Sale 208 Lot 303

"THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN" BY HENRY J. RAYMOND AND FRANK B. CARPENTER, 1865. Derby and Miller, 808-pages. First edition, Octavo, hard-cover, no dust jacket. Title lettering stamped in a basic gilt design to spine. Binding snug and contents complete including frontis steel plate engraving of Lincoln and ads at rear. An extra illustration descriptively letter guarded - "The Early Home of Abraham Lincoln" - apparently from another work has been bound at front. An important source document about Lincoln's presidency.
Collection of a Retired Journalist
Estimate $150-200