The Great Civil War. A History of the Late Rebellion with Biographical Sketches of Leading Statesmen and Distinguished Naval and Military Commanders, Etc. Three Volumes.
New York: Virtue and Yorston. Half-Leather. Good. Item #013720
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no date, presumed circa 1867 or 1877 based on a date on the half title illustration of volume three and a misbound map in the same volume, with a date of 1877. Half leather with brown cloth. Small folios. 664, 680, 738 pp. All illustrations present as called for, although a map from volume 3 is misbound in volume one, with a few other portraits misbound, or DETACHED and laid in. A reprint of this work originally published under the title "The War with the South," and issued in parts. This edition continued and finished by Benjamin Smith. A general history of the Civil War, looking at the various battles, campaigns, notable figures, etc. GOOD condition. A few illustrations detached but present. Heavy scuffing to the leather along the extremities and spine, with general fading and otherwise minor scuffing to the covers. Minor soiling and staining to the covers. Interiors with light scattered soiling and uneven heavy toning to some of the pages. Some foxing to some of the plates. (See Dornbush Volume 3, #257 for this work with a Worthington imprint).
Price: $300.00