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Title: The Adventures of Philip on His Way Through the World; Showing Who Robbed Him, Who Helped Him, and Who Passed Him By Author: Thackeray, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Place: Columbia, S.C. Publisher: Evans and Cogswell Date: 1864 Description: 496 pp. Illustrated with lithographed frontispiece portrait and 11 (of 12) lithographed plates. 7¼x5, original printed front wrapper. Rare Civil War era edition of Thackeray, the first, and only, Confederate edition. Philip was first issued serially in London, 1861-1862, and then published in 1862 in London, New York, and Leipzig. Parrish & Willingham 6573 (locating 18 complete copies); Harwell Confederate Hundred 90; Snowden, War-Time Publications from the Press of Walker, Evans & Cogswell (Charleston, 1922), pp. 24-26: "[The publisher's] most notable, one may say audacious, effort, this war-time edition of Thackeray with the Columbia imprint is in great demand among collectors." The lithographed plates for this edition, illustrating scenes from the book and also printed by Evans and Cogswell, are quite captivating. In this copy, pp. 97-98 and 103-104 repeated. Lot Amendments Condition: Front wrapper soiled and worn, lacking the rear wrapper, spine partially perished, the work split vertically in two sections at p.192; pages dog-eared, particularly earlier leaves, some darkening and aging to the poor quality paper, lacking plate 10, just good, sold as is, but quite rare. Item number: 166484