The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government

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Sale 411: Fine Americana - Travel & Exploration - Book Club of California: The Library of Henry W. Coil, Jr. (#411) 09/03/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #85The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government

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Sale 411: Fine Americana - Travel & Exploration - Book Club of California: The Library of Henry W. Coil, Jr. (#411) 09/03/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Description

Heading:

(Civil War)

Title:

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government

Author:

Davis, Jefferson

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

D. Appleton

Date Published:

1881

Description:

2 volumes. xxi, [3], 707; xvii, [3], 808 pp. With 17 steel-engraved plates, including frontispiece portraits; 2 wood-engraved plates; 18 maps, 14 of them folding. 9x5½, original half morocco and marbled boards, all edges marbled. First Edition.

The president of the Confederate States of America justifies his actions, and apologizes for his mistakes; one of the more important and detailed reminiscences to come out of the war.

Condition:

Light wear to extremities; very good.

Item#:

202212

Headline:

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
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