Description
First edition of Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, signed by the author, Carl Sandburg.
Octavo, [four volumes], xxxi, 660pp; xii, 655pp; xiii, 673pp; xii, 515pp. Stated “First Edition / After Printing 525 De Luxe Copies” on copyright page. Gray cloth, title in gilt on spine. Top edge dyed yellow. Faint offsetting to endpapers. In the publisher’s slipcase, shelf worn at edges, solid binding. (Howes S82) (Monaghan, 3711). Includes the publisher’s scarce dust jackets, all with light sunning to the spines, chipping along edges, scarce in any condition.
Signed by the author on the half title of Volume I.
The War Years were the best-selling volumes of Carl Sandburg’s landmark series on President Abraham Lincoln. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History for The War Years in 1940.
