DAVIS, Jefferson.

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government.

Item #82185

DAVIS, Jefferson. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. 1st eds. 2 vols. Large 8vos. xxi, [3], 707, [1], [4 (advts.); xvii, [3], 808, [4 (advts.)] pp., frontises., portraits, maps (some folding). In later bonded leather with marbled endpapers, all plates present, though one map is detached by laid in. Fore-edge of the textblock of volume 1 has a minor bump resulting in some closed tears the margins of a dozen leaves, else very good. Howes D-120. Nevins II, p. 51 "Conceals more than it reveals of the inner history of the Confederacy; mainly an argumentative dissertation on secession and states' rights." "As President Davis's own account this book is obviously of great importance." In Tall Cotton 34.

Price: $300.00