Author: SANDBURG, Carl
Title: Storm over the Land. A Profile of the CIVIL War Taken Mainly from Abraham Lincoln: The War Years
Description: New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1942). First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with 60 halftones from photos, and 98 drawings, maps, and sketches. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Henrik Van Loon/as between scribblers/and herewith admiration/and affection--/Carl Sandburg/1942." Sandburg has also drawn an arrow to Van Loon's first name and added "Henrick Hudson told me to leave the d out." Hendrik Van Loon was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author. Among his many books, which he often also illustrated, is THE STORY OF MANKIND, a history of the world intended for children, which won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. Near Fine in a Good, mostly complete dustwrapper with chipping at the top of the spine and the front panel .

Keywords: Signed, Association Copy, Inscribed, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Abraham Lincoln, Modern First Editions, Civil War, Americana Signed Literature: American Modern First Editions Association Copy


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