Mar 26, 2009 - Sale 2174

Sale 2174 - Lot 184

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(NEW YORK CITY.) Group of 15 unusual New York newspapers, most of them unique. Various sizes and conditions, some illustrated, some with dampstaining or with small defective sections. New York, 1839-45

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The Bunker Hill: A Native American Weekly. 26 October 1844 Dollar Weekly. "The Cheapest Paper Ever Produced! The Miracle of the Age!" 2 issues: March 18 1843 and 27 May 1843 New York Pioneer, Devoted to the Military, and Fire Department. 3 issues: 9 December 1840 (Volume 1:1), 16 January 1841, and 1 May 1841 The Old Countryman & Emigrant''s Friend: A Journal of the News of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. 17 September 1845 Paul Pry and Military Gazette. 15 November 1840 Sober Second Thought. Promoting Polk for president. 26 October 1844 Sunday Mercury. 2 issues: 27 August 1843 and 23 June 1844 Weekly American Ensign. A nativist paper. 11 January 1845 Weekly American Republican. 3 May 1845 Weekly New Era and American Courier. "The largest newspaper in the United States," 31 x 23 inches. 2 issues: 16 November 1839 and 6 March 1841. These titles exist only in scattered partial runs, and most of these issues appear to be otherwise unknown.