"Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion" — From July to December 1856 — In a bound volume

A large compilation of Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion with issues from July 5, 1856 to December 13, 1856 in a hard bound volume. 

As you can see from the photos, the issues are in excellent condition. These issues cover the news of the day along with essays an illustrations on American history including a report on George Washington at Valley Forge and the Boston Tea Party.

More about the magazine form Wikipedia:

Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion began publication on January 6, 1855, following Maturin Murray Ballou’s purchase of Frederick Gleason’s interest in the original magazine. First launched in 1851 as Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, the illustrated weekly was based in Boston and quickly became known for its rich engravings and wide-ranging content. After taking full control, Ballou rebranded the magazine under his own name. At its peak, the publication absorbed New York’s Illustrated News in 1853 and continued until it ceased publication in 1859.

Maturin Ballou was a 19th-century American publisher who is known for his work on periodicals, magazines, and journals. He is most famous for his Pictorial which was highly influenced by the Illustrated London News. Ballou himself said of the work that it was to be

“a weekly literary mélange of notable events of the day. Its columns are devoted to original tales, sketches, and poems, by the best American authors and the cream of the domestic and foreign news; the whole well spiced with wit and humor.” (issue 1)

Size: 15.5" x 11.5"

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