Abraham Lincoln
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860.

8vo. 4pp. publisher's advertisements at front. (Some spotting, mostly concentrated to endpapers.) Original dark plum cloth, gilt-lettered spine (spine sunned). Provenance: L.K. Parks Library, Toledo Ohio (contemporary inscription dated 1886).

"THE RAREST AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE OF THIS BOOK" (Wesson's third edition, fifth state), containing Douglas's complaint letter to the publisher on 9 June 1860 objecting to how he was presented. This work was the first published edition of the debates between Lincoln and Douglas, conducted during their campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1858. Follett, Foster, and Co. would later publish Lincoln's campaign biography. Howes L338; Sabin 41156.

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Abraham Lincoln
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860.

Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection

Abraham LincolnLINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860.

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Abraham Lincoln
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860.