Winter 2006 Catalog > Americana > The Dr. Alvin Weiner Collection of Napoleon and Military History
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Lot 1731: Collection of Bound Volumes
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1) Most importantly is the 1918-20 Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung. Periodical, newsprint bound in cloth & boards. German text. Many World War I headlines and b&w photos, maps, illustr. Approx. 800 pp. 11” x 14 3/4”. Binding very loose and splitting; some pages separating. Lot also includes two bound volumes of the Illustrated London News. 2) circa 1902 of The Illustrated London News, The Graphic, The Sphere. Repros of covers & artwork from these periodicals; many foldouts. Not paginated, approx. 140 pp. Cloth, 12 ¼” x 16 3/8”. Spine split at top and btm, loss of covering on spine. 3) c. 1910 Illustrated London News – Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria… Approx. 96 pp., 14 illustrations, OS separators. 12” x 16 ½”. Binding tight. 4) c. 1804 Gazette Nationale. Bound copies, original boards. French. 366 pp. 17 ¾” x 11 ½”. Foxing, some fading, minor stains. Binding separated. 5) 1805 Newspaper, announcing destruction of the fleets of France and Spain and the death of Lord Nelson. 2 pp. 19” x 12 ¾”.
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