STEPHENS (Alexander H.): 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 ,First Edition, 2 vols, [iv],654,[i] + xii,827,[iv] pp., large octavo, 16 engraved plates / portraits, a few neat library marks including early uninked embossed armorial paper stamps, later blue cloth, good, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Chicago, National Publishing Company/Zeigler, McCurdy and Co., 1868. PHOTOGRAPHS SENT ON REQUEST. "Alexander Hamilton Stephens [1812-1883] 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 death 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. (Book ref. 20952 ) £ 80.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Jeffrey Stern Antiquarian Bookseller , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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