Buy this book on-line Latey, John Lash (editor) : The Illustrated London News. No. 1110. Vol. XXXIX. Saturday, September 28, 1861. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(London: George C. Leighton, 1861)
400 x 280 mm; magazine, disbound from volume XXXIX, without wraps (as issued), and contained within a film fronted bag; pp. [311-334]; several woodcuts. Regular light browning; some soiling and fingering throughout; some glue remnants to stitching; one short tear, repaired with archival tape. News in this number includes the progress of the American Civil War, with information up to the 14th of September, as reported in New York, and preparations for the International Exhibition of 1862. Illustrations include a two-page spread of the interior of the building built to house the 1862 International Exhibition, a full-page Landseer picture, entitled "Suspense", and depictions of the Great Eastern, damaged in a gale. There is also a full-page picture connected with the American Civil War, captioned "The Great Falls of the Potomac" (p.319). Some excerpts: 'A slight engagement between Generals Rosenkrantz and Floyd, near Summersville, in Western Virginia, is the only military event of the week. The engagement was indecisive. … A railway-bridge over the Platte River, on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Line, Missouri, broke down under the weight of a passenger train, containing nearly 100 men, women, and children. The cars were precipitated into the river. Seventeen persons were instantly killed, and many others horribly mangled. Only three were able to call for assistance. It appears that the timber supports of the bridge had been nearly burnt through and the fire then extinguished, thus leaving no suspicious appearance about the structure. It was subsequently discovered that some other bridges on the route to St. Joseph were similarly disabled, and the track obstructed by logs. It is supposed to be the work of Missouri Secessionists. … The report of the death of Jefferson Davis is destitute of truth. Prince Napoleon had left the United States and was travelling in Canada. He was well received in Quebec.' Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Latey, John Lash (editor) : The Illustrated London News. No. 1110. Vol. XXXIX. Saturday, September 28, 1861. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, antiquarian books, livres rares, libri antichi and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |