NEW YORK MIRROR, Aug. 20, 1836  "A Weekly Journal Devoted To Literature & the Fine Arts" as noted in the masthead. A rather common title, but this is among the first we've encountered that has never been bound and trimmed and still has the original green outer wrappers.
Eight pages plus the wrappers, some archival mends to interior pages, nice condition.

Background:The New-York Mirror was a leading literary and arts-focused weekly newspaper in New York City from 1823 to 1842, co-founded by George Pope Morris and Samuel Woodworth. In 1836, it gained prominence for publishing the first American appearance of Charles Dickens' "Sketches by Boz," along with essays like "Childhood and Its Visitors," "The English Language and Noah Webster," and N.P. Willis’s "Idleness." Known for its cultural influence, the Mirror featured original works and critical essays that helped shape American literary taste.