A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States; Its Causes, Character, Conduct, and Results. Presented in a Series of Colloquies at Liberty Hall., in Two Volumes

Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, 1868. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Corners a bit rubbed, front hinge of first volume weakening, front matter of first volume a bit foxed, pencil marks in margins of a few pages, ink name and date on verso of first volume front free endpaper (and in pencil on flyleaf of second volume). 1868 Hard Cover. Complete in two volumes. 654, [2]; xii, [5]-827, [5] pp. 8vo.Terra cotta cloth, gilt titles. Includes engraved portraits, and a sketch of the battleground of Manassas. A contemporary account of the American Civil War, originally presented as a series of colloquies at Liberty Hall by the former vice president of the Confederate States of America, published in book form 1868-1870. Notable for facsimiles of three letters from Abraham Lincoln to Stephens. Howes S-938: 'Most elaborate - and best - argument for the constitutional validity of the doctrine of state sovereignty and the right of secession.