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Hardcover, first Macmillan printing 1953. The jacket is rubbed and edge-worn, with a small piece missing from the foot of the spine, which is also sunned. There are several other small tears and creases. The boards are clean, square and solid, with small white faded patches on them. All pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. A collection of essays "originally delivered as the Page-Barbour lectures at the University of Virginia, one of America's most distinguished historians presents a brilliant evaluation of the statesmanship displayed by both sides during the Civil War."
