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Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. The August 2, 1856 issue, Volume XI, No.5, Whole No. 265. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Just About Very Good; roughening at spine (scan), which is nearly loose; small peripheral chipping, moderate toning. See scans. A sturdy and handsome example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - here, regarding: New Jersey; Syracuse, NY (text and multiple engravings; Cologne; Thomas Comer; Deer Stalking in Germany; Narwhal Spearing; Turkish People; Tunnels, and fiction, - "The Gypsy's Secret" (installment chapters) "The East-Indiaman" (by Giddings H. Ballou) and "The Council Fire" (Ben: Perley Poore). All with text, engravings, or both, and there are as well, of course, the standard helpings of fictions, serial fiction (both occasionally with illustration), poetry, editorials, news items and even a few ads. Please see all scans, which show a few of the richly-rendered engravings. Maturin Ballou's 16-page newsprint periodical was already a piece of American history when he, as managing editor of Gleason's Pictorial, bought that - the first successful illustrated weekly newspaper in America - from owner Frederick Gleason in 1855. LLng3