SANDBURG, Carl.
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years.
"The most popular Lincoln biography yet written": FIRST EDITION OF CARL SANDBURG’S ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE WAR YEARS; FInely Bound
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939.
$1,750.00
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Item Number: RRB-149441
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First edition of the second of Sandburg’s landmark Lincoln biographies, illustrated with 426 photographic halftones and 244 additional cuts of cartoons, letters, and documents. Octavo, four volumes bound in full navy morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt-decorated inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with 426 photographic halftones and 244 additional cuts of cartoons, letters, and documents. In fine condition.
Widely praised for its scholarly and literary merits, Carl Sandburg’s landmark four-volume biography Abraham Lincoln: The War Years earned him the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1940 and significantly influenced subsequent interpretations of Lincoln’s legacy. Building on The Prairie Years, Sandburg traced Lincoln’s leadership from his inauguration in 1861 to his assassination in 1865, combining meticulous research with a distinctive, literary prose style. The work offered a nuanced portrayal of Lincoln’s moral convictions, political challenges, and wartime decisions, effectively capturing both the individual and the historical context in which he governed. The most popular Lincoln biography yet written… Lincoln publications increased after the appearance of this work" (Monaghan 2877, 3711).
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years.
$1,750.00
Out of Stock
