HARPER’S WEEKLY - CAPTURE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH, MAY 13, 1865

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Vol. IX—No. 437. 16 pp. [289-304}., 11.25” x 15.75.”, four columns w/illustrations and cartoons. Front cover features story and portrait illustration of President Andrew Johnson. Interior illustrations include four treating the capture of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth—“Sergeant Boston Corbett [who shot Booth]”, “Planning the Capture of Booth and Harold”, “Booth’s Capture—The Assassin Brought to Bay,” “Post-Mortem Examination of Booth’s Body on Board the Monitor “Montauk.”—along with lengthy article.

Also a magnificent double-page center spread of Lincoln’s funereal procession through New York, plus a depiction of “President Lincoln’s Funeral—Removal of the Body From the City Hall to the Funeral Car, New York, April 25., 1865.”

Two and a half inch taping at top and bottom of left cover margin. Exhibits light fold-marks. Pages loose. Else VG plus, w/ no chipping. Magnificent illustrations. Text clean and clear. Solid collectible copy. In protective sleeve w/white backing.  [jp] [ph:L]

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