61 B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s “The Grandfather Of Civil War Histories”: Illustrated With Over A Thousand Brady Photographs 77. MILLER, Francis Trevelyan, editor. The Photographic History of the Civil War. New York, 1911-12. Ten volumes. Quarto, publisher’s gilt-stamped blue cloth. $3000. First edition set of Miller’s famous and important 10-volume photographic history of the Civil War, containing “thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities.” “This mammoth work… a necessary part of any civil war library,” contains contributions from over 39 eminent individuals, including academicians, President William H. Taft, and veteran officers of both Confederate and Union forces. A number of the photographs, previously unpublished, are from the collections of private individuals, including the extensive Eldridge Collection of MathewBrady Civil War photographs, “easily five times larger than that of any contemporary” (Everitt). Volume X is the first issue (marked “1-Ed.” in bottom margin of page 323). Eicher 771. Interiors clean; small closed tear to map in Volume III. Several inner paper hinges expertly reinforced, one volume recased with original endpapers preserved, original cloth bindings unusually clean and bright with only occasional light soiling. An exceptionally good full first edition set of this important photographic work.
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