The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65). [Parts 1-3, complete in six volumes]

Washington D.C: Government Printing Office, 1870. Hardcover. Good. Parts 1-3, complete in six volumes. All plates present. Government Printing Office, 1870-1888 (further bibliographic information at end). Small folio (~24.5 cm x 29cm) volumes uniformly bound in half-leather and black cloth, raised bands and gilt titling on spines. A triumph of medical and surgical reporting, which employs a variety of print techniques to illustrate the detailed statistics and case studies of disease, injury and deaths during the Civil War. Free of any library markings, a rarity for this set. All volumes firmly bound and fully intact; light to moderate amount of wear to edges, a few bumped/split corners; no markings to text/illustrations, tissue paper protection over all plates. Part 1, Volume 1: Medical History (1870 (presumed) first issue, prepared by J.J. Woodward): [3], 4-726, [5], 2-365pp. + 16 full page black and white lithograph maps. Small brown/black dots apparent on some interior pages /// Part 1, Volume 2: Surgical History (1875 second issue, prepared by George A. Otis). 9, [2], iv-clv, [1], 2-650, v (index) pp. + 13 lithographic plates (eight chromolithographs). /// Part 2, Volume 1: Medical History (1879 second issue, prepared by J.J. Woodward): [ii], iii-xii, [1], 2-869pp. + 41 plates (10 chromolithographs, rest a mixture of tipped-in photo-reliefs (Woodbury-types), heliotypes, steel engravings from photos) /// Part 2, Volume 2: Surgical History (1876 first issue, prepared by George A. Otis): [ii], iii-xii, 1024, [i], ii-xx (index/corrigenda) pp. + 35 plates (eight chromolithographs, 16 Woodbury-types, 10 lithographs, 1 heliotype). Tissue stuck to one chromolith plate (XV) /// Part 3, Volume 1: Medical History (1888 first issue, prepared by Charles Smart under the direction of Surgeon General John Moore): [iv], v-xiii, [1], 2-989pp. + 43 plates (17 color tables/charts, seven chromolithographs, three maps/prison lay-outs, four Woodbury-types, seven heliotypes, four steel engravings from photos, and one lithograph). Damp-staining to bottom margin of ~â_x0085__x0093_ of book. /// Part 3, Volume 2: Surgical History (1883 first issue, prepared by George A. Otis and D.L. Huntington): [ii], iii-xii, [1], 2-986, [i], ii-xxix (index/corrigenda) pp. + 44 plates (20 chromolithographs, 22 lithographs, one heliotype and one Woodbury-type). Garrison-Morton 2171. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges will apply for international and/or expedited shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.