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Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 9, 2021
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[LINCOLN] -- SANDBURG, Carl (1878-1967). Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939.
4 volumes, 8vo. Photographic frontispieces, illustrated. Original publisher's gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (a few tiny stains or scuffs); original slipcase (some chipping). Provenance: William Patrick McGowan (embossed stamps).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 203 of 500 copies SIGNED BY SANDBURG. Sandburg won the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for History for this work.
Property from the Estate of Timothy E. Burton, Brookfield, Wisconsin