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Cloth. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. First Edition. Very Good except as Noted/No Jacket. First Edition. 649 pages. Original cloth. Light rubbing to the tips of the spine. Front hinge cracked between title page and preface. Very faint damp stain to the top edge of the last few pages extending no more than a quarter inch from the edge. Ink signature stamp of the front fly-leaf and the title page. Detailed study fo the causes and political disagreements that led to the American Civil War - beginning with the entry of slavery into American politics, development of the anti-slavery movement, the Missouri Compromise, opposition to the expansion of slavery following the war with Mexico, the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, Dred Scott case, the conflict in Kansas, etc. This is a needed book that traces step by step the issues and events that culminated in the attack on Fort Sumter and four bloody years of civil war. Excellent historical reference to the Civil War.…