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Harper's Weekly

This publication really isn't a book but it certainly is a reproduction of a period publication. Although there had been some reprints of Harper's Weekly in the past, this version certainly deserves a second look. Printed on acid-free paper, it is very high quality.

The large pictures demonstrate the unusually high quality of this reproduction. In the technology of the time period, pictures were produced by sending an artist to an event. After the artist made his sketches in the field, he would return and convert the sketches into a finished drawing. The drawing was then divided into pieces, each the size of an engraver's block (about the size of a 3 x 5 card). The journeymen engravers would engrave their part of the picture except for a buffer around the edge. The blocks were then gathered together and a master engraver would join all the images into a single unified picture -- it's no wonder that it sometimes took a couple of weeks to publish a picture! In examining some of the large pictures, it is possible to detect the faint hairlines that sometimes occurred when the engraver's blocks were assembled to make the larger pictures.

The start of the reproduction begins with the November 10, 1860, issue that announced Lincoln's election. The sequential issues conclude at the end of March 1865. After that date, there are three other issues available. The first two address the Lincoln assassination and the last, from November 1865, has pictures of Lee's surrender at Appomattox (we have no idea why they waited seven months to include these pictures).

Single issues of full size reprints are $2.50 each. If you are choosing news for a particular event, there are two places to check in likely issue dates. The first is a column called "Domestic Intelligence" which is found on the right hand side of the third page of each issue. In that column are brief summaries of current events in the war. Then, about three weeks after the event, there might be a more detailed report including pictures. This delay of three weeks occurred because, during the 1860's, it took about three weeks for the process described above to be completed and the pictures appear in print. If you are uncertain whether a particular issue would contain the news you want, give us a call or send us an email and we will check what issues cover the news item.

Although we have most issues (See the list of dates below. Just keep scrolling down), we may have exhausted our supply of a particular issue. We can order issues we don't have but please place your order at least three weeks before you need them to have the best probability of being able to receive them in time.

For those wanting complete coverage in an attractive way to store the paper copies, we now carry boxed collections, each containing 26 issues. They are keyed on the first issue in this reproduction, i.e., November 10, 1861, so the first box covers from that date through May 4, 1861, which would include the issue for April 27, 1861, which is otherwise not available.

The cost of a boxed set is $47.95. Check with us in advance to see what sets we have.

Another way to obtain the newspaper is through a CD version. The CD usually contains an entire year of 52 issues, the only exception being the first CD which has several issues from the end of 1860 as well. The images for the CD were scanned at 300 dpi and the software uses Adobe Acrobat reader (which may be downloaded free here from Adobe) to view the images. The viewer is then able to view any size of the image from an entire page (a bit hard to read any of the text except the headlines) down to such a fine level of detail that the individual pixels and "jaggies" can be seen. By adjusting the field of printing, matching levels of detail from whole page to very large zoomed images can be printed with the amount that can be shown on one sheet of printout limited by the magnification employed.

The cost for a CD is $24.95. Check with us for availability because the publisher is not producing these any longer.

Go below the links to other books for the listing of dates we have in stock.

If you want to look at available dates, just keep scrolling down. Otherwise:

If you want to look at the previous book in the list,
Handmaid to the Arts,
click here

.

If you want to look at the next book in the list,
Hospital Sketches,
click here

.

If a date is unavailable in single copies, "SOLD OUT" will appear after the respective date. The dates we have as of October 28, 2015 (229 different issues) are:

1860

1861

1862

1863

1864

1865

November 10, 1860
November 17, 1860
November 24, 1860

January 5, 1861
January 12, 1861
January 19, 1861
January 26, 1861

January 4, 1862
January 11, 1862
January 18, 1862
January 25, 1862

January 3, 1863
January 10, 1863
January 17, 1863
January 24, 1863
January 31, 1863

January 2, 1864
January 9, 1864
January 16, 1864
January 23, 1864
January 30, 1864

January 7, 1865
January 14, 1865
January 21, 1864
January 28, 1864

December 1, 1860
December 8, 1860
December 15, 1860
December 22, 1860
December 29, 1860

February 2, 1861
February 9, 1861
February 16, 1861
February 23, 1861

February 1, 1862
February 8, 1862
February 15, 1862
February 22, 1862

February 7, 1863
SOLD OUT

February 14, 1863
February 21, 1863
February 28, 1863

February 6, 1864
February 13, 1864
February 20, 1864
February 27, 1864

February 4, 1865
February 11, 1865
February 18, 1865
February 25, 1865

March 2, 1861
March 9, 1861
March 16, 1861
March 23, 1861
March 30, 1861

March 1, 1862
March 8, 1862
March 15, 1862
March 22, 1862
March 29, 1862

March 7, 1863
March 14, 1863
March 21, 1863
March 28, 1863

March 5, 1864
March 12, 1864
March 19, 1864
March 26, 1864

March 4, 1865
March 11, 1865
March 18, 1865
March 25, 1865

April 6, 1861
April 13, 1861
April 20, 1861
April 27, 1861
SOLD OUT

April 5, 1862
April 12, 1862
April 19, 1862
April 26, 1862

April 4, 1863
April 11, 1863
April 18, 1863
April 25, 1863

April 2, 1864
April 9, 1864
April 16, 1864
April 23, 1864
April 30, 1864

April 29, 1865

May 4, 1861
May 11, 1861
May 18, 1861
May 25, 1861

May 3, 1862
May 10, 1862
May 17, 1862
May 24, 1862
May 31, 1862

May 2, 1863
May 9, 1863
May 16, 1863
May 23, 1863
May 30, 1863

May 7, 1864
May 14, 1864
May 21, 1864
May 28, 1864

May 6, 1865

June 1, 1861
June 8, 1861
June 15, 1861
June 22, 1861
June 29, 1861

June 7, 1862
June 14, 1862
June 21, 1862
June 28, 1862

June 6, 1863
June 13, 1863
June 20, 1863
June 27, 1863

June 4, 1864
June 11, 1864
June 18, 1864
June 25, 1864

July 6, 1861
July 13, 1861
July 20, 1861
July 27, 1861

July 5, 1862
July 12, 1862
July 19, 1862
July 26, 1862

July 4, 1863
SOLD OUT
July 11, 1863
July 18, 1863
July 25, 1863

July 2, 1864
July 9, 1864
June 16, 1864
July 23, 1864

August 3, 1861
August 10, 1861
August 17, 1861
August 24, 1861
August 31, 1861

August 2, 1862
August 9, 1862
August 16, 1862
August 23, 1862
August 30, 1862

August 1, 1863
August 8, 1863
August 15, 1863
SOLD OUT
August 22, 1863
Ausust 29, 1863

August 6, 1864
August 13, 1864
August 20, 1864
August 27, 1864

September 7, 1861
September 14, 1861
September 21, 1861
September 28, 1861

September 6, 1862
September 13, 1862
September 20, 1862
September 27, 1862

September 5, 1863
September 12, 1863
September 19, 1863
September 26, 1863

September 3, 1864
September 10. 1864
September 17, 1864
SOLD OUT
September 24, 1864

October 5, 1861
October 12, 1861
October 19, 1861
October 26, 1861

October 4, 1862
SOLD OUT
October 11, 1862
October 18, 1862
October 25, 1862

October 3, 1863
October 10, 1863
October 17, 1863
October 24, 1863
October 31,1863

October 1, 1864
October 8, 1864
October 15, 1864
October 22, 1864
October 29, 1864

November 2, 1861
November 9, 1861
November 16, 1861
November 23, 1861
November 30, 1861

November 1, 1862
SOLD OUT
November 8, 1862
November 15, 1862
November 22, 1862
November 29, 1862

November 7, 1863
November 14, 1863
November 21, 1863
November 28, 1863

November 5, 1864
November 12, 1864
November 19, 1864
November 26, 1864

November 4, 1865

December 7, 1861
December 14, 1861
December 21, 1861
December 28, 1861

December 6, 1862
December 13, 1862
December 20, 1862
December 27, 1862

December 5, 1863
December 12, 1863
December 19, 1863
December 26, 1863

December 3, 1864
December 10, 1864
December 17, 1864
December 24, 1864
December 31, 1864