Description
First edition of Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, signed by the author, Carl Sandburg.
Octavo, in four volumes, xxxi, 660pp; xii, 655pp; xiii, 673pp; xii, 515pp. Stated “First Edition / After Printing Of 525 De Luxe Copies” on copyright page. Gray cloth, title in gilt on spine. Top edge dyed yellow. Light dust along top edge of text block, offsetting to endpapers. Faint smoke smell to all volumes. In the publisher’s slipcase, shelf worn at edges, solid binding. Bookplate on front free endpaper of Volume I.
(Howes S82) (Monaghan, 3711).
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 in 1940 for The War Years.
