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Fireboats of New York... The dead horse festival...
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Fireboats of New York... The dead horse festival...

Item # 174716 ·
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 11, 1882  The front page of the issue is comprised of a nice fullpage illustration 'A Fire at a New York Dock -- The River Fire Brigade at Work' which is a good view of a fire boat fighting a ship fire. Inside the issue is a three-quarter page 'The Burning of the Park Theatre'. The doublepage centerfold is of 'The New York Pension Agency' and three-quarter page 'The Dead Horse Festival' with 3 scenes. This issue also includes a story which features two illustrations by A.B. Frost and political cartoons by Thomas Nast.
Complete in 16 pages and contains additional prints and related text. 
Categories: 1880-1889, Post-Civil War
Price
$40
Second rate
$21

A more affordable copy with minor flaws. What is a second rate?

100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.