Vols. V-X bound in 6 volumes (Mar. 2, 1861-Dec. 29, 1866, Whole Nos. 218-522). Profusely illustrated with wood engravings from drawings by Winslow Homer, F.O.C. Darley, Thomas Nast & other artists, & from photographs by Matthew Brady, Alexander Gardner & others; many full or double-page. 15¾x11, 20th century white cloth, lettered in gilt on spines.

An exceptional run of this prototypical American illustrated weekly, covering the years of the Civil War, presenting to the American people in graphic detail the struggle, slaughter, and progress of the war, and making household names of such contributors as Winslow Homer and Matthew Brady. This set has been bound up from the original loose issues. Lacking the first 2 months of issues from 1861.