Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, February 3, 1855. The Heir of Glenville; Rosetta, Egypt; Birket-El-Ginnah (Cairo); "The Adopted Son's Bride"; "Holiday Presents"; State Street (Boston), 1770 vs. 1855; Wakullah Spring; Edward L. Davenport; Savin Hill and Old Colony Railroad; "The Architecture of Birds"; Imperial Museum, St. Petersburg; Spangenburg Fortress

Ballou, Maturin M. and Durivage, Francis A. [Editors]; Francis A. Durivage; Mrs. Caroline Orne; Mrs. E. Wellmont; Mary N. Dearborn; Ernest Malvern;

Published by Ballou, M.M., Boston, 1855

About this Item

Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition [newspaper]. The February 3, 1855 issue, Volume VIII, No. 5, Whole No. 187. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, newsprint wraps, 16 pp. A strong Very Good or better; some edge wear, and a few leaves show some edge darkening. See scans. Paper is quite supple, not at all fragile. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - as follows: The month of February itself (cover); "Steel and Gold: The Heir of Glenville" (story by Francis A. Durivage); Rosetta, Egypt (engraving); Birket-El-Ginnah (Cairo, Egypt) (engraving); "The Adopted Son's Bride" (story by Mrs. Caroline Orne); "Review of Holiday Presents." (Mrs. E. Wellmont); State Street (Boston) in 1770 vs. State Street in 1855 (with an engraving of State Street at each date); "Jerusalem!" (poem, Mary N. Dearborn); "A Visit to Wakullah Spring" (Ernest Malvern); "Edward L. Davenport", with an engraving of the actor; "Savin Hill and Old Colony Railroad" with an engraving of the Savin Hill Railroad Bridge in Dorchester; "The Architecture of Birds", with five engravings of bird's nests; Imperial Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (with engraving); Spangenburg Fortress, in Kurhessen (with engraving), and a number of short editorials, news pieces, and classified ads. Maturin Ballou's 16-page newsprint periodical was already a piece of American history when he, as managing editor of Gleason's Pictorial, bought that - the first successful illustrated weekly newspaper in America - from owner Frederick Gleason in 1855. An early issue under this name. lLng1.

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• Title: Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, February 3, 1855. The Heir of Glenville; Rosetta, Egypt; Birket-El-Ginnah (Cairo); "The Adopted Son's Bride"; "Holiday Presents"; State Street (Boston), 1770 vs. 1855; Wakullah Spring; Edward L. Davenport; Savin Hill and Old Colony Railroad; "The Architecture of Birds"; Imperial Museum, St. Petersburg; Spangenburg Fortress
• Publisher: Ballou, M.M., Boston
• Publication Date: 1855
• Language: English
• Binding: Self-wraps [newspaper]
• Illustrator: From Engravings
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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