Menasha, WI: Limited Editions Club, 1942. hardcover. Mild soiling to the covers and light scratches to the leather spine label. Still Near Fine in a Very Good, intact slipcase with some wear. John Steuart Curry. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in full butternut muslin with a gold-stamped reddish brown leather spine label, 320 pages. Introduction and notes by Carl Van Doren; designed by Will Ransom. Illustrated with reproductions of watercolors by John Steuart Curry. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy. An especially interesting copy in that it, or at least its title page, appears to have been used as a mock-up for the Heritage Press edition with a strip of camera-ready art with that publisher's name loosely present having once been glued over the Limited Editions Club imprint on the title page with a small stain at the place of contact.

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 016635
Title: THE LITERARY WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Author: LINCOLN, Abraham
Illustrator: John Steuart Curry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Mild soiling to the covers and light scratches to the leather spine label. Still Near Fine in a Very Good, intact slipcase with
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Place of Publication: Menasha, WI
Date Published: 1942
Keywords: Signed, John Steuart Curry, Law, Abraham Lincoln, Limited Editions, Fine Press, Literature: American
Bookseller catalogs: 19th Century American Literature; Americana;

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We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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