Description
The Manuscript Edition of Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 by Albert J. Beveridge.
Octavo, [four volumes]. Publisher’s three quarter red morocco, red cloth panels, gilt title and decoration on spine, raised bands. Faint rubbing to side panels of each volume. Numerous unopened leaves throughout. Deluxe binding by Riverside Press of Cambridge. Top edge gilt, all other edges uncut. Brown endpapers. Sewn-in silk bookmark in all four volumes. This work is complete with four photogravure frontispiece portraits, hand-colored portraits of the Lincoln Memorial, all with tissue guards, and 32 additional plates and maps.
This is number 243 of 1000 limited edition copies produced for The Manuscript Edition. Each edition contains a leaf of the original manuscript in Beveridge’s hand, affixed to Volume I.
(Monaghan 2999) (Howes B408)
An attractive set.
Albert J. Beveridge started his career as a United States Senator from Indiana. After losing his Senate seat, he became a historian, writing The Life of John Marshall. This detailed account of the life of the first Chief Justice won Beveridge a Pulitzer Prize for Biography. His final years were spent writing this book, which worked to demystify the early life of President Abraham Lincoln. After Beveridge’s untimely death, the manuscript was handed over to Carl Sandburg for completion.
