Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln (Signed First Edition)
de Rankin, Henry B.; Newton, Joseph Fort (Introduction by);
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, United States
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1916.
FIRST EDITION.
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON BLANK PAGE.
Original cloth, lettered in gilt.
Illustrated with portraits.
Top edge gilt.
412 pages + ads.
Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; bookplate of Edmund S. Meany - prominent history professor and Lincoln scholar - on front endpaper; another bookplate of David Leroy - a Lincoln expert - on reverse of front endpaper; moderate wear; bumping to top corners.
Author was a law clerk under Lincoln and Herndon according to Monaghan. He offers many details of Lincoln's personal life and his relationship with Ann Rutledge.
Very scarce signed.
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- Librería
- LaCelle Rare Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 16268
- Título
- Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln (Signed First Edition)
- Autor
- Rankin, Henry B.; Newton, Joseph Fort (Introduction by);
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Fecha de publicación
- 1916
- Palabras clave
- 1943,little
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...