Abraham Lincoln: A Tribute
by Bancroft, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner signature and number stamp on front endpapers, boards rubbed, light wear to head and tail
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: A. Wessels Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner signature and number stamp on front . endpapers, boards rubbed, light wear to head and tail of spine.. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green cloth with titles and laurel wreath stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. A copy of the official eulogy delivered by statesman and author George Bancroft to Congress on Lincoln's birthday following his assassination the previous year. 76pp. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 76 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36433
- Title
- Abraham Lincoln: A Tribute
- Author
- Bancroft, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner signature and number stamp on front endpapers, boards rubbed, light wear to head and tail
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. Wessels Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Eulogy, Lincolniana, Memorial Volumes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
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- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...