Item #2294064 The Photographic History of the Civil War, in Ten [10] Volumes: Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities -- The Opening Battles; Two Years of Grim War; The Decisive Battles; The Cavalry; Forts and Artillery; The Navies; Prisons and Hospitals; Soldier Life and the Secret Service; Poetry and Eloquence from the Blue and the Gray; The Armies and the Leaders. Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert S. Lanier, William H. Taft, Henry Wysham Lanier, Eben Swift, French E. Chadwick, George Haven Putnam, Marcus J. Wright, Henry W. Elson, James Barnes, Henry Steele Commager.

The Photographic History of the Civil War, in Ten [10] Volumes: Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities -- The Opening Battles; Two Years of Grim War; The Decisive Battles; The Cavalry; Forts and Artillery; The Navies; Prisons and Hospitals; Soldier Life and the Secret Service; Poetry and Eloquence from the Blue and the Gray; The Armies and the Leaders

New York: Review of Reviews Company, 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2294064

First edition. Boards lightly rubbed with a few faint spots to spines of three volumes, hinges beginning to weaken, endpapers lightly foxed.

Ten hardcover volumes. Tall 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt titles. Miller's famous visual history of the American Civil war. Vol. 1: The Opening Battles (contributors: William Taft, James Barnes, et al); Vol. 2: Two Years of Grim War (text: Henry W. Elson; photographic descriptions: James Barnes); Vol. 3: The Decisive Battles (introduction: Frederick Dent Grant; text: Henry W. Elson; photo. descriptions: James Barnes); Vol. 4: The Cavalry (editor: Theo. F. Rodenbough); Vol. 5: Forts and Artillery (editor: O.E. Hunt); Vol. 6: The Navies (text: James Barnes; introduction: French E. Chadwick); Vol. 7: Prisons and Hospitals (editor: Holland Thompson); Vol. 8: Soldier Life, Secret Service (contributors: Charles King, A.W. Greely, et al); Vol. 9: Poetry and Eloquence of Blue and Gray (editor: Dudley H. Miles; foreword: William P. Trent; appendix - "Songs of the War Days" edited by Jeanne Robert Foster); Vol. 10: Armies and Leaders (contributors: Robert S. Lanier, William Conant Church, et al).

Price: $750.00

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