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The Graysons: A Story of Abraham Lincoln
by EGGLESTON, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Century Co, 1900. Hardcover. Illustrations by Allegra Eggleston. Small 8vo. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering and light green decoration. 362pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faint binding wear, else internally fine. Tight, handsome later printing with bright giltstamping of this historical novel -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a 3½" X 2¼" slip on which the author boldly pens in his attractive script "Autograph of / Edwd. Eggleston / 1878." When first published in 1887, the title read "The Graysons: A Story of Illinois." Eggleston (1837-1902) was one of Indiana's greatest writers, publishing many novels, juvenile tales and histories in the latter 19th century. Bookplate on front pastedown of Byron Nathan McKinstry (1872-1944), businessman of Kankakee, Illinois whose namesake father's "The California Gold Rush Overland Diary of Byron N. McKinstry 1850 1852" was published in 1975 in Arthur Clark's "American trails series." MONAGHAN 1030 note.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41752
- Title
- The Graysons: A Story of Abraham Lincoln
- Author
- EGGLESTON, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Century Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Abraham Lincoln; American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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