Condition: Blue boards, embossed to the front & back, spine gilt-titled but v.faded and worn all over (see pic), all edges worn,
"SHOWING THE ORIGIN AND CAUSE OF THE PRESENT SECESSION WAR" This is the original 1862 edition published by Hamilton Adams and Co. The author was an American inventor and associate of Samuel Morse. Original purple publisher's cloth rubbed with a little wear at extremities, blind stamped, gilt titles on the spine which is showing a little wear at the top and more so at the tail, original end-papers beginning to crack but the hinge is sound and tight. Large folding colour map at the frontis has a 5 cm tear.
