1. Salesman's or publisher's sample "The History of the Civil War in the United States: its Cause, Origin, Progress and Conclusion, Containing full, impartial and graphic descriptions of the various military and naval engagements, with the heroic deeds achieved by armies and individuals, touching scenes and incidents in the camp, the cabin, the field and the hospital and Biographical sketches of its heroes", by Samuel M. Schmucker and Revised and Completed by Dr. L. P. Brockett; Published: Jones Brothers & Co. / Zeigler, McCurdy & Co., Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Boston / Chicago and St. Louis, 1865; contains title page and partial sample text of 64 pages in English, title page and partial sample text of 48 pages in German, and over 60 illustrated pages with portraits of generals, battle scenes, maps and diagrams; shows availability in fine cloth (with sample cloth spine adhered to inside front cover) in English or German for $6.50 per copy or in fine leather (with sample leather spine adhered to inside back cover) in English or German for $7.50 per copy; embossed hardcover; 10 1/4" x 7"; tear and small loss to cover at spine, wear to edges of cover, interior pages with some toning and foxing; 2.