Author: PRATT, Harry E.
Title: The Personal Finances of Abraham Lincoln
Description: Springfield, The Abraham Lincoln Association, 1943. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with brown lettering and decoration. xiii, 198pp. Numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. First edition, tight and nice -- and a first-of-its-kind! For this seminal study truly made the public aware for the first time of just how well-off Lincoln was by mid-19th century standards. This copy bears a choice presentation inscription as well on the half-title page: "For Governor Stevenson / with warm regards, / Harry E. Pratt," penned large and bold in blue ink. Also, at the top of the pictorial front flyleaf, the single word "Mansion" is pencilled in an unknown hand, presumably Stevenson's indication he wanted this book kept not at the famous Libertyville farm but at the Illinois Executive Mansion. From the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1969-81) and before him his father and the book's original recipient, Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65), Illinois governor and twice Democratic presidential candidate -- and a well-known Lincoln enthusiast. Unique copy of a seminal Lincoln study. .

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln Business & Economics


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