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Lot 1389: 1867 & 1876, ÒHARPER'S WEEKLYÓ

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Lot 1389: 1867 & 1876, ÒHARPER'S WEEKLYÓ
<b>Newspapers</b><hr><b>1867 & 1876, 'HARPERÕS WEEKLY,' NY, Lot of 3 Papers, Choice Very Fine+.</b>
August 3, 1867 issue, Vol. IX, No. 553, 16' x 11.25,' 16 pages, (pp. 481-496), featuring details on General Custer and his command of the 7th Cavalry, including a fascinating story of his encounter with 'Pawnee Killer' and other Sioux Indians. Disbound, minor toning, wonderful woodcuts. July 22, 1876, Vol. XX, No. 1021, 20 pages (pp. 589-608), with a large, front-page woodcut cartoon by Thomas Nast--illustrating the 'Democratic (Deformed) Tiger ÔFixedÕ.' Interior has a woodcut portrait of General Custer, several woodcuts of the massacre monument, a one-half page detailed map of the Black Hills, and much more! Disbound, with separations along the spine, light toning and chipping, but crisp, dark printing. July 29, 1876, Vol. XX, No. 1022, 20 pages (pp. 609-628), with a front-page cartoon by Thomas Nast of a 'New Alliance' between Native Americans and their defenders (Nast ridicules the efforts of the Democratics to 'retrench' and 'reduce' the Army of the United States, and has included in the cartoon newspaper accounts of the 'wholesale slaughter' of soldiers by the Sioux. This issue has a four-page supplement concerning the autobiography of Sitting Bull--who was made famous, in part, through news coverage of HarperÕs and other papers. Terrific woodcut drawings, plus text. Disbound, separation of last signature pages. (3 pieces)