THE INNER LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN; SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. F.B. Carpenter, 1869, Hurd and Houghton, hardcover, no dust jacket, condition: very good. Later printing. 8vo. [5], vi-vii, [2], 10-359, [3] pp. Purple-brown pebbled publisher's cloth with borders in blind on the boards, gilt lettering on the spine. States "Twenty-fourth thousand" on the title page. Carpenter was the celebrity portraitist of the Civil War Era and the book is based on his experience at the White House painting the huge portrait of the President and his Cabinet which now hangs in the U.S. Capitol. Collection of a Retired Journalist Estimate $50-100
