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1854 STAR SPANGLED BANNER PATRIOTIC MASTHEAD Boston Broadsheet Newspaper RARE!!!
$ 19.8
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RARE 1854 BOSTON NEWSPAPER WITH WONDERFUL PATRIOTIC MASTHEADTHE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. A National Journal for the Instruction and Amusement of the People.
Vol. VIII, No. 47, August 5, 1854. Boston: Published by T. H. Peabody. First edition; periodical. Folio broadsheet newspaper, folded to form [4] pages (26 x 20 inches), printed on four sides. Cover story is a chapter of “The Russian Spy; The Peri of the Bosphorus. A Romance of the Present War in the East” by Frederic Dumont, Esq. Also prints short fiction, poetry, world news, humor, editorials, etc. One lengthy quack medicine advertisement, otherwise a surprising dearth of ads. Very good condition, with moderate wear and creasing, tears, thin chipping at edges and intersecting folds, etc.
A genuinely rare, short-lived, literary, Boston newspaper, with a wonderful title and striking patriotic masthead.
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