THE HISTORY, CIVIL, POLITICAL and MILITARY of the SOUTHERN REBELLION, from its INCIPIENT STAGES to its CLOSE, Vol. II by Victor, Orville J - 1861

New York: James D. Torrey, 1861. Hardcover. Good. . Volume 1 only. Brown cloth cover with decoration in blind and gilt shows minor wear, tear, rubbing, edgewear. Pages are tanned with scattered foxing.

New York: James D. Torrey, 1861. Hardcover. Good. . Volume 2 only. Cover shows minor wear, edgewear, and rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned.

THE HISTORY, CIVIL, POLITICAL AND MILITARY OF THE SOUTHERN REBELLION FROM ITS INCIPIENT STAGES TO ITS CLOSE...., James D. Torrey, 1861, first edition, Volume 1, some wear to the corner tips and fraying with a bit of cloth loss at the extremities of the faded spine, else a good to very good copy in the publishers original gold-gilt pictorial and blind stamped cloth with 6 etched full page plates. Map missing.

New York: James D. Torrey, Publisher, 1861 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. viii, 531 pp, preface, introduction, history of former conspiracies, historical summary of events, 42 chapters, appendix, index. Museum stamp on pastedown. Sunned spine with wear to edges and corners. Front endpapers spearated, yet, binding sound with foxing front and back through verso title page. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Volume one of a multi-volume contemporary history of the Great Rebellion. Original embossed brown cloth covers with gold gilt emblem, and blind stamp decoration front and back..

New York: James D. Torrey, 1861. Book. Good-VG. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in two (2) volumes, as originally issued in 1861 (Vols. III and IV published later), uniformly bound in original brown cloth, decorated in blind, with gilt stamped eagle on each front cover and gilt lettering and decoration on each spine panel. Set shows wear but is intact in all essentials, showing rubbing with some exposure at several corners, mild spotting to lower front cover of Vol. I, discoloration/dye lightening extending in a thin area (1/4" to 1" wide) down 3/4 of front cover, mild sunning/fading to spine panels. Repair evident to front hinge of Vol. I, all other hinges intact. Text block edges toned by age, interiors respectably clean and intact, with a few scattered soil marks. viii,531 + viii,537 pp., illus. w/ hand-colored tissue-paper map of Colton's United States following p. 2 (Vol. I). each volume w/ engraved frontis. and main title. One… Read More

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1863 CONFEDERATE History 1st ed Southern Rebellion Political Military CIVIL WAR
A rare first edition of Orville James Victor's "The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern Rebellion". Included are some of the most famous aspects of the American Civil War, such as:
· Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Inauguration address
· Southern interest in breeding slaves
· Messengers to Fort Sumter, bombardment on Fort Sumter
· Admission of Kentucky and Missouri into the Confederacy
o "When Kentucky goes down, in will be in blood. Let that be understood. She will not go as other States have gone. Let the responsibility rest on you, where it belongs. We have more right to defend our Government than you have to overturn it." (Senator Rosseau, Speech given toward Southern rebels. Victor, II:170)
· Battle of Wilson's Creek
· Jefferson Davis's messages
Item number: #41413
Price: $599
VICTOR, Orville J.
The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern Rebellion, from its Incipient Stages to… Read More

1861 1ed Southern Rebellion Confederate CIVIL WAR Slaves CSA Victor Illustrated

A rare first edition of Orville Victor's "The Southern Rebellion." It includes some of the most famous aspects of the American Civil War including:
·
Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Inauguration address
·
Southern interest in breeding slaves
·
Messengers to Fort Sumter, bombardment on Fort Sumter
·
Admission of Kentucky and Missouri into the Confederacy
o "When Kentucky goes down, in will be in blood. Let that be understood. She will not go as other States have gone. Let the responsibility rest on you, where it belongs. We have more right to defend our Government than you have to overturn it." (Senator Rosseau, Speech given toward Southern rebels.
Victor, II:170)
·
Battle of Wilson's Creek
·
Jefferson Davis's messages

Item number: #17511
Price: $599
VICTOR, Orville J
The history, civil, political and military, of the southern rebellion, from its incipient stages to its… Read More