Harper & Brothers New York, 1868, vol. 12, elephant folio, half-leather binding. Full year of the popular literary & political newspaper. Includes the true first edition of Wilkie Collins' "The Moonstone". The story was serialized from January 4 to August 8. and the first hardcover edition was not released until the end of August. Other features include some reconstruction news, cadet life at West Point, the Tammany Hall convention, and discussions of the impeachment of Andrew Jackson. Complete with all original plates. Harper & Brothers New York, 1869, vol. 13, elephant folio, half-leather binding. Full year of the popular literary & political newspaper. Illustrations by Winslow Homer, W.W. Howard, A. Ward, Charles E. Bush, Gaston Fay, William L. Sheppard, Thomas Nast, to name a few. Articles include the burning of the steamers on the Ohio River, the solar eclipse in 1869 among others.
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