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Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. The February 24, 1855 issue, Volume VIII, No.8, Whole No. 190. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Expansive Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good; modest external age-toning), small corner creases, small stains at rear cover. See scans. Contents are virtually near fine, actually. A sturdy and handsome example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings. Here, there are 19 sizeable engraving, plus one map, not counting advertiser's engraved illustrations. They include the ornate cover top engraving, Niblo's Theater (New York), Copper Mines of Algeria (3 engravings), The Appian Way at Rome, 5 Engravings of homes, buildings and scenes in Wilmington, NC, an Isaac Adams portrait, Skating on Jamaica Pond (Boston), The Sacred Ibis, Mummy of the Ibis, Jar of the Ibis, The Mehari Camel (3 engravings), and a Map of the Crimea (as of 1855, of course). Most of the non-fiction articles relate to these illustrations, plus a few have no illustrations (e.g., A Bear Hunt in the Tyrol). The fiction offering is "Steel and Gold: The Heir of Glenville" (Francis A. Durivage,2 chapters). Several period poems, as always, too. Maturin Ballou's 16-page newsprint periodical was already a piece of American history when he, as managing editor of Gleason's Pictorial, bought that - the first successful illustrated weekly newspaper in America - from owner Frederick Gleason in 1855. This issue is thus a very early one, under Ballou's editorship and his management. LLng3. Seller Inventory # 60928
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Title: Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, ...
Publisher: Ballou, M.M., Boston
Publication Date: 1855
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: From Engravings
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
