Pollard, Edward A., THE LOST CAUSE; A NEW SOUTHERN HISTORY OF THE WAR OF THE CONFEDERATES, New York: E.B. Treat & Co., Publishers, 1867.  New and enlarged 2^nd ed. (subscription only)  OE leather / polished calf hardcover, 8vo (9.25 x 6.25”),  Good / n.a., xxx - 752 pp., + iv, adv. Re-backed in leather w/paper labels, original polished calf boards which are well rubbed, bumped and worn, new end papers, light soiling, foxing and staining sporadically throughout text is majoritively clean.

A full and authentic account of the rise and progress of the late Southern Confederacy – the campaigns, battles, incidents, and adventures of the most gigantic struggle of the world’s history.  Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders.

Illustrated with portraits of important leaders of the Southern United States. Nevins II p.175; Howes p.455.

 

A very distinctive book indeed – quite the sector of Captured Tyme!