(New York: Harper & Bros.,1859), 844 pp., folio (16" x 10.5"), black boards. Loaded with lithographs and cartoons, this volume offers contemporary news of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and the scandalous murder trial of future Union general Dan Sickles. Also includes a serialization of Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities."

Light foxing on title page, stains and splits on very first few pages, water staining on covers. Binding remains tight and the set is generally clean throughout.

$100 - 300