The True Story of Abraham Lincoln, the American -- Told for Boys and Girls.
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, [1896]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with ornate red, white and blue lettering and pictorial stamping and blind-embossed profile portrait. 239pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations and full-page plates. Very good. Mild edgewear and faint soiling to binding; contemporary non-authorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Item #41813
A tight, attractive first edition of these juvenile tales -- a volume in this publisher's "Children's Lives of Great Men" series. Uncommon in first edition and usually found in inferior condition, making this sharp copy exceptionally nice. MONAGHAN 1189.
Price: $75.00
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