Author: LINCOLN, Abraham
Title: The Literary Works of Abraham Lincoln
Description: Menasha, WI, Limited Editions Club, 1942. hardcover. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in full butternut muslin with a gold-stamped reddish brown leather spine label, 320 pages. Introduction and notes by Carl Van Doren; designed by Will Ransom. Illustrated with reproductions of watercolors by John Steuart Curry. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy. An especially interesting copy in that it, or at least its title page, appears to have been used as a mock-up for the Heritage Press edition with a strip of camera-ready art with that publisher's name loosely present having once been glued over the Limited Editions Club imprint on the title page with a small stain at the place of contact. Ill.: John Steuart Curry. Mild soiling to the covers and light scratches to the leather spine label. Still Near Fine in a Very Good, intact slipcase with some wear .

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