First volume is 1868 and second volume is 1870 (both first editions).
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. By Alexander H. Stephens. In Two Volumes.
Some information about the book's content and it's author; Alexander Hamilton Stephens (] was Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. He was a U.S. congressman from Georgia before the war, and its governor from 1882 until his demise in 1883. "A Constitutional View," is a sophisticated and well-argued defense of the doctrine of state sovereignty and the right of states to secede. The book "was a sensation in its day, evoking attacks by Northern and Southern champions of causes upon which it impinged.": Dictionary of American Biography IX:574.
CONDITION: See listing description and photos; all 4 boards are cracked at hinges and repaired with bookbinding glue attached to inside endpaper; losses to leather covering on spine of vol. II; surface losses to leather along edges of boards; boards worn, rubbed & scratched; marble end-papers; previous owner's name in pencil on front free end-paper; contents of vol. I clean; foxing spots scattered throughout contents of vol. II; text blocks tight
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