Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 3 Bound Volumes: Vol. XVIII (1858 to 1859), Vol. XLV (1872), and Vol. 68 (1884), Harper & Brothers, Illustrated with Wood Engravings, Quarter Leather

Three bound volumes of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, America's most popular 19th century monthly, published by Harper & Brothers with wood engravings throughout. Vol. XVIII, December 1858 to May 1859, from the years just before the Civil War, in quarter leather with a gilt-ruled spine. Vol. XLV, June through November 1872, with illustrated travel features, American history, serialized fiction, and the Editor's Easy Chair and Editor's Drawer columns, in quarter leather with a mottled spine and black gilt labels. Vol. 68, December 1883 through May 1884, from the magazine's Gilded Age heyday, including the first appearance of Walt Whitman's poem "With Husky-Haughty Lips, O Sea!" in the March 1884 issue, in red quarter leather with raised bands.