The Mystery of "A Public Man": A Historical Detective Story
by ANDERSON, Frank Maloy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1948. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. 256pp. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and rubbed, with spine sunned and several edge chips. First edition of this exposé of the author of the mysterious "Diary of a Public Man," an anonymous "North American Review" contributor of 1879. Front jacket panel screams, "Lincoln Hoax Exposed! Authorship of Famous Diary Established in a Remarkable Story of Historical Detection.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41949
- Title
- The Mystery of "A Public Man": A Historical Detective Story
- Author
- ANDERSON, Frank Maloy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Abraham Lincoln; Civil War;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- First Edition
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