Friday, August 12, 2011

ORIGINAL A HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR LOSSING BRADY OGDEN

Original A HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 LOSSING BRADY OGDEN In fair to good condition. Hardcover. Please see photos This is the original publication A history of the Civil War, 1861-65. New York War Memorial Association 1912
A History of the Civil War1861-1865 By B.Lossing1912 a chronological summary and record of every engagement ... showing the total losses and casualties together with war maps of localities, comp. from the official records of the War department. Complete in 16 sections. Bound with hard cover. Color frontispiece in each section. 512 pages. Illustrated with official war photographs, taken at the time by Matthew B. Brady, under the authority of President Lincoln and now in the possession of the War department, Washington, D. C. This sweeping history of the entire war serves as an important memento of earliest days of photographic Civil War histories Originally issued in 16 sections, each with color plate made from paintings by Henry A Ogden. Real value lies in the photographs some 744 in all. Text is interesting because it reflects the pre WWI perception of the Civil war Several maps, diagrams and other illustrations included. Occasional errors surface as, with the switched captions on page 264 and the work lacks an index.A very nice, must have part of any Civil War library collection I am not an expert on everything I sell, so some of my knowledge may be limited. Your help is always appreciated.
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