The Living Lincoln: The Man, His Mind, His Times, and the War He Fought, Reconstructed from His Own Writings
by Angle, Paul M.; Earl Schenck Miers (eds)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1955. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over red boards, spine in six compartments separated by light blue borders, gilt lettering on light blue panel in one compartment, gilt lettering in two others, top edge blue. The Living Lincoln is based on the original eight-volume edition of "The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln," (the ninth volume is an index) published by Rutgers University Press in 1953, to which these editors have been given unlimited access. From this collection these editors have selected the most revealing of Lincoln's writings, both on himself and the important issues of his day. Here is, in effect, Abraham Lincoln's autobiography, from his early years in New Salem, through the upheavals of his Presidency, to the day before he died. . Brief gift inscription on ffep, otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean; seemingly unread. VERY GOOD. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. viii, (ii), 673 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28044
- Title
- The Living Lincoln: The Man, His Mind, His Times, and the War He Fought, Reconstructed from His Own Writings
- Author
- Angle, Paul M.; Earl Schenck Miers (eds)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Brunswick
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Biography;, Abraham Lincoln;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...