ABRAHAM LINCOLN - SIGNED
by D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1940. Attractive copy of the d'Aulaire's award-winning childrens book, chronicling the early life of our nation's 16th President. Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1940 - the third book to gain that distinction. Second Printing. Quarto (31.5cm); illustrated paper-covered boards and blue cloth backstrip; map endpapers; dustjacket; [56]pp; illus. Elegantly signed by the author-illustrators on the copyright page. Pinpoint wear to lower board edges, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), with Caldecott Medal sticker on front panel; some trivial wear to extremities, with a few short, closed tears to rear panel; a bright, Near Fine example.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3369
- Title
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN - SIGNED
- Author
- D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
Terms of Sale
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2010
Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Edges
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- Copyright page
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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