Chicago, IL: Holiday Press, 1938. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Tall octavo (8vo). 33 pages of text. Hardcover; blue cloth spine with moderate shelfwear and marbled paper-covered boards heavily rubbed at extremities, with rounded corners. Lower fore-edge corner of rear board is damaged with slight loss, with several pages affected with creasing and tiny perforations, affecting margins only. Black leather title label on front cover wraps around onto rear cover which states publisher, place and date; interesting design. Illustrated with photographs of Lincoln's life mask and Sandburg by Steichen, facsimiles of numerous historic and rare broadsides, handwritten letters, telegrams, prospectus issued by Walt Whitman, etc. One of 250 un-numbered copies printed. Previous owner's attractive bookplate neatly on front paste-down endpaper. An attractive, though imperfect copy of this uncommonly offered publication..

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Bookseller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006112
Title: A LINCOLN AND WHITMAN MISCELLANY.
Author: Sandburg, Carl (1878-1967)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ condition
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Holiday Press
Place of Publication: Chicago, IL
Date Published: 1938
Size: Tall octavo (8vo)

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Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

For most items, media mail shipping will cost $3.95 and Priority $7.95, and insurance is available for an additional cost. Books guaranteed to be as described; condition guaranteed if sent insured. Authenticity guaranteed on autograph and manuscript material. All items returnable within 10 days; notification of return is required; a small restocking fee may apply if return is due to customer error. Shipping rates are for normal octavo (8vo) titles; heavy, oversize (folio and quarto 4to), multi-volumes sets and special services such as insurance are extra.

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About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.

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