"Great Expectations" Collection VI
Item # 206678
June 21, 1861
HARPER'S WEEKLY, June 22, 1861 through August 3, 1861. This is a seven-issue set (part 6) of Harper's Weekly containing the Charles Dickens "Great Expectations" in serialization format. The set provides more than a 10% discount over purchasing the issues individually.
This set would look great displayed in one of our 17 inch by 14 inch display cases which can be viewed at www.rarenewspapers.com/folders.aspx (or by returning to the home page and selecting "storage and display options".
The individual issues are described as:
HARPER'S WEEKLY June 22, 1861 Ftpg. shows: "Wm. Russell, London Times Correspondent". Fullpg. shows the 11th Indiana Vols. swearing in at Indianapolis. Print shows the "Maid of the Mist" boat at Niagara Falls, & another shows "Late Sen. Douglas lying in state, Chicago". Three views showing areas around Cairo, Illinois. Nice dblpgctrfld: "On the Road between Washington & Alexandria" shows 10 vignettes. Halfpg: "Divine Service at Camp Dennison, Ohio" & "Vigilance Committed at Memphis". Fullpg. shows the National Zouaves at Sandy Hook. Nearly halfpg: "Navy Yard at Pensacola" & another: "Bivouac of Rebel Troops, Warrington, Pensacola". Fullpg: "View of Fortress Monroe & 1/3 pg: "Action at Acquila Creek".
HARPER'S WEEKLY, June 29, 1861. A Homer entitled "The War-Making Havelocks for the Volunteers", ftpg. 401 - Camp Slifer - March of Troops from Chambersburgh - Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac, below Harper's Ferry, lately held by the Virginians - Rebel troops arriving at & departing from Martinsburg, Virginia - whipping post on the premises of Mr. West, at Newport News, Virginia - scenes of Fort Monrow - Chesapeake Female College: headquarters of Gen. Pierce - John Tyler's residence, Hampton, Virginia - camp of the Vermont regiment, Newport News - Camp of First regiment New York volunteers, Col. Allen, near Fortress Monroe - Battle of Great Bethel - charge of Duryee's Zouaves (5th regiment N.Y. volunteers) at the Battle of Great Bethel - Moat Homer: The War-Making Havelocks for the Volunteers, ftpg. 401 - Camp Slifer - March of Troops from Chambersburgh - Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac, below Harper's Ferry, lately held by the Virginians - Rebel troops arriving at & departing from Martinsburg, Virginia - whipping post on the premises of Mr. West, at Newport News, Virginia - scenes of Fort Monrow - Chesapeake Female College: headquarters of Gen. Pierce - John Tyler's residence, Hampton, Virginia - camp of the Vermont regiment, Newport News - Camp of First regiment New York volunteers, Col. Allen, near Fortress Monroe - Battle of Great Bethel - charge of Duryee's Zouaves (5th regiment N.Y. volunteers) at the Battle of Great Bethel - Moat & seaward face of Fortress Monroe - Landing of the Scott life guard at Newport News - batteries on the Ohio levee at Cairo - battery on the Ohio levee, used for ordering steamers to - landing of the 7th Homer: The War-Making Havelocks for the Volunteers, ftpg. 401 - Camp Slifer - March of Troops from Chambersburgh - Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac, below Harper's Ferry, lately held by the Virginians - Rebel troops arriving at & departing from Martinsburg, Virginia - whipping post on the premises of Mr. West, at Newport News, Virginia - scenes of Fort Monrow - Chesapeake Female College: headquarters of Gen. Pierce - John Tyler's residence, Hampton, Virginia - camp of the Vermont regiment, Newport News - Camp of First regiment New York volunteers, Col. Allen, near Fortress Monroe - Battle of Great Bethel - charge of Duryee's Zouaves (5th regiment N.Y. volunteers) at the Battle of Great Bethel - Moat & seaward face of Fortress Monroe - Landing of the Scott life guard at Newport News - batteries on the Ohio levee at Cairo - battery on the Ohio levee, used for ordering steamers to - landing of the 7th & 12th regiments at Cairo - Our Army on the Potomac - the Late Lieutenant Greble - gun bent double by a cannonball - rifle pit for sentinels - Privateer "Savannah" captured by the U.S. Brig "Perry".
HARPER'S WEEKLY, July 6, 1861 Full ftpg: 'Constituent Convention of Virginia, in the Custom House at Wheeling, Ohio'. Nice halfpg. illus. of: 'Jefferson City, Missouri' & 2 more related prints. Nice fullpg: 'Bird's-Eye View of the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico'. Nice fullpg: 'Scenes of Camp & Army Life in Gen. Williams Brigade' showing 9 scenes. '1st Conn. Vols. at Roach's Springs, Va.' & 'Battle of Romney'. Fullpg: 'Tenn. Riflemen Entering Winchester from Strasburg' & 2/3 pg: 'Battle of Philippi'. Fullpg: 'Harper's Ferry, As Evacuated by the Confederate Troops' & two other halfpg. Civil War scenes, one at Harper's Ferry & another at Williamsport, Md.
HARPER'S WEEKLY, July 13, 1861 Ftpg. shows: 'Battle of Boonville, Missouri'. Fullpg: 'The Cabinet at Washington' shows Lincoln & the others. Winslow Homer fullpg: 'Crew of U.S. Steam-Sloop Colorado' fullpg:'How Volunteers Are Treated in Phila.' & a fullpg. print: 'A Slave Auction at the South' is terrific, and quite displayable.
HARPER'S WEEKLY July 20, 1861 Full ftpg. shows: "Filling Cartridge at the U.S. Arsenal at Watertown, Mass." is by Winslow Homer. Fullpg. with 5 scenes of: "The 11th Indiana Reg. of Zouaves" & another fullpg: "Scenes About Camp" shows 8 scenes. Halfpg: "Hagerstown, Md," & a great dblpgctrfld: "The Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York" shows several large ships. Halfpg: "The Secessionist Army--Irregular Riflemen of the Alleghanies, Va." Nice fullpg: "The Pirates" & 1/3 pg: "Harper's Ferry Armory". Nearly halfpg: "Military Occupation of Monument Square, Baltimore".
HARPER'S WEEKLY, July 27, 1861 Ftpg. shows Gen. Prentiss & Gen. Williams, & the 'Departure of Gen. Lyon & His Command from Boonville, Mo.' Great fullpg: 'The Battle of Rich Mountain, Va.' & 'Wilson's Zouaves in the Ditch...at Ft. Pickens'. Very displayable dblpgctrfld: 'Stony Point' is a montage of various vignettes from the Rev. War. Fullpg: 'Camp Life with Gen. Williams' has 9 scenes. Two other war prints & a great fullpg: 'Balloon View of Washington D.C.'
HARPER'S WEEKLY, Aug. 3, 1861 Ftpg: 'Death of Rebel Gen. Garnett at the Battle of Laurel Hill' fullpg: 'The Battle of Carthage, Missouri' dramatic & historic dblpgctrfld: 'Col. Hunter's Attack at the Battle of Bull's Run' plus two other half pg. illustrations on Bull Run.
This set would look great displayed in one of our 17 inch by 14 inch display cases which can be viewed at www.rarenewspapers.com/folders.aspx (or by returning to the home page and selecting "storage and display options".
The individual issues are described as:
HARPER'S WEEKLY June 22, 1861 Ftpg. shows: "Wm. Russell, London Times Correspondent". Fullpg. shows the 11th Indiana Vols. swearing in at Indianapolis. Print shows the "Maid of the Mist" boat at Niagara Falls, & another shows "Late Sen. Douglas lying in state, Chicago". Three views showing areas around Cairo, Illinois. Nice dblpgctrfld: "On the Road between Washington & Alexandria" shows 10 vignettes. Halfpg: "Divine Service at Camp Dennison, Ohio" & "Vigilance Committed at Memphis". Fullpg. shows the National Zouaves at Sandy Hook. Nearly halfpg: "Navy Yard at Pensacola" & another: "Bivouac of Rebel Troops, Warrington, Pensacola". Fullpg: "View of Fortress Monroe & 1/3 pg: "Action at Acquila Creek".
HARPER'S WEEKLY, June 29, 1861. A Homer entitled "The War-Making Havelocks for the Volunteers", ftpg. 401 - Camp Slifer - March of Troops from Chambersburgh - Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac, below Harper's Ferry, lately held by the Virginians - Rebel troops arriving at & departing from Martinsburg, Virginia - whipping post on the premises of Mr. West, at Newport News, Virginia - scenes of Fort Monrow - Chesapeake Female College: headquarters of Gen. Pierce - John Tyler's residence, Hampton, Virginia - camp of the Vermont regiment, Newport News - Camp of First regiment New York volunteers, Col. Allen, near Fortress Monroe - Battle of Great Bethel - charge of Duryee's Zouaves (5th regiment N.Y. volunteers) at the Battle of Great Bethel - Moat Homer: The War-Making Havelocks for the Volunteers, ftpg. 401 - Camp Slifer - March of Troops from Chambersburgh - Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac, below Harper's Ferry, lately held by the Virginians - Rebel troops arriving at & departing from Martinsburg, Virginia - whipping post on the premises of Mr. West, at Newport News, Virginia - scenes of Fort Monrow - Chesapeake Female College: headquarters of Gen. Pierce - John Tyler's residence, Hampton, Virginia - camp of the Vermont regiment, Newport News - Camp of First regiment New York volunteers, Col. Allen, near Fortress Monroe - Battle of Great Bethel - charge of Duryee's Zouaves (5th regiment N.Y. volunteers) at the Battle of Great Bethel - Moat & seaward face of Fortress Monroe - Landing of the Scott life guard at Newport News - batteries on the Ohio levee at Cairo - battery on the Ohio levee, used for ordering steamers to - landing of the 7th Homer: The War-Making Havelocks for the Volunteers, ftpg. 401 - Camp Slifer - March of Troops from Chambersburgh - Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac, below Harper's Ferry, lately held by the Virginians - Rebel troops arriving at & departing from Martinsburg, Virginia - whipping post on the premises of Mr. West, at Newport News, Virginia - scenes of Fort Monrow - Chesapeake Female College: headquarters of Gen. Pierce - John Tyler's residence, Hampton, Virginia - camp of the Vermont regiment, Newport News - Camp of First regiment New York volunteers, Col. Allen, near Fortress Monroe - Battle of Great Bethel - charge of Duryee's Zouaves (5th regiment N.Y. volunteers) at the Battle of Great Bethel - Moat & seaward face of Fortress Monroe - Landing of the Scott life guard at Newport News - batteries on the Ohio levee at Cairo - battery on the Ohio levee, used for ordering steamers to - landing of the 7th & 12th regiments at Cairo - Our Army on the Potomac - the Late Lieutenant Greble - gun bent double by a cannonball - rifle pit for sentinels - Privateer "Savannah" captured by the U.S. Brig "Perry".
HARPER'S WEEKLY, July 6, 1861 Full ftpg: 'Constituent Convention of Virginia, in the Custom House at Wheeling, Ohio'. Nice halfpg. illus. of: 'Jefferson City, Missouri' & 2 more related prints. Nice fullpg: 'Bird's-Eye View of the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico'. Nice fullpg: 'Scenes of Camp & Army Life in Gen. Williams Brigade' showing 9 scenes. '1st Conn. Vols. at Roach's Springs, Va.' & 'Battle of Romney'. Fullpg: 'Tenn. Riflemen Entering Winchester from Strasburg' & 2/3 pg: 'Battle of Philippi'. Fullpg: 'Harper's Ferry, As Evacuated by the Confederate Troops' & two other halfpg. Civil War scenes, one at Harper's Ferry & another at Williamsport, Md.
HARPER'S WEEKLY, July 13, 1861 Ftpg. shows: 'Battle of Boonville, Missouri'. Fullpg: 'The Cabinet at Washington' shows Lincoln & the others. Winslow Homer fullpg: 'Crew of U.S. Steam-Sloop Colorado' fullpg:'How Volunteers Are Treated in Phila.' & a fullpg. print: 'A Slave Auction at the South' is terrific, and quite displayable.
HARPER'S WEEKLY July 20, 1861 Full ftpg. shows: "Filling Cartridge at the U.S. Arsenal at Watertown, Mass." is by Winslow Homer. Fullpg. with 5 scenes of: "The 11th Indiana Reg. of Zouaves" & another fullpg: "Scenes About Camp" shows 8 scenes. Halfpg: "Hagerstown, Md," & a great dblpgctrfld: "The Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York" shows several large ships. Halfpg: "The Secessionist Army--Irregular Riflemen of the Alleghanies, Va." Nice fullpg: "The Pirates" & 1/3 pg: "Harper's Ferry Armory". Nearly halfpg: "Military Occupation of Monument Square, Baltimore".
HARPER'S WEEKLY, July 27, 1861 Ftpg. shows Gen. Prentiss & Gen. Williams, & the 'Departure of Gen. Lyon & His Command from Boonville, Mo.' Great fullpg: 'The Battle of Rich Mountain, Va.' & 'Wilson's Zouaves in the Ditch...at Ft. Pickens'. Very displayable dblpgctrfld: 'Stony Point' is a montage of various vignettes from the Rev. War. Fullpg: 'Camp Life with Gen. Williams' has 9 scenes. Two other war prints & a great fullpg: 'Balloon View of Washington D.C.'
HARPER'S WEEKLY, Aug. 3, 1861 Ftpg: 'Death of Rebel Gen. Garnett at the Battle of Laurel Hill' fullpg: 'The Battle of Carthage, Missouri' dramatic & historic dblpgctrfld: 'Col. Hunter's Attack at the Battle of Bull's Run' plus two other half pg. illustrations on Bull Run.
Category: Harper's Weekly
