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Very Good. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. The July 12, 1856 issue, Volume XI, No.2, Whole No. 262. Seventeen illustrations from engravings. Expansive Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good or better, the inevitable moderate age-toning and occasional moderate foxing spots being the only notable flaws (hardly any foxing in this particular example). Much less edge wear than is typical, as well. See scans. A sturdy 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 17 sizable engravings; these include the masthead (nameplate) graphic of Boston Harbor; the Shot Tower in St. Louis; Hug-Seu-Tsene, the 'insurgent chief og China'; Hunt & Webster's clothing factory (four engravings); Moorish Architecture (three engravings); the Oakland Female Institute in Norristown, PA; the Grand Ducal Palace in Schwerin, Germany; 'Grandfather's Visit'; the New Jersey State Normal School, Trenton; a portrait of Boston Police Chief Daniel J. Coburn; and the residence of French author Alphonse de Lamartine (two engravings). Most of the non-fiction articles relate to these illustrations, and there are always a few that have no illustration. Several of this periodical's typical short stories and serialized fiction are generally within (several in this issue, including The Gipsey's Secret [sic]), as well, and the issue is always spiced with a few poems, news shorts, and/or classified ads (occasionally illustrated with engravings themselves). 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 a nicely preserved one issued of those executed under Ballou's editorship and management. See scans. LLng3. Seller Inventory # 61230
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, ...
Publisher: Ballou, M.M., Boston
Publication Date: 1856
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: From Engravings
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
