(CIVIL WAR) Book of Bubbles a Contribution to the New York F

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(CIVIL WAR.) Book of Bubbles, a Contribution to the New York Fair * The New Book of Nonsense, a Contribution to the Great Central Fair. Engraved title pages and 68, 53 plates. Each oblong 8vo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, minor wear and weak joints; a few plates trimmed within the images, Book of Bubbles has minor dampstaining, foxing and later owner's inscription. New York and [Philadelphia], 1864

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A pair of illustrated humor books, each issued as "a contribution . . . in aid of the Sanitary Commission." These were sold at the Sanitary Fairs in New York and Philadelphia to raise money for the troops. Each plate features a cartoon and limerick in the style of Edward Lear. Many of them are on military or political themes, including some appallingly racist ones. Sabin 6347, 52514