Author: THOMAS, Benjamin P. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Biography
Description: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 548pp, xii. Frontispiece, illustrations, 4 maps. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight and lovely third printing of what was for many years considered THE standard cradle-to-grave biography, wearing one of the handsomest Lincoln jackets -- best of all, Thomas boldly signs the front flyleaf in full in black ink. Noted historian Thomas (1902-56), best remembered for this book as well as "Lincoln's New Salem" (1954), committed suicide upon learning he had been diagnosed with throat cancer. .
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 47999
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