7x10.25". 264 pages. Copyright 1934 by Robert Laurence. Embossed cover with Lincoln and accents in gold luster. Book contains 3,253 numbered, illustrated and described Civil War patriotic covers. Each black and white illustration is numbered below with corresponding description. Following each description is a penciled price. The age of these penciled price notations is unknown. Many of these prices range from one dollar to ten dollars. Several have printed text as to the cost of an individual item to collector Walcott including prices of $100-$200. The book is divided into categories including 75 of Lincoln as well as other political/military figures, battle scenes, state regiment issues, patriotic design and a large section devoted to "caricatures" humorous and satirical in nature. An extensive and necessary reference for collectors of Civil War covers. Exc.