The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln (First Edition)
by Maltby, Charles
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
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WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Stockton, California: Daily Independent Steam Power Print, 1884.
FIRST EDITION.
Original cloth, lettered in gilt.
326 pages.
Poor or better. Detached at hinges; endpapers loose; yellowed pages; covers very worn.
"Maltby was a business associate of Lincoln's in New Salem. This was the first biography of Lincoln published in California."--Karmiole.
"Scarce. The first biography of Lincoln published in California. The author had been personally acquainted with Mr. Lincoln for thirty-five years."--Decker.
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- Bookseller
- LaCelle Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18549
- Title
- The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln (First Edition)
- Author
- Maltby, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Stockton, California: Daily Independent Steam Power Print
- Date Published
- 1884
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