Lot 234:
Tomes & Lossing Civil War Serials, 1862-1912
Sold for: $60
Description
A collection of softcover serial publications documenting the American Civil War. The group includes several divisions of The War with the South: A History of the Great American Rebellion by Robert Tomes, M.D., published by Virtue, Yorston and Company, New York, and Virtue and Company, New York. Observable divisions include numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. These quarto-sized volumes are bound in tan paper wrappers with dark cloth spines. The work is illustrated with steel engravings of battle scenes, fortifications, maps, and portraits from drawings made by F. O. C. Darley and other American artists. Included are frontispiece portraits of General George B. McClellan and General Ambrose Burnside based on photographs by Mathew Brady. Also present is Section 1 of A History of the Civil War by Benson J. Lossing, LL.D., published by The War Memorial Association, New York. This section is bound in blue illustrated paper covers and contains numerous halftone reproductions of Mathew Brady war photographs. The text provides historical narratives on topics such as the Fugitive Slave Law, State Rights, and biographical sketches of leading naval and military commanders.
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