signed first edition
1939 · New York
by SANDBURG, Carl
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. LINCOLN, Abraham. SANDBURG, Carl. [LINCOLN, Abraham]. Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. Volume One. [Two. Three. Four.] New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939.
First edition, signed by Carl Sandburg, and limited to 525 copies, this being number 392. Four small quarto volumes (10 1/4 x 7 inches; 260 x 180 mm). With 414 Half-tones of photographs, and 249 cuts of cartoons, letteres, and documents.
Original publisher's heavy-grain buckram over beveled boards. Gilt facsimile closing and signature of Lincoln stamped on top board. Gilt-ruled and -lettered maroon morocco spine labels. Top (truncated)
First edition, signed by Carl Sandburg, and limited to 525 copies, this being number 392. Four small quarto volumes (10 1/4 x 7 inches; 260 x 180 mm). With 414 Half-tones of photographs, and 249 cuts of cartoons, letteres, and documents.
Original publisher's heavy-grain buckram over beveled boards. Gilt facsimile closing and signature of Lincoln stamped on top board. Gilt-ruled and -lettered maroon morocco spine labels. Top (truncated)