[American Civil War]. MILLER, Francis Trevelyan (editor in chief)

The Photographic History of the Civil War [the complete ten-volume set]

New York, Castle Books, 1957 (facsimile reprint)/ 1911 to 1912.

Quarto, ten volumes, a total of almost 3500 pages, extensively illustrated and with numerous maps.

Papered boards slightly rubbed and bumped; minimal light foxing (mainly to the top edges); a few spines canted, with the boards of the last volume a little bowed; a very good set with only one dustwrapper present (on the last volume, showing minor signs of use).

When the series 'first appeared in 1911 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of that great conflict, it was hailed as a unique publishing achievement.... The Civil War has the distinction of not only being the first and only totally American war, but the first war in history to be extensively photographed' (dustwrapper blurb).

Volume 1: The Opening Battles; Volume 2: Two Years of Grim War; Volume 3: The Decisive Battles; Volume 4: The Cavalry; Volume 5: Forts and Artillery; Volume 6: The Navies; Volume 7: Prisons and Hospitals; Volume 8: Soldier Life and the Secret Service; Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence of Blue and Gray; and Volume 10: Armies and Leaders. [10 items].