Abraham Lincoln; The War Years IV
by Carl Sandburg
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1960 Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. 1960. Hardcover. BOMC edition (debossed dot on rear board). Chapters 61-76. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner bookplate on FFFP. Gray tweed cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering and bands on the spine and debossed Lincoln signature on the front board. Book Condition: Near Fine+; minuscule lower tip and tail rubbing from shelving. tinted textblock top. Printing date of N.4.60. No DJ. 515 pp 8vo. This volume covers the 13th Amendment, the Second Inaugural, trips to Grant's HQ, the Richmond Occupation, Jefferson Davis, Ford's Theater, the assassination, the mourning, and the burial. A clean pristine copy.
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
- Seller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 006042
- Title
- Abraham Lincoln; The War Years IV
- Author
- Carl Sandburg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Abraham Lincoln, Carl Sandburg, Civil War, 13th Amendment, Jefferson Davis, U.S. Grant, General Sherman, John Wilkes Booth, assassination, General Lee, Appomattox, Southern Surrender,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; Civil War;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- BOMC
- Book-of-the-Month Club These are popular books republished and sold at a discounted price by one of these many clubs, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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