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Lot 552

Harper?s Pictorial History of the Civil War.

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[Civil War] Guernsey, Alfred H. and Henry M. Alden. Harper?s Pictorial History of the Civil War. Chicago: McDonnell Bros., [1866]. 2 vols. Publisher?s terra cotta pebbled cloth ruled in blind and titled in gilt. Extensively illustrated with nearly 1000 wood engravings, many full pages. Two-page colored map in vol. 1. Folio. Ends and corners frayed, few stains to boards, ex-library copies (not for circulation) with stamps on text block edges and tail of spine; library labels to front endpapers. Surprisingly clean and intact.