Harper’s Weekly – A Journal of Civilization – 1862 | Leather Bound, Profusely Illustrated

Harper’s Weekly, A Journal of Civilization, printed by Harper & Brothers in 1862, is presented in a full leather-bound folio combining issues from Volume V and the complete run of Volume VI.

The pages cover wartime actions, city occupations, political statements, and military portraits. Articles includes the Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Fair Oaks, Gaines’s Mills, New Orleans, and early stages in Vicksburg. Printed proclamations from Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln appear alongside profiles of Grant, Burnside, and Jackson.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Harper’s Weekly, A Journal of Civilization
• Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers
• Edition: First edition. 1862 Annual.
• Format: Folio, bound single volume
• Binding: Quarter leather, gilt spine title, raised bands
• Size:  16 in x 11.5 in (40.5 cm x 29 cm)
• Collation: pp. 785–832; 1–832
  • Wanting general title page and table of contents
• Illustrations: Hundreds of in-text wood engravings
• Contents Include:
  • Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Fair Oaks, Gaines’s Mills, New Orleans, Richmond, Vicksburg
  • Proclamations from Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln
  • Profiles of Generals Burnside, Jackson, Keyes, Grant

Condition:

Fine. Quarter leather binding with raised bands and gilt title on spine. Boards show light rubbing at corners. Hinges tight. Pages show mild age-toning and scattered foxing. All issues are present with engravings well preserved and legible.

Why Collect This?

• Complete 1862 Harper’s Weekly bound volume
• Includes weekly Civil War dispatches and political transcripts
• Especially relevant to Civil War and periodical collectors

Item Number: #28800