Humor from The Franklin Bookstore

Original September 21, 1861 Harper's Weekly Volume 5 #247 Condition: Very Good-, disbound, a few foxing spots, see photos, 16 pages large format 11" x 16" tall Newspaper Woodcut Illustrations The Army Forge full page illustration 1861 St. Louis Missouri Major-General Fremont's Body-Guard Camp Blood, Near Pilot Knob Missouri Fort Hatteras Before the Surrender Fiske at the Bombardment of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina Fort… Read more about this item

Original December 17, 1952 Punch Magazine Volume CCXXIII No. 5854 Condition: Good, cover has edge tears, corner bump, London, 8.75" x 11" tall Advertisements including Benson and Hedges, Sobranie cigarettes, Moussec, Martell Cordon Bleu, White Horse Scotch Whisky, The Rover Seventy Five, British Aboe Scholarships, New Parker '51', Kenwood Electric Chef, Bellringers (in Color) Standard Triumph, Battersby London Hats, Renault 750, Dunlop… Read more about this item

Original October 3, 1891 Town Talk weekly published in Fitchburg Massachusetts Volume III, Number 14 --RARE-- Condition: Very Good, yellowing from age, some discolor, Complete, 11.5" x 9" and 32 pages Photo of James H. McMahom (chairman of Democratic City Committee) and article Whispers and Rumors - Humor - Man About Town Ravens Reflections - The Séance that the town is talking about.… Read more about this item

1895. soft. Very Good. Original German January 2, 1895 PUCK Magazine 10.5 X 13.5 tall with 16 pages Condition: Very Good, some cracks around staples, COMPLETE, some yellowing from age. Includes… Read more about this item

Many powerful figures on America's founding owned a copy of The Spectator including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton. Original Edition -1753 -The Spectator- 6 Volumes of 8 total printed Publisher-Printing Location: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper London Date and Numbering:MDCCLII 1753 Volume 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 Size and Page Count: 4" X 6.5" Tall Condition:… Read more about this item

1883. Very Good. The Spectator Introduction, notes, and index by Henry Morley Date: 1883, originally published from 1711-1712 All Three Volumes of a Three Volume Set Size and Page Count: 5.5 X 7.25 Tall, approx. 2151 total pages Published by: George Routledge and Sons Condition: Very good, Half leather bound with marble boards, flaking on edges of… Read more about this item

Saturday Evening Post, 1959. soft. Good. ORIGINAL MAGAZINE COVER Saturday Evening Post ---Dieting Through Dessert --- This is the front cover only, not the entire magazine. It measures approx. 11 by 14 inches tall. Condition: Good - a few small tears at edge Cover Illustration: Dieting Through Dessert Description of Cover: Mr. Noble, on Constantin Alajalov s 1959… Read more about this item

Original 1865 Our Young Folks Christmas Bells by Henry W. Longfellow First Printing! Civil War Bound Volume 1 All monthly Issues of 1865 the first year of Our Young Folks Condition: Fair, half leather and marbled paper bound, spine cracked, hinges cracked but operational, leather treated with Klucel G, 5.5" X 8.5" tall, 808 pages, with Index, published in Boston Ticknor and… Read more about this item

1930. softcover. Very Good. Original 1930 s Cartoons from Esquire Lot of 287 118 in full color and 169 in BW. Many of the 119 Color Cartoons also have color illustrations on both sides. Large Format 9.5 X 14 tall For Sale as collection Illustrators include: Paul Webb ESC Elmer Simms Campbell Barbara Shermund Rismerki D. McLaust Gilbert… Read more about this item

Original November 28 1956 Punch Magazine Condition: Very Good, cover torn at spine, corner bumps, 8.75" x 11.5" tall Color Double Page Holy Matrimony by Norman Mansbridge