Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (In 4 volumes)
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, (1939). First Edition, Limited, #398 of 525 sets. Black and white plates, cuts. Cloth over boards. Quartos.
Sandburg's classic four-volume history of Abraham Lincoln's Presidency and the Civil War, told largely through the words of Lincoln and his contemporaries.
This is the deluxe edition, signed by Sandburg in volume I, and limited to 525 sets printed on all rag paper.
Ref. MONAGHAN 3711; ANGLE pp. 56-58.
Near fine, Bound in light brown cloth over bevelled boards with gilt-stamped upper boards, red leather spine title labels stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. There are few minor rubs and tiny edge nicks to spine labels. Clean and bright with no prior ownership marks, a sturdy and attractive set of this important work.
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