, of the latest inventions of the day including: "Whales Recently Taken Near Long Island", "A New Steam Carriage", "Insect Destroyer", and &quo
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations, accompanied by text, of the latest inventions of the day including: "Whales Recently Taken Near Long Island", "A New Steam Carriage", "Insect Destroyer", and &quo
1886 Hylton Castle sinking...
Item #669322
January 13, 1886
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, January 13, 1886
* Hylton Castle shipwreck
* Fire Island, Long Island, New York
The to of the front page has one column headings: "LOSS OF THE HYLTON CASTLE" "How Half Of the Men On OBard Escape" and more. Text takes up over a full column.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, light browning, small piece torn away at upper left corner, othe... See More
Novel clock...
Item #631534
January 16, 1886
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 16, 1886 The front page of the issue has "A Remarkable Railroad Accident" with accompanying illustrations. Inside the issue is: "Aerated Water Machinery and Auxiliary Apparatus"; "A Novel Clock"; "Improved Sixty Ton Steam Derrick Crane"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pag... See More
Hermit of Pike County...
Item #605158
January 21, 1886
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, January 21, 1886
* Hermit Austin Sheldon
* Pike County, Pennsylvania
The front page has one column headings: "'The Hermit Of Pike County" "Forty-Five Years In A Mountain Cave" and more. See images for text.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, light browning, a little spine wear, otherwise good. Should be handled with care.... See More
Item #203890
January 23, 1886
THE CHRISTIAN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, New York, January 23, 1886. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Billy Porter arrersted....
Item #605156
January 29, 1886
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, January 29, 1886
* William O'Brien
* Billy Porter
The front page has one column headings: "'BILLY' PORTER ARRESTED" "Found At A Leading New-York Hotel" "Charged With A Safe-Burglary In Troy--His Career In Crime" See images for text here.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, light browning, minor spine wear, otherwise ... See More
Early hearing aid...
Item #631532
January 30, 1886
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 30, 1886 The front page of the issue has "The New York Cable Railway" with an accompanying illustrations. Inside the issue is: "The Micro-Audiphone" which was an early hearing aid; "Combined Milling and Slotting Machine"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages, unbound, in nice condi... See More
Bicycles... Marvin Safe Company...
Item #658227
February 13, 1886
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 13, 1886 The frontpage features an article "The Marvin Safe" which shows two different illustrations from the company with more coverage inside. Inside is an article inside: "Improved Treadle For Bicycles" includes a very nice 6 1/2 by 4 1/4 inch illustration of an early bicycle. Other articles are: "Wetmore's Improve... See More
Thomas Nast prints... Indian scene... Chinese Highbinders and weapons......
Item #175056
February 13, 1886
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 13, 1886 The front page features a full page illustration "That Garland Has Slipped - His Various Channels of Usefulness in Public Trust -- Are At An End!" by Thomas Nast. Within the issue is a full page illustration "The Chinese Highbinders in San Francisco" which is comprised of different illustrations. Dramatic dblpgctrfld: "A Sno... See More
From Chicago, in the Swedish language...
Item #695829
February 13, 1886
KURRE, Chicago, Illinois, Feb. 13, 1886 A rather rare Swedish-language newspaper from Illinois, the subtitle above the masthead translating to: "Illustrated Newspaper For Swedish America".
A very decorative, comic-themed masthead, 16 pages, 10 by 13 1/2 inches, minimal wear at the margins.
Roxbury, Massachusetts flood disaster...
Item #605151
February 15, 1886
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, February 15, 1886
* Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts
* Stony Brook flood disaster
The front page has one column headings: "THE NEW-ENGLAND FLOOD" "Great Loss Caused In Many Cities" "Boats in the Streets of Boston--Houses, Bridges and Factories Wrecked"
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, light browning, a little spine wear, otherwise go... See More
Edison's Railway Telegraphy...
Item #614510
February 20, 1886
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 20, 1886 The front page has illustrations of "the Hoboken Inclined Cable Railway" and an associated article. Inside the issue is: "The Ingersoll Stone Channeling Machine"; "Benson's Improved Farm Locomotive"; "The Edison System of Railway Telegraphy"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
This... See More
Item #203894
February 22, 1886
THE CHRISTIAN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, New York, February 20, 1886. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Sleighing in Central Park...
Item #175060
February 27, 1886
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 27, 1886 Full ftpg. Nast political cartoon: "The 'Something' (That) 'Should be Done by Me to Relieve Myself and the Administration". Nice fullpg: 'Cattle In a Blizzard on the Plains'. Nearly halfpg: 'Winter in Philadelphia'. Nice doublepage centerfold: 'Sleighing In Central Park'. Halfpg: 'On the Shore ... See More
Xenia, Ohio powder mill explosion...
Item #603434
March 02, 1886
THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, March 2, 1886
* Xenia, Ohio
* Powder Mills explosion
The front page has one column headings: "TERRIBLE ACCIDENT" "Ohio Powder Mill Explodes" and more. See images for text here.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 4 pages, large sized paper measuring 25 x 19 1/2 inches, a little irregular along the spine, other... See More
Item #208388
March 06, 1886
SUPPLEMENT TO THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, London, March 6, 1886 This is a single sheet with two related color illustrations, captioned: "Ladies First and Gentlemen After" and the and: "In Charge (Trespassers Beware)".
A a nice item for display.
Early typewriter...
The Harlem River bridge (Washington Bridge)... The Calligraph...
Item #674682
March 06, 1886
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 6, 1886 The front page has the 2nd and 1st place prize designs for the Harlem River Bridge at 181st Street (now Washington Bridge): "DESIGN FOR BRIDGE ACROSS HARLEM RIVER AT 181ST STREET, NEW YORK CITY LOOKING SOUTH - FIRST PRIZE" and "DESIGN FOR HARLEM RIVER BRIDGE LOOKING NORTH-SECOND PRIZE". Quite displayable.
Also noteworthy is a ... See More
Boxer James Sheady's death...
Item #676086
March 06, 1886
THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, March 6, 1886
* James Sheady death
* Boxer - boxing
The front page has small one column headings: "Brutal Prize Fight" "Near Fayetteville, West Virginia, Which Ends in Murder" See images for text here.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 4 pages, large sized paper measuring 25 x 19 1/2 inches, a little irregul... See More
Anti-Chinese riot in Seattle... Newsboys of New York City...
Item #175062
March 06, 1886
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 6, 1886 Halfpg: 'Newsboys' Lodging House' in New York ' & 'The Ice Gorge On the Hudson, Near Albany'. Fullpg: 'The Anti-Chinese Riot at Seattle, Wash. Territory'.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in 16 pages.
Railroad strike in New York... Oyster Bay, Long Island...
Item #175064
March 13, 1886
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 13, 1886 Full ftpg. Nast illustration: "Like Cromwell--Not 'Like Charles the First,'--Mr. Edmunds". Two half page prints: "The $29,000 Filly Dew-Drop" and "A Meet of the Meadow Brook Hunt Club at the House of Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island".
Fine doublepage centerfold: "Street Railroad Strike in New... See More
Nonpareil Dempsy...
Item #603616
March 15, 1886
THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, March 15, 1886
* Nonpareil Dempsey (Jack Dempsey)
* Early boxing match - pugilists
* Railroad train robbery
The front page has a small one column heading: "Witness a Hard Fought Battle Between Dempsey and Lablanche"
Also on the front page is: "Daring Express Robbery" "And Murder on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R... See More
Nonpareil Dempsey...
Item #604789
March 15, 1886
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, March 15, 1886
* Nonpareil Dempsey (Jack Dempsey)
* Early boxing match - pugilists
The front page has one column headings: "Dempsey Downs La Blanche" "A Fight to a Finish by the Middle-Weight Champions" "Thirteen Desperately Contested Rounds" and more.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 4 page... See More
Lost off Long Island... A loggers' camp...
Item #175066
March 20, 1886
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 20, 1886 Full ftpg. Thomas Nast cartoon: "One Thing You Are Accountable To The Public For". 1/3 pg: "The Cunard Steamer 'Oregon', Lost Off Long Island". Fullpg: "A Loggers' Camp At Night". Fullpg: "The United States Ship Of War 'Atlanta'". Fullpg: 'The Moody Schools at Northfield, Massachuset... See More
Hunting snipe...
Item #175070
April 03, 1886
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 3, 1886 Full ftpg: 'Flower Show at the Metropolitan Opera-House, New York City'. Two-thirds pg: 'Explosion of Natural Gas at Murrysville, Pennsylvania". Great fullpg. hunting print: 'Spring Snipe-Shooting' is very displayable. Fullpg: 'Approach to the Philadelphia Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad'. Nice fullpg: 'Th... See More
Government of Ireland Bill of 1886...
Item #652304
April 09, 1886
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 9, 1886
* Government of Ireland Bill 1886
* First Home Rule Bill
* William Gladstone
The front page has one column headings: "ERIN'S DELIVERANCE" "Gladstone, in a Most Eloquent Speech, Proposes a Parliament for Ireland" "and more with illustration of Gladstone. (see) Lengthy text here.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Com... See More
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota tornado...
Item #603461
April 15, 1886
THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, Wheeling, West Virginia, April 15, 1886
* Sauk Rapids, MN tornado
* St. Cloud, Minnesota
The front page has one column headings: "DIRE DISASTER" "Overtakes Two Towns in Northern Minnesota" "The Terrible Destruction Wrought by a Cyclone" and more. See images for text here.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 4 page... See More
Killeen, Texas tornado...
Item #603464
April 26, 1886
THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, Wheeling, West Virginia, April 26, 1886
* Killeen, Texas
The front page has one column headings: "TERRIBLE TORNADO" "Texas Town Swept By Wind" and more. See image for text here.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 4 pages, large sized paper measuring 25 x 19 1/2 inches, a little irregular along the spine, otherwise nice. Unc... See More
Jeff. Davis...
Item #150104
April 28, 1886
DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Apr. 28, 1886 Ftpg: "Jeff Davis Receives an Ovation" is a report from Montgomery, Ala. Uncommon newspaper from Utah.
French steamship La Bourgogne...
Item #633774
May 01, 1886
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 1, 1886 The front cover has "The New French Atlantic Steamship La Bourgogne" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Improved Concrete Making Machine"; "Othniel Charles Marsh"; "A Novel Mode of Feeding Lambs"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages, a little lite di... See More
Naval drills at Pensacola, Florida... Tornado in Minnesota...
Item #175078
May 01, 1886
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 1, 1886 Full ftpg. Nast illustration themed on "Oliver Cromwell & Charles I". Fullpg: 'The Cyclone in Minnesota'. A halfpg: 'The Proposed Capitol of Colorado'. The doublepage centerfold: 'The Strike' is a dramatic scene. Halfpg: 'Exhibition of Horse-Taming in New York'. Supplement has a centerfold: 'The Nava... See More
1879 North Brookfield, Massachusetts...
Item #704340
May 07, 1886
NORTH BROOKFIELD JOURNAL, Mass., May 7, 1886
* Worcester County
* 19th century original
A uncommon publication with news of the day and several interesting advertisements throughout.
Complete with 4 pages, light toning, minor wear at the folds, generally in good condition.
Once known as Yolo City...
Item #599684
May 09, 1886
WOODLAND DAILY DEMOCRAT, Yolo County, California, May 9, 1886 Formerly known as Yolo City, Woodland lies 15 miles northwest of Sacramento. Various news of the day and a wealth of Western-style advertisements.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, some minor margin tears, nice condition.
Haymarket Square riot...
Item #589730
May 12, 1886
THE ALLENTOWN DEMOCRAT, Allentown, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1886
* Haymarket Square riot
* Chicago, Illinois
* Anarchy - Anarchists
Page 2 has a small one column heading in the first column: "The Labor Troubles in the West". See photos for text that includes: "....when a bomb was thrown among which burst with terrible effect...".
This is actually a 1st report as t... See More
Kansas City, Missouri tornado disaster...
Item #609136
May 12, 1886
THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, May 12, 1886
* Kansas City, Missouri
* Tornado disaster
The front page has one column headings: "A DEATH BLAST" "Kansas City Visited Yesterday by a Disastrous Cyclone" "Resulting in Loss of Life and Destruction of Property" "The Tempest Strikes a School House and Kills Many" and more. (see) Lengthy text here... See More
Odell IL tornado disaster...
Item #585360
May 13, 1886
THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, May 13, 1886
* Tornadoes outbreak
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines that include: "ANOTHER CYCLONE", "The Village of Odell, Ill., the Scene of Death and Destruction by Wind", "Several Lives Lost and a Large Amount of Property Destroyed at Evansville, Ind." and more. 1st report coverage on powerful tornadoes tha... See More
Item #203944
May 15, 1886
THE ILLUSTRATED CHRISTIAN WEEKLY, New York, May 15, 1886. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Yachting...
Item #633775
May 22, 1886
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 22, 1886 The front cover has "The New Racing Sloop Yacht Atlantic" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Triple Expansion Engines"; "A Scythian Chariot"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages, a little lite dirtiness to the cover, non-archival mends to at the centerfold ma... See More
The Eiffel Tower...
Item #175084
May 22, 1886
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 22, 1886 Full ftpg. shows: 'A Mounted Sword Contest at San Francisco'. Fullpg. with many illus. of: 'New York Architecture--The Tiffany & Marquand Houses'. Fullpg: 'Centennial Celebration of the Chatham Artillery at Savannah, Ga.' Nice illus. of the: 'Proposed Memorial Tower at Paris' being the Eiffel Tower. 'Conferen... See More
Bi-lingual newspaper from Panama...
Item #592796
May 25, 1886
THE EVENING TELEGRAM, Panama, May 25, 1886
* Rare title
An interesting bi-lingual newspaper printed in Panama, with much of the news relating to Central and South America. Pages 1-3 are in English and pages 4-8 are in Spanish.
Never bound nor trimmed, minor wear at the folds, generally nice.
Great for the telephone collector...
Item #588974
May 29, 1886
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 29, 1886 The front page has a nice print showing "Early Telephones" from before Alexander Graham Bell's invention, with each of the 6 models labeled by date, name, and inventor. Also a nice ftpg. article titled: "Early Telephones". Other articles are: "Badia's Improved Life Preserver"; "The Lemurs in the Berlin Zoologica... See More
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