leslies weekly (4 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Pp. [433]-460; folio (16 x 11.25 in.), stapled self-wrapper; Vol. CI, No. 2618. Contents include: editorial, "Unanimous for Roosevelt in 1908"; full page of photos, "Striking Phases of the President's Trip in the South. His Enthusiastic Welcome in Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas, and his Narrow Escape from Death near New Orleans"; full-page photo of election night in New York's Herald Square; separate two-page spread: The Second Greatest Power Plant in the U.S.: two-page spread of the Whitney Company's project on the Yadkin River in North Carolina (loosely laid in and not bound in with rest of issue, as originally provided). Generally well-preserved copy; minor wear and short closed tears to some edges, faint lateral fold. This is an ex-library copy, with an institutional blindstamp on an upper corner of front page.

unbound. Print. Woodcut engraving. Sheet measures 11" x 15 1/2" This print, published on October 25, 1890, depicts a duck farm in Long Island. An smaller illustration in the upper right shows farmers feeding the ducklings. Some chips and tears to the edges, evenly toned. Frank Leslie's Weekly, originally known as Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, was a leading American illustrated news magazine published between 1852 and 1922. Its pioneering use of mass-market reproduction techniques--wood engravings, then daguerrotypes and other photography--made it able to bring visual news to the masses at a remarkably fast speed for the time period. This large-scale print, made relatively early in the newspaper's life, demonstrates the ambitions that drove its production from the start.

unbound. Print. Woodcut engraving. Sheet measures 15 1/2" x 11" This print, published on June 20, 1885, depicts the torch of the Statue of Liberty, with visitors overlooking the New York Harbor. The Brooklyn Bridge is seen in the background, while several ships navigate the bay. In very good condition, with some chips and tears to the edges. Frank Leslie's Weekly, originally known as Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, was a leading American illustrated news magazine published between 1852 and 1922. Its pioneering use of mass-market reproduction techniques--wood engravings, then daguerrotypes and other photography--made it able to bring visual news to the masses at a remarkably fast speed for the time period. This large-scale print, made relatively early in the newspaper's life, demonstrates the ambitions that drove its production from the start.

unbound. Joseph H. Brightly (illustrator). View. Uncolored wood cut. Sheet measures 23 x 32", image measures 20 1/2 x 30 1/2". Bird's eye view of the heroic Stony Point battle, published in Leslie's Weekly as a supplement in 1857. The Battle of Stony Point took place on July 16, 1779, during the American Revolutionary War. In a well-planned and nighttime attack, George Washington's Army under the command of Brigadier General "Mad Anthony" Wayne defeated British troops in a quick assault on their outpost in Stony Point, New York, approximately 30 mi (48 km) north of New York City. The subtitle reads "Gen. Wayne supposedly mortally wounded, carried into the Fort by his aids, Fishborn and Archer. American Column, Forlorn hope led by Col. De Fleury. Repairs and holes along folds, left margin cropped with some toning and surface dirt, otherwise in good condition. Published from 1852 to 1897, the original Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper was a weekly magazine based in New York that employed artists to make detailed covers and illustration of daily life.