HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION; Complete in One Volume.

Kettell, Thomas

Published by Hartford, L. Stebbins & F. A. Howe, Cincinnati, 1865, 1865

About this Item

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 778, (ii) pages. Detailed index; Extensively illustrated with steel engraving portraits, other illustrations and numerous maps, complete in one volume. Thick hardcover, brown pebbled leather, marbled endpapers. Gilt titled on spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light rubbing to edges; slight drying to leather. Interior pages are foxed and age-toned throughout; some pages less-so on the very nice steel engraving illustrations. Binding is complete and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: First Edition of this Civil War history that was written, and issued, in installments as the War proceeded, cumulating to three volumes in all -- here gathered into one for the first time in 1865. Here a nice copy of the full leather binding, with all the plates and tissue guards intact and spine and hinges solid, with bright gilt on spine. Text is a nice general history of the war, here published soon after the conflict ended. Well illustrated, unfortunately the paper used has not aged well, though the plates are in good shape.

Seller Inventory # 1024009

Bibliographic Details

• Title: HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION; Complete in One Volume.
• Publisher: Hartford, L. Stebbins & F. A. Howe, Cincinnati, 1865
• Publication Date: 1865
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military
  • Military History