Home > Back to Search Results > Trio of issues with Civil War rifle prints on the front pages...

Trio of issues with Civil War rifle prints on the front pages...



Item # 669624

Currently Unavailable. Contact us if you would like to be placed on a want list or to be notified if a similar item is available.



January 25, 1862

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York  A nice trio of issues from 1862 each having a print of a Civil War era rife on the front page: Feb. 8 has: "Brady & Nobles Self-Loading Gun" with text; Dec. 20 has: General Burnside's Patent Rifle" with text; and Jan. 25 has: "Spencer's Breach-Loading Rifles" with text. This issue also has inside: "Death of Samuel Colt, The Inventor" taking over a full column, as well as: "Resignation of the Secretary of War" being Gen. Cameron, with Edwin Stanton taking the post.
All 3 issues in very nice condition, complete in 16 pages.

Category: Yankee