Ballou's Pictorial and Drawing-Room Companion June 16 1855 [Niagara Bridge, Persia Fiction, Switzerland, Brazil, Bahia, Roxbury and Brookline Estates, theater, New England]

Ballou, Maturin M. and Durivage, Francis A. [Editors]

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

About this Item

Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. First Edition [newspaper] . Newsprint wraps, Elephant Folio (large), 16 pp. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Some edge wear and a bit of edge darkening. Better than very good; sharp, healthy, well-preserved copy. This issue contains articles - as well as the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings, accompanying most of them - on the Niagara Suspension Bridge, Persia [fiction], Switzerland, Brazil, Bahia, Roxbury and Brookline Homes [nice engravings], theater, New England, short fiction and poetry and a number of smaller items and engravings dealing with Boston. Maturin Ballou's 16-page newsprint periodical was already a piece of American history when he, as managing editor of Gleason's Pictorial, bought it - the first successful illustrated weekly newspaper in America - from owner Frederick Gleason in 1855. l-lng1.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ballou's Pictorial and Drawing-Room Companion June 16 1855 [Niagara Bridge, Persia Fiction, Switzerland, Brazil, Bahia, Roxbury and Brookline Estates, theater, New England]
• Publisher: Ballou, M.M., Boston
• Publication Date: 1855
• Language: English
• Binding: Self-wraps [newspaper]
• Illustrator: From Engravings
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good Plus
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