Description: FOR SALE: THREE AUTHENTIC FULL NEWSPAPERS COVERING LINCOLN ASSASSINATION 1. Harper’s Weekly April 29, 1865: JOHN WILKES BOOTH ON COVER: Includes 2 engravings of assassination in Ford's Theatre, A Thomas Nast engraving celebrating beginning and end of war, and a centerfold allegory of Lady Liberty grieving over Lincoln's coffin. 2. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspapers April 29, 1865:ILLUSTRATION OF THE ASSASSINATION MOMENT ON COVER: Includes centerfold of deathwatch surrounding Lincoln's bed; the liberation of Richmond; and portrait of John Wilkes Booth. 3. Harper’s Weekly May 13,1865: PORTRAIT OF ANDREW JOHNSON ON COVER: Includes portraits of Lincoln's team of pursuers, ,Booth cornered in burning barn, Booth's autopsy, and portrait of Boston Corbett, alleged killer of Booth. Centerfold portrays Lincoln's funeral cortège. *** One historical note illustrating the passions of the times appears on the front cover of the Andrew Johnson May 13, 1865 edition of Harper’s where someone at the time wrote above Johnson’s Head in now faded pencil,“ Traitor Whose picture is not worthy to be in the same the same paper as that of Lincoln, The Great Martyr” SOLD AS A SET FOR $1199OR EACH NEWSPAPER SOLD FOR $500 PER NEWSPAPER These three very rare newspapers are complete artifacts of American history covering the Lincoln Assassination, Andrew Johnson’s installment as President, plus the pursuit and death of John Wilkes Booth. Other offers of similar illustrations have been ransacked and had their prints sold separately, but these are complete and in good condition…considering they are 158 years old! (Photos of the Illustrations are shown and all three have close ups of the papers’ spines.) All three are in plastic sleeves with acid-free paper backings. PLEASE NOTE: All these papers are 100% authentic. They are not reprints or replications of any kind—-guaranteed! A very rare chance to own three very rare pieces of American Civil War History!
Price: 1299 USD
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
End Time: 2025-01-23T19:14:26.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
