This lot includes part of a lifelong collection of early illustrations that we are selling at this auction, the bulk of which center on the work of Winslow Homer. Many of the books in the collection include bookmarks to indicate Homer's illustrations and page numbers to references in David Tatham's "Winslow Homer and the Illustrated Book". This particular lot includes the following bound volume of antique magazine issues:
Title: Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Printing Dates: Jul 1859 - Dec 1859
Notes: Bound in three-quarter leather with marbled paper boards and gilt embossing, these volumes contain many engraved illustrations, continuous sheet illustrations, along with numerous advertisements. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $8.50
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Art and Art-Related Books and Ephemera
9:00 AM PT - Feb 11th, 2007
offered by
CNY Book Auctions
1429 Danby Road
Ithaca, NY 14850-6071
Ithaca, NY 14850-6071



