Pollard's Account of the Civil War, With Steel-Engraved Portraits (1867)

Edward A. Pollard. THE LOST CAUSE; A NEW SOUTHERN HISTORY OF THE WAR OF THE CONFEDERATES...DRAWN FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES, AND APPROVED BY THE MOST DISTINGUISHED CONFEDERATE LEADERS. "Sold only by subscription." New York: E. B. Treat & Co., Publishers, 1867. Original blind and gilt-stamped cloth. 8vo; xxx, [2], [33]-729, [742]-752pp. plus 4 pages of ads. With (6) plates containing twenty-four portraits, including a portrait frontispiece of Jefferson Davis and full-page portrait of Robert E. Lee; each plate with tissue guard.

9 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.

Edward A. Pollard (Virginia, 1832-1872) was editor of the Richmond Examiner and a staunch supporter of the Confederacy. He wrote numerous books about the Civil War both during the war and in the years immediately following the conflict. The Lost Cause is his most famous book.

A sturdy volume with minor areas of rubbing and marks to cloth, toning at edges and spine, and light wear to spine ends; interior with toning, foxing, and expected offsetting and mild handling wear. Very good.