Abraham Lincoln by Lord Charnwood - 1929

London: Constable & Company , 1929. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6" . None . Bright copy of this biography of Abraham Lincoln by Lord Charnwood. Later edition of this sweeping biography of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, from his boyhood until his assassination in 1865. He was the president to lead the country through the trying times of the Civil War, which ended in the abolition of slavery.Written by Lord Charnwood, originally published in 1916 in the 'Makers of the Nineteenth Century' series edited by Basil Williams; this biography of Lincoln is considered to be one of the best ever to be written, with personal anecdotes laced with a captivating historical narrative. Featuring a portrait frontispiece of Lincoln. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear, minor bumping to head and tail of spine, back strip lightly faded. Previous ownership pencil inscription to front free endpaper dated 1937. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to fore edge, affecting particularly first few leaves. Otherwise, pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed