A SHORT LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Condensed From Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History
by Nicolay, John G
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Century Company, 1906. 578 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled; covers sunned. Mild fraying to spine ends. Top edge gilt. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Front hinge just starting. Several leaves unopened. Illust. w/ a frontispiece of President Lincoln and his son "Tad.". Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22868LIN
- Title
- A SHORT LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Condensed From Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History
- Author
- Nicolay, John G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Century Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- PRESIDENTS BIOGRAPHY LINCOLN ABRAHAM ABE 1809 1865 PRESIDENTS HEADS OF STATE 1861 1865 POLITICS GOVERNMENT MILITARY HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861 1865 SLAVERY WARFARE ASSASSINATION BOOTH JOHN WILKES 1838 1865 AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL
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- Politics; Presidents;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Text Block
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
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- Spine
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