The Literary Works of Abraham Lincoln
by Lincoln, Abraham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Not Issued
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Heritage Press Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, small quarto bound in black blind-stamped cloth, housed in original publisher's slipcase. 295 pages. Selected, with an introduction, by Carl Van Doren. Illustrated with drawings in color and sepia by John Steuart Curry. Sandglass laid-in. First edition thus, after the limited edition published in 1942 by The Limited Editions Club. Previous owner's small book-plate affixed to inside front cover. Slipcase shows sunning and fading to extremities. A clean, square, unmarked copy in a solid box with no tears or splits. Very good+ in a very good slipcase. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018932
- Title
- The Literary Works of Abraham Lincoln
- Author
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Heritage Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Heritage Press;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...