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The Face of Lincoln (A Studio Book)
by Mellon, James
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670304336
- ISBN 13
- 9780670304332
- Seller
-
Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Viking, 1979. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1979, first printing. Folio, 11 7/8" x 15", 203pp., illustrated. Reproduces all the surviving photographs of Lincoln, arranging them in chronological order and augmenting them with passages from Lincoln's letters and speeches and selected writings of his contemporaries. Black cloth with gilt spine titles, marbled endpapers. Mild fade to the cloth, internally pristine - bright, no markings in very good dust jacket with a closed tear at the heel, minor edgewear. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009996
- Title
- The Face of Lincoln (A Studio Book)
- Author
- Mellon, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0670304336
- ISBN 13
- 9780670304332
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- Folio
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; American History & Americana;
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The Wild Muse
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Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
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