GARDNER ALEXANDER (1821 1882) Photographic Sketch Books of t

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GARDNER, ALEXANDER (1821-1882) Photographic Sketch Books of the War, Volumes I & II. Together, 2 volumes. With 58 (of 100) plates, comprising 32 in vol. I and 26 in vol. II Albumen prints, 7x9 inches (17.8 x22.8 cm.), on the two-toned "Incidents of the War" mount with the photographer's and printer's captions and credit on mount recto. Oblong folio, gilt-lettered morocco, front covers detached; text leaves chipped, a few leaves detached. Washington, D.C., 1866

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Includes "A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg" (pl.40), and "Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg" (pl. 41).
with-- "Lincoln at Antietam," "A Harvest of Death" (pl. 36) "The Halt" (pl. 50) and "Chesterfield" (pl. 10) Together, 4 photographs. Albumen prints, 7x9 inches ( 17.8x22.8 cm.), on the two-toned mounts, with the photographer's and printer's credits, dates, and titles on mount recto; 2 are framed. 1862-66.