Abraham Lincoln The War Years (4 volumes)
by Sandburg, Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG/NF/Slipcase
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. 4 volumes complete: 660 pp., 655 pp., 673 pp., 515 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spines and blind-stamped Lincoln signature on front boards. Illustrated with 414 halftones from photographs and 249 reproductions of cartoons, letters, and documents. All volumes clean, square and tight throughout. Volume 1 has a small nick near the bottom of the back board. Volumes 2-4 are all Near Fine. Cardboard slipcase is intact, with some wear to the corners. This is the first edition after a deluxe limited, signed first edition of 525 copies. Sandburg was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for this biography which stands as the definitive biography of the great president. . First Edition. Hardcover. VG/NF/Slipcase. Large 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031917
- Title
- Abraham Lincoln The War Years (4 volumes)
- Author
- Sandburg, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/NF
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- American History Biography Pulitzer Prize Perry Bookfair20
- Size
- Large 8vo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- History Western History United States History
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- Military & Military History Wars American Civil War
- Politics, Government and Law
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- Politics, Government and Law Law Enforcement Political Biography Abraham Lincoln
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