Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion,June 20, 1857. Boat Race on the Charles River; Edwin Booth; Poodle Training; Persian Horses; Sunshine; The Whaleship and the Cannibals; Parisian Theaters; Ancient Warfare; Old Italian Violin Makers; Battle of Albuera; Wood Gas; Witchcraft in Mississippi; Prince Halem Pacha's Sporting Steam Yacht; Boston Sardinian Cannon; Nashua (NH) Niagara Fire Engine Co. No. 5; Egyptian Shadoof for Irrigation; Blanchard's Timber-Bending Machine; Siamese; South Africa
by Ballou, Maturin M. and Durivage, Francis A. [Editors]; Anne T. Wilbur; Ralph Tryon; Margaret Verne; Frederick W. Saunders
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1857. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1857. First Edition. TheJune 20, 1857 issue, Volume XII, No.25, Whole No. 313. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good; closed tear at front cover (scan), small peripheral chipping, light toning, a few spots of foxing. See scans. 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, regarding: cover article, Boat Race on the Charles River; Madame de Solange, short fiction by Anne T. Wilbur; poodle training, with engraving; Feats of Persian Horses; Sunshine; The Whaleship and the Cannibals; Parisian Theaters; Ancient Warfare, with engraving; Old Italian Violin Makers; Battle of Albuera; Wood Gas; The Two Captains: Or, The Sailors' Protege (Ralph Tryon); Witchcraft in Mississippi; Prince Halem Pacha's Sporting Steam Yacht, with engraving; The Boston Sardinian Cannon, with engraving; The Nashua, NH Niagara Engine Co. No. 5, with an engraving of Chief Engineer F. Munroe, and another of the Company in action; Sophie's Confession (Margaret Verne); The Alligator and the Tiger (Frederick W. Saunders); short bio on Edwin Booth, with portrait engraving; Egyptian Shadoof for Irrigation, with engraving; Blanchard's Timber-Bending Machine, with engraving; The Siamese; a haunted chamber; South Africa, with two engravings; as well as of course a number of short editorials, news pieces, poems, and ads. Please see all scans. 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. LLng3
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- Singularity Rare & Fine (US)
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- 005746
- Title
- Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion,June 20, 1857. Boat Race on the Charles River; Edwin Booth; Poodle Training; Persian Horses; Sunshine; The Whaleship and the Cannibals; Parisian Theaters; Ancient Warfare; Old Italian Violin Makers; Battle of Albuera; Wood Gas; Witchcraft in Mississippi; Prince Halem Pacha's Sporting Steam Yacht; Boston Sardinian Cannon; Nashua (NH) Niagara Fire Engine Co. No. 5; Egyptian Shadoof for Irrigation; Blanchard's Timber-Bending Machine; Siamese; South Africa
- Author
- Ballou, Maturin M. and Durivage, Francis A. [Editors]; Anne T. Wilbur; Ralph Tryon; Margaret Verne; Frederick W. Saunders
- Illustrator
- From Engravings
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ballou, M.M.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1857
- Pages
- 16
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15" -
- Keywords
- Paper Ephemera, General, Magazines & Newspapers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Ephemera;
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