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Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858.
by BEVERIDGE, Albert J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company,, 1928. The first scholarly Lincoln biography The "Manuscript Edition", number 152 of 1,000 sets, each set containing a leaf of the original working manuscript. The author served as Republican senator for Indiana from 1899-1911, and was a prominent voice in national political debate during those years. "Because of his indefatigable efforts to strip away the myths and legends that had accumulated around Lincoln, the work is regarded as the first Lincoln biography to meet modern scholarly standards" (ANB). The biography was unfinished at Beveridge's death, and the historian Worthington S. Ford undertook the responsibility for seeing the manuscript through publication. Four volumes, large octavo. Original red half morocco by the Riverside Press, spines lettered in gilt, brown endpapers, red cloth sides, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, red silk page-markers. With 4 tissue-guarded hand-coloured photographic views of the Lincoln Memorial, 4 photogravure portrait frontispieces with captioned tissue-guards, 32 further plates and maps. Bookplates to front pastedowns of William Safire and D. Allen Knight, clippings on other copies inserted. Light peripheral rubbing, slight nick at head of spine of vol. I, bindings firm, a handsome set.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153145
- Title
- Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858.
- Author
- BEVERIDGE, Albert J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company,
- Date Published
- 1928
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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- Countries & Cultures North America United States Americana
- History Western History United States History
- Politics, Government and Law
- Politics, Government and Law Law Enforcement Political Biography American Presidents
- Politics, Government and Law Law Enforcement Political Biography Abraham Lincoln
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- Biography & Essays Biography & Memoirs
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