Description
First edition, first issue of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, published in 1860.
Octavo, [iv], [4], 268pp. Publisher’s original brown cloth, stamped in blind, title on spine. Ex-library copy, with discard stamps on endpapers and name embossed on title page and pages 51 and 268. Solid text block, intermittent foxing and toning, rubbing to edges. First edition, first issue, with “2” on page 17, no “line” over the printers card and no advertisements. Bookplate affixed to front pastedown endpaper. Free of any pencil marks or notations. (Howes L338) (Monaghan 69) (Sabin 41156) A scarce example.
One of the most historically important works in political ideology and national politics.
