ABRAHAM LINCOLN
by CARL SANDBURG
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- very good with dj
- Seller
-
New Britain, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
N Y: HARCOURT,BRACE AND CO, 1954. hard cover with dj. very good with dj. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1954 Cloth, gilt, xiv, 762 pp., illus., facsims., maps, ports., biblio., index; 24 cm. Abridged by the author. Illustrations on lining papers designed by Edward Steichen. Top edge tinted red. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Top right corner/front panel lightly bumped. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear (minor wear at corners), illustrations - maps, reproductions of historic photographs. The definitive one-volume biography distilled from Sandburg's monumental six-volume work on Lincoln and his times.. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Carl Sandberg has...distilled the essense...
Synopsis
The story of Lincoln's life from his inauguration in 1861 to his death and funeral in 1865. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in History, 1940.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Farmer Jim Enterprises
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1671
- Title
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- Author
- CARL SANDBURG
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover with dj
- Book Condition
- Used - very good with dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- HARCOURT,BRACE AND CO
- Place of Publication
- N Y
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 762
- Keywords
- biography
Terms of Sale
Farmer Jim Enterprises
Purchase price refunded if item not as described. No refunds for shipping. Buyer pays all shipping costs.
About the Seller
Farmer Jim Enterprises
Biblio member since 2006
New Britain, Pennsylvania
About Farmer Jim Enterprises
Selling new, used & rare books. Ranging in age from centuries old to current day.
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