Vanity Fair; Saturday, May 17, 1862

Single issue of a short-lived humorous weekly magazine from 1862. The magazine, operated by the three Stephens Brothers, and patterened on England's 'Punch', ran from Dec 31, 1859 to mid-1863. The Stephen Brothers were War Democrats who supported the Union but who were anti-abolition with little sympathy for blacks. This issue, along with many others in stock, was disbound from a defective and incomplete volume. 12 pages, illustrated with satirical and humorous cartoons. Lots of Civil War content. Front page cartoon/illustration shows Secretary of War Edwin Stanton as a Roman emperor, dressing him in a tunic and changing his signature to "Stantonius" - 'The Great [In]Censor of the Public Press'. [ An incensor is one who stirs up anger]. A full-page cartoon in the same issue, with plain reverse, shows General McClellan with sword attacking an alligator identified as 'Secession'. The magazine is very bright and clean. Spine a little ragged where disbound. Postage within North America - $8.00.

Product Info

Publisher: Louis H. Stephens

Year: 1862

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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