American Conflict History Great Rebellion United States America 1860 64, First Edition (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Good- hardcover. Full black morocco leather over boards; blind stamped with floral designs; gilt titles on spine; marbled text block edges; nonpareil marbled end papers; tissue-guarded frontispiece and interior plates. Scuffed, clean covers and spine; cracked at cover joints (front cover held by bands); chips at spine ends; text block is tightly bound; clean interior but with considerable foxing throughout. 8vo (25 cm), 648 pp; index; illustrated with plates and maps.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Reading copy only. Backstrip missing. Boards and endpages detached. Frontispiece missing. (Slavery, Civil War, U.S. History) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 648pp; Index; steel-engraved illustrations. Contents textually unmarked. No library stamps. Owner's name written on front blank endpaper. Embossed, decorative black leather with gilt lettering and design on spine. Upper spine edge tear. Marbled endpapers. Scattered light foxing in interior.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Chicago: O. D. Case & Company, 1865. Two volumes. First edition. Quarto. Bound in calf. On the spine, gilt to black morocco lettering-pieces. Hinges cracked, spine separating at top and botton, fore-corners rubbed, off-setting, light foxing to vol. I. Hinges splitting, with the back-strip lifting, abrasions to the cover, off-setting, light foxing in vol. II. This is a contemporary history of the Civil War with a focus on changing opinions of slavery, illustrated with engravings, maps and diagrams. Horace Greeley (1811-1872) was a prominent newspaper man who vigorously opposed slavery. Of particular interest are the images of Lincoln surrounded by his Cabinet and a view of the Union Generals.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Later edition. 2 vol. Large 8vo. [5], 10-648, [4]; [7], 8-782, [4] pp. Half contemporary sheep over marbled paper boards with the spines in six compartments, two red leather labels lettered in gilt on the spine; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece and with several plates, full-page maps, and in-text maps (all done in black and white). Volume two with more illustrations than volume one. Completing the title page: "Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery, from 1776 to the close of the war for the union. The first edition of these volumes were published in 1864 and 1866 respectively. A thorough history of the U.S. Civil War by an outspoken abolitionist. Greeley was an active politician during the nineteenth century, and made an unsuccessful run for President of the United States. Significant rubbing to volume one's front board, a tear to its spine's crown, the rear board of volume one starting.

First Edition. Binding set bound in worn leather. Spine bands missing. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; clean and without blemished. Physical description; two volumes. Subjects; American History. American Civil War. Human Slavery. 4 Kg.

First Edition. Binding set bound in worn leather. Spine bands missing. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; clean and without blemished. Physical description; two volumes. Subjects; American History. American Civil War. Human Slavery. 4 Kg.

Two volumes. Hardcover binding with marbled paper boards and leather spine. A rather attractive set. Not Ex-Lib.