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Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858
by Beveridge, Albert J
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine. First edition of Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 by Albert J. Beveridge.. Thick octavo, [two volumes], xxviii, [2], 607pp; vii, [3], 741pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Clean text and solid binding. Touch of wear to cloth on Volume II. Complete with frontispiece portrait in each volume and 16 full page black and white illustrations. An attractive set by The Riverside Press. (Monaghan 2999). Albert J. Beveridge started his career as a United States Senator from Indiana. After losing his senate seat, he became a historian, writing The Life of John Marshall. This detailed account of the life of the first Chief Justice won Beveridge a Pulitzer Prize for Biography. His final years were spent writing this book, which worked to demystify the early life of President Abraham Lincoln. After Beveridge's untimely death, the manuscript was handed over to Carl Sandburg for completion.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14520
- Title
- Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858
- Author
- Beveridge, Albert J
- Illustrator
- First edition of Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 by Albert J. Beveridge.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- President Abraham Lincoln, 16th President, Hodgenville, KY, White House, American Civil War, The Manuscript Edition, Lincoln: The War Years, Carl Sandburg, Mary Todd Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Reconstruction,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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