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Vol. III—No. 150. 16 pp. [722-737], four columns, with stories, illustrations and cartoons. Front cover features two illustrations of John Brown following his failed raid on Harper’s Ferry—“The Prisoner Brown [wounded, lying on a cot] and His Boston Counsel, Mr. Hoyt”, and “The Arraignment” [Brown standing before the judge.] Interior sketches include a full page panoramic depiction of the courtroom—“The Trial of John Brown, At Charleston, Virginia, For Treason and Murder. Also sketches of “Colonel Washington” {Prisoner taken by Brown], and the Swivel gun and Pike “Used by the Harper’s Ferry Outlaws”. Plus, “The Schoolhouse In the Mountains, Used by Brown as an Arsenal.”
Exhibits light chipping at the extremities all round. Front and rear covers detached. Else VG, w/smooth cover. Fine issue, covering a major prelude event to the Civil War. In protective sleeve, w/white card backing. [jp]
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