New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1939. HB. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine and blindstamped Lincoln signature on front cover, 8vo, xxxi, 660, xiii, 673, xii, 515, xii, 655 pp. All top edges of text block yellow. Later printing, not dated. Copyright 1939 with m.9.57 code on copyright page of volume I. Owner's name ffep of each volume, no other marks in book, bindings tight and covers clean. Nice set of Sandburg's classic biography of Lincoln during the Civil War years. Book condition VG+. Extra shipping charges will be necessary for this heavy set.

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Bookseller: Parker's Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: JS7565
Title: Abraham Lincoln, The War Years (4 Volumes Complete)
Author: Sandburg, Carl
Format/Binding: HB
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1939
Bookseller catalogs: Civil War;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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...
Copyright page: The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...