Author: HAY, Logan, McLAUGHLIN, Andrew C., and SMITH, T.V.
Title: Lincoln Centennial Association Papers Delivered Before the Members of the Lincoln Centennial Association... At Springfield, Illinois, on February 12, 1936
Description: Springfield, Lincoln Centennial Association, 1937. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine with paper label and blue paper over boards. 82pp. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear a bit of soiling. Tight, decent first edition of this annual publication. This volume includes an introduction by Hay as well as McLaughlin's "Lincoln, the Constitution and Democracy" and Smith's "A Philosopher Looks at Lincoln." Best of all, the front flyleaf bears a nice bold contemporary presentation inscription from Abraham Lincoln Association board of directors member Arthur D. Mackie (general superintendent of the Springfield Utility Company and the Central Illinois Light Company): "To / D.M. Mackie / With my compliments / No can write any more / A.D.M." The title page also bears the modern ownership signature of James Hurt (1934-2010), University of Illinois literature professor and author of the 1992 "Writing Illinois: The Prairie, Lincoln, and Chicago. .

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln


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