Original 1861-1865 Civil War pictorial Nwsp FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER

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An original 1861-1865 Civil War illustrated newspaper
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER
- over 150 years old
- inv # generic
SEE PHOTO----- A COMPLETE ORIGINAL Civil War illustrated newspaper,
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
(New York) dated between 1861 and 1865. This is a
randomly selected Civil War issue
of this newspaper title with text and engravings of the US Civil War.
The photo above shows the general display of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper from the Civil War era. The randomly selected issue will have a date and engravings that are different than the one shown in the photo above.
This is a nice opportunity to own an original illustrated Civil War newspaper at a very attractive price.
Frank Leslies' Illustrated Newspaper
from the Civil War era is similar to
Harper's Weekly
but Leslie's is much harder to find.
Frank Leslie's Weekly, later often known in short as Leslie's Weekly, was an
American
illustrated
news magazine founded in 1852 and continuing publication well into the 20th century. As implied by its name, it was published weekly, on Tuesdays. Its first editor was
John Y. Foster
. In 1897, its circulation was estimated at 65,000, compared to only 30 copies printed of the first edition.
It was one of several magazines started by publisher and illustrator
Frank Leslie
and was continued after his death in 1880 by his widow, the women's suffrage campaigner
Miriam Florence Leslie
. The name, by then a well-established trademark, remained also after 1902, when it no longer had a connection with the Leslie family. It continued until 1922.
Throughout its decades of existence, the weekly provided illustrations and reports - first with
woodcuts
and
Daguerreotypes
, later with more advanced forms of photography - of wars from
John Brown
's raid at
Harpers Ferry
and the
Civil War
until the
Spanish-American War
and the
First World War
.
It often took a strongly
patriotic
stance and frequently featured cover pictures of soldiers and heroic battle stories. It also gave extensive coverage to less martial events such as the
Klondike gold rush
of 1897, covered by
San Francisco
journalist
John Bonner
.
Surviving copies of the magazine at present fetch handsome prices as collectors' items and are considered to give a vivid picture of American life during the decades of its publication.
The newspaper usually contained 8 pages of text and 8 pages of gorgeous woodcut engravings, highly prized today for their  detailed illustrations of the American Civil War. The engravings are generally in 3 sizes: double page (DP - 21" X 16"), Full page (FP- 16" x 11") , and half page (HP- 10" x 8").
Good-Very good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original illustrated newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers pay priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package.
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