*1851* Civil War Era HARPER'S MAG 150pp OPIUM Fashion AVIATION Insanity SLAVERY

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ARTESIAN INKSTONE Booksellers. Our eBay Store new to e Bay; not new to bookselling. We are experienced Chicago-area professionals. Return for any reason. Low opening bid; low shipping costs... never a reserve. January 1851 . Entire Issue. Large 8vo -- approx 9 1/2 x 6 1/3" ( thick : 150 pp (Near Fine)), Harper's new Monthly Magazine . 1st Printing. True 1st Printing (original punch holes present ). Foxing, esle about Near Fine overall condition. Particularly notable this issue... Long cover story of Robert Southey (by his son); Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune (fiction) by Charles James Lever; Edward Bulwer Lytton , "My Novel; Or Varieties in English Life:' a number of works from Dickens' Household Works; The mysteries of a Tea-Kettle ( Michael Faraday , (1791 – 1867), English chemist and physicist who contributed to electromagnetism and electrochemistry.); President Fillmore's message to Congress; a dozen pages on Congress and government, and the states, includes a Vermont Bill protecting fugitive slaves ; Virginia (outrage) on its outrage at Congress attempting to repeal the Fugitive Slave Law and its equating to dividing the Union in two; about Admission of California as a state; Etc. much more. the issue include Harper's monthly record of current events, national and around the world; and its various departments and read more