Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years
by SANDBURG, CARL
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First Edition. First Printing. A fine set. Six volumes, complete (The War Years, in 4 vols, The Prairie Years, in 2 vols.). Sandburg was awarded the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for History for "The War Years." Publisher's full, rich blue cloth, gilt lettering on spines, blind-stamped medallion on covers, fore-edges deckle. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs, illustrations, sketches, cartoons and maps. War Years in original publisher's matching slipcase. Fine with boards ever so lightly shelf-worn, all volumes unmarked, tight, square and clean. Large 8vo 9' - 10' tall. Volumes 1-4 660,, 655, 673 and 515 pp., respectively. A fine and truly lovely first edition set of this timeless classic by Sandburg.
Synopsis
The story of Lincoln's life from his inauguration in 1861 to his death and funeral in 1865. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in History, 1940.
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- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8791
- Title
- Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years
- Author
- SANDBURG, CARL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY, AMERICAN HISTORY, PULITZER PRIZE
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICANA;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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