The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln; 8 Volumes + Index by Basler, Roy P - 1953

Rutgers University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. History Book Club Edition. 555 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Volume III. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Minor marks to boards.

Rutgers University Press. Good. 1953. Hardcover. No dust jacket,a few page corners/edge ( upper ) have some curl/crease marks/ wrinkles, small mystery spot lower closed pages, very minor scuffing upper spine & frnt cvr corners, otherwise cover & text unmarked, uncreased, very clean tight copy.; Volume 7, 1863-1864 .

Rutgers University Press. Hardcover. B001IPVSZW 1955 printing Rutgers U cloth hardcover. Index volume only. Fine condition protected by its glassine cover. . Fine.

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. Hardcover. Good. No Dust Jackets. Edgeworn with stains front & back. Bumped corners. Interior unmarked. 9 Volumes Complete. 1 1824-1848. 2 1848-1858. 3 1858-1860. 4 1860-1861. 5 1861-1862. 6 1862-1863. 7 1863-1864. 8 1864-1865, Index.

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1953. Hardcover. First four volumes (out of 9). 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxiii, 519pp; ix, 553pp; ix, 555pp; ix, 563pp. Illustrations. Very good. Very faintest of binding wear and spines a bit rubbed, else overall tight and internally fine. Attractive, tight "History Book Club" edition of the first four volumes (covering Lincoln's earliest years up through 1861) of this 9-volume set, with interesting autograph addition: Tipped opposite title page of the first volume is a Typed Note Signed from assistant editor Marion D. Pratt, 1p, 8¼" X 10½", Springfield, IL, 20 March 1953. Addressed to noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar Arnold Gates (1914-93). Writing on "The Abraham Lincoln Association" letterhead, Pratt chats cordially about this set's primary editor Roy Basler: "Dr. Basler is now with the Library of Congress; his home address is.... When he left the employ of the Association in August, 1952, he had cut the order for both the September… Read More

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1954, 7 volumes plus index (lacking volume 4). Gray cloth hardcover, no marks except price notation on the front free endpaper of each volume. No tears. Bright and clean with strong binding in all volumes. Again, note that volume 4 is missing..

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Complete 9-volume set. 8vo.Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering. Various paginations. Fine. Attractive, tight 1962 "History Book Club" edition, with interesting autograph addition: Tipped opposite first volume title page is a Typed Letter Signed from editor Basler, 1p, 8" X 10½", n.p., 27 December 1984. Addressed to Ralph G. Newman (1912-98, founder of Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop). Very good. Probably writing from Sarasota, Florida, where he retired in 1974, Basler tells his old friend "I am mailing separately... a copy of my revised manuscript. The computer printer tells me it is twenty five percent less than the first draft. In addition to cutting out, I have used your other suggestions to good advantage -- the Afterword particularly...." Signed simply "Roy" in black ballpoint. Intriguing and the mystery of what this manuscript is remains unclear. Given Newman's involvement it almost certainly concerned Lincoln, but possibly… Read More