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Antique Civil War Dated First Ed. NATIONAL HISTORY OF THE WAR FOR THE UNION, VOL. 3, Evert A. Duyckinck, 1861-65 - Antique Civil War Dated First Edition of NATIONAL HISTORY OF THE WAR FOR THE UNION, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND NAVAL. Founded on Official and Other Authentic Documents (Volume 3) by Evert A. Duyckinck (1816-1878); Illustrated by Alonzo Chappel and Thomas Nast | Published by Johnson, Fry, and Company, New York, 1861-1865, 642pp. Quarto [11.5” H; 28.5 cm] | Profusely Illustrated with Highly-finished Steel Engravings. Including Battle Scenes by Sea and Land, and Full-length Portraits of Naval and Military Heroes, from Original Paintings, by Alonzo Chappel and Thomas Nast. A wartime imprint with engraved illustrations throughout. Bound by the original subscriber in contemporary brown leather with black pebbled cloth-covered boards, gilt titles and decorative embellishments on the spines, raised bands, and double gilt ruled borders on the covers, gold gilt page edges, Marbled endpapers, all tissue guards for engravings present | Binder's title: War for the union. Added title-pages engraved: History of the war for the union | Evert Augustus Duyckinck (pronounced DIE-KINK) (November 23, 1816 – August 13, 1878) was an American publisher and biographer.