Abraham Lincoln: The War Years
by SANDBURG, Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. Hardcover. Complete 4-volume set. Small 4to. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase. xxxi, 660pp; xii, 655pp; xiii, 673pp; xii, 515pp. Frontispieces, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mildest of slipcase wear. Absolutely exceptional -- tight and pristine -- first trade edition (after the deluxe signed edition) of this mammoth set, signed large and bold by Sandburg on the half-title page of the first volume -- beneath which is neatly tipped an original, likely one-of-a-kind black-and-white 5½" X 4" snapshot of Sandburg, an informal closeup of him speaking in suit and bow tie. This photograph was almost certainly taken at a special 75th birthday black-tie celebration held for the poet in Chicago's Blackstone Hotel on January 6, 1953 -- and laid into this copy is the scarce "Carl Sandburg 75th Birthday Dinner" 4pp leaflet with its celebrity-studded "Speaker's Table" list that includes such historians as Allan Nevins, Benjamin P. Thomas, Paul M. Angle, Sandburg's brother-in law photographer Edward Steichen, Chicago journalist Fanny Butcher and many others. An exceptional set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46911
- Title
- Abraham Lincoln: The War Years
- Author
- SANDBURG, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Abraham Lincoln;
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.