Item #68658 Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. Carl SANDBURG.
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years

A Great American Biography

LINCOLN, Abraham.

Abraham Lincoln: The War Years.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939.

SANDBURG, Carl. [LINCOLN, Abraham]. Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. Volume One. [Two. Three. Four.] New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939.

First edition, signed by Carl Sandburg, and limited to 525 copies, this being number 392. Four small quarto volumes (10 1/4 x 7 inches; 260 x 180 mm). With 414 Half-tones of photographs, and 249 cuts of cartoons, letteres, and documents.

Original publisher's heavy-grain buckram over beveled boards. Gilt facsimile closing and signature of Lincoln stamped on top board. Gilt-ruled and -lettered maroon morocco spine labels. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. Some mild toning from bookplate. Else fine. Partially unopened. In original board slipcase with some wear.

"The first edition of Abraham Lincoln: The War Years is limited to 525 copies on all rag paper, numbered and signed by the author, of which 500 copies are for sale." (Colophon).

HBS 68658.

$2,000.

Price: $2,000.00

Item #68658