“This mammoth work is a necessary part
of any Civil War library” (Eicher).
“Zealous in their work, often regardless of danger, and at all times handicapped by the vexing difficulties of the photographic process of that day,” pioneering photographer Mathew Brady and his assistants created an unprecedented photographic record of war, capturing “scenes of actual conflict, others of places devastated by gunfire, of troops on the march or in bivouac, and of individual officers and men” (DAB).
The photographers depicted the soldiers and their leaders, the forts, the camps, the marches, the battlefields where the Blue met the Gray… and the horrendous aftermaths. In 1911 Francis Trevelyan Miller’s renowned Photographic History of the Civil War brought together over a thousand of Brady’s dramatic images—many previously unpublished—in ten large quarto volumes, with contributions from distinguished historians as well as veterans of both Confederate and Union forces. We have in our collection a fine first edition of this vital and indispensable photographic history. Browse our current inventory.
I just found a full set of “A Photographic History Of The Civil War” (in 10 volumns) in some books left me by a late uncle. The books are in reasonably good condition. Are they worth anything? I am not going to sell until I read them as the Civil War has been an interest of mine for 50 years.
Indeed, an unusual and interesting find.
Michael Kohler
Michael,
You will find this set of books listed from $700.00 to $2,000.00 depending on the condition. They are extremely good reading if you have an interest in the civil war. I would hang on to them for a while. I have a set. I also have several Erskine Caldwell (God’s Little Acre) first editions that go up in value by about 20% each year.