The History Of The Civil War In America Comprising A Full And Impartial

  
(Civil War) Abbottt, John S. & John Stevens Cabot: The History Of The Civil War In America; Comprising A Full And Impartial Account Of The Origin And Progress Of The Rebellion Of The Various Naval And Military Engagements, Of The Heroic Deeds Performed By Armies And Individuals. B&W Illustrations: 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Good This is a two volume set. The books are in Good Only condition and were issued without dust jackets. The leather spine of Volume One has come off, and is currently laid-in the volume. The leather on both Volume One and Volume Two is worn and cracking. The text pages are generally clean, though there are occasional spots of foxing throughout. The front several pages of both volumes have come free, but are laid-in as well.

The volumes have been illustrated throughout with images of important figures in the war. The endpapers of both volumes are marbled. All edges of the text block are marbled as well. Generally, this is a solid copy of the set. Owing to the success of his work, The Mother at Home, he devoted himself from 1844 onwards, to literature.

He was a voluminous writer of books on Christian ethics, and of popular histories, which were credited with cultivating a popular interest in history. He is best known as the author of the widely popular History of Napoleon Bonaparte (1855), in which the various elements and episodes in Napoleon's career are described. Abbott takes a very favourable view towards his subject throughout. He also did a foreword to a book called Life of Boone by W. Bogart, about Daniel Boone in 1876.

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