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A REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE BRITISH NATION, London, 1708-09 From research done by the prestigious London rare book firm of Pickering & Chatto, this is one of Daniel Defoe's greatest, but least… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 14, 1894 Nice full ftpg. scene of: 'Coronado Beach, Calif.' Nearly halfpg: 'Proposed House for the Rockaway Hunting Club' & 'Nipped in the Ice Floe on the Atlantic'.… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 28, 1882  The full front page is a Thomas Nast political cartoon: "Deep Diplomacy", themed on Tammany Hall.
Other prints within include a halfpg: "The Bicentenary… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 24, 1880  Full front page Thomas Nast illustration entitled "Beware of Foreign Tramps." Full page illustration of "The Lebanon Club - New York Working Men's Coffee… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 20, 1880  Front full pg. Nast illus. of "The Ides of March." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Buying Trotting Horses on the Androscoggin." Four 1/4 pg. portraits of… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 24, 1963

* Early Barbra Streisand - singer & actress
* When she was only 21 years old
* The Blue Angel nightclub performance
*… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Sept. 24, 1859  The front page has a print of: "The State Encampment at Concord, Massachusetts". Among various prints within: "The Great Crater of the Fudsi Gamma, Japan"… more

EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, Nov. 6, 1779  Page 2 has a report noting: "...gentleman...from Holland declared at a coffee-house near the 'Change, that he saw Paul Jones at the Hague last… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 5, 1977

* Mark Alan Stamaty
* Iconic panoramic cartoon: "A Glimpse of The Village"

The centerfold contains the icon cartoon by… more

INDEPENDENT PRESS, Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, March 29, 1854  Page 2 has a report that says: "The cause of Woman's Rights is making rapid progress in Jeffersonville...On Friday night a number of women… more

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, March, 1735  Near the back is a section headed: "Monthly Intelligencer" with news reports from various parts of England & Europe with one report under the heading:… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 3, 1972

* Willowbrook State School - Children with disabilities
* Early Geraldo Rivera expose on neglect and abuse
* Early Jackson… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 26, 1964

* English actor Dudley Moore - Trio
* Village Vanguard jazz club advertisement

Page 15 under "cafes & coffee houses"… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 14, 1963

* Boxer Cassius Clay - Muhammad Ali
* The Bitter End poetry contest - poems
* Bill Cosby nightclub advertisement

The… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 17, 1963

* Early Barbra Streisand - singer & actress
* When she was only 21 years old
* The Blue Angel nightclub performance
*… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, July 19, 1962

* 1962 Forest Hills Music Festival advertisement
* Sonny Rollins - jazz tenor saxophonist ad

Page 8 has various ads for Greenwich… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, April 30, 1964

* Jimmy Witherspoon, Doc Watson & Tom Paxton
* Greenwich Village cafes performance advertisements
* Andy Warhol pop art gallery… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 19, 1973

* Very early Bruce Springsteen - NYC night club ad
* Prior to the official naming of the E Street Band
* The Allman… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, June 4, 1964

* Malcolm X editorial - Muslim human rights activist
* Greenwich Village cafes performance advertisements
* Early Woody Allen as a… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 31, 1972

* Early Jackson Browne night club performance ad
* American rock musician, singer & songwriter

Page 43 under "cafes,… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 16, 1901  Front page Uncle Sam cartoon  "A Game of Freeze-Out" by Rogers; doublepage centerfold "A Skating Party in the Country" by Frost; The Marriage of the… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 7, 1872  Full ftpg. Thomas Nast political cartoon: 'No Surrender' shows U.S. Grant & Miss Liberty.
Two pgs. of scenes on the Boston fire. Much of the doublepage… more

THE SPECTATOR, London, England, 1711-12  One of the more famous of the early newspapers - founded by the famed Addison & Steele. Nice condition, trimmed, some light browning. A single sheet issue… more

THE OBSERVATOR, London, England, 1684-1686  A dialogue newspaper founded by Sir Roger L'Estrange, a Tory pamphleteer, as a vehicle for attacking dissenters and Whigs. This early singlesheet… more

THE OBSERVATOR, London, England, 1682  A dialogue newspaper founded by Sir Roger L'Estrange, a Tory pamphleteer, as a vehicle for attacking dissenters and Whigs. This early singlesheet newspaper has… more

THE OBSERVATOR, London, England, Oct. 9, 1684  

* Architect of the Partisan Press
* A Watershed for Women in Journalism
* During the reign of King Charles II 

A dialogue newspaper founded by Sir Roger… more

THE SPECTATOR, London, England, 1711-12  One of the more famous of the early newspapers - founded by the famed Addison & Steele. Nice condition, trimmed, some light browning. A single sheet issue… more

THE REHEARSAL OF OBSERVATOR, London, England  1704-1705  A variant title --& earlier date--of the newspaper titled "The Rehearsal", and much less common. A single sheet newspaper printed on both… more

THE OBSERVATOR, London, England, Dec. 14, 1681  A dialogue newspaper founded by Sir Roger L'Estrange, a Tory pamphleteer, as a vehicle for attacking dissenters and Whigs. This newspaper has the old… more

THE REHEARSAL OF OBSERVATOR, London, England  1704-1706  A variant title --& earlier date--of the newspaper titled "The Rehearsal", and much less common. A single sheet newspaper printed on both… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 20, 1889  The full front page is taken up with a nice illustration of: "Buying Easter Flowers." Inside is a 1/3 pg. portrait of "the Grand Duke Nicholas, Czarowitz… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, October 21, 1905, from New York Front page illustration "Ditched" by W. A. Rogers; Plan to Detect and Arrest Automobilists [Automobile drivers] Who Break the Speed Laws; Mrs. Ralph… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 4, 1902 Frontpage photo "A Memory of Emancipation Day"; Ice Hocky and Its Players; a colored print "Jan Kubelik - The Bohemian Violinist Now Touring The United… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 18, 1872  Full front page Nast illus. entitled "What are You Going to Do About It?" Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Negro Life in the South." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 9, 1872  Front full pg. Nast illus. of "Mephistopheles at Work for Destruction." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Fruit Carriers Going to Jerusalem." Full pg. illus.… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 18, 1901  The frontpage cartoon is of Wall Street: "Those Lambs Were Getting Too 'Chesty'," by W.A. Rogers, and includes a related editorial article. Also included… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 26, 1862  The front page shows 3 views of the "New Rebel Iron-Clad 'Richmond' or 'Virginia #2'', one being a sectional view. Also on the front page are prints of:… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 24, 1880  Front full pg. Nast illus. entitled "Another Man That Trembles for Our Republican Form of Government." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The Speckled Beauty… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 20, 1899  Full front page illus. of "Brigadier-General Frederick Funston, U.S.V." Inside is a full pg. of illus. of "The Recent Experiments in Wireless Telegraphy by… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 3, 1898  Full front page illus. of "A Market Scene in Ponce." Inside is a full pg. of illus. of "Jamaica - Scenes in England's Chief West-Indian Possession." 1/4… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 26, 1861  The front page shows: "The Prayer at Sumter". Other prints inside include: "Firing on the 'Star of the West' from the South Carolina Battery on Morris… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 29, 1912

The front page of this issue is a photo called "The Republican National Convention in Session at Chicago."

This issue has a photo called "The Largest… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 21, 1911

The front page of this issue is a photo of "William F. Sheehan."

This issue has an illustration of "Uncle Sam: "What Do You Fellows do in this Short… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 13, 1891 Full front page: 'Proposed Boulevard Tunnel, Chicago'. Double page centerfold has a very large, full-figure illus. of: 'Thomas A. Edison In His Laboratory'… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, April 18, 1874  Certainly the best print in this famous illustrated newspaper is the very nice full page by noted artist Winslow Homer, captioned: "New York Charities--St. Barnabas… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 24, 1866 Front 1/4 pg. illus. of "The Late Colonel Theodore S. Bowers, General Grant's Adjutant General." Also a 1/2 pg. illus. of "Paying United States Pensioners… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 10, 1908  The front page of this issue has an illustration by W. A. Rogers called "T. R. 'Our Candidate is the Strongest Man I Know'--He Needs to Be."
This issue… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY November 10, 1877. Front full pg. Nast illus. of "Another Sedan." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "A Cranberry Bog, Ocean County, New Jersey - Pickers at Work." Full pg. Nast illus.… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 20, 1883  Dramatic full ftpg: "The Milwaukee Tragedy--Destruction of the Newhall House". 2/3 page print by Thomas Nast: "Liberty and Peace Still Exist in… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 27, 1992

* Coffee table book "SEX" release advertisement
* Erotic softcore pornography - sadomasochism 
* President Bill Clinton -… more