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Extraordinary set of Abraham Lincoln’s Works: |
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one of only eight sets produced: |
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in magnificent art nouveau bindings with varnished watercolors of log cabins in each volume |
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John G. and Hay, John. Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln. New York:
Francis D. Tandy Company, 1905. Octavo, original full brown morocco with
elaborate floral art nouveau leather onlays and gilt designs on boards,
spines, and doublures; original varnished watercolors depicting log
cabins inset on front doublures of each volume, silk endpapers, top
edges gilt. Twenty-four volumes. $40,000. Extremely rare Log Cabin Edition,
edited by Nicolay and Hay, number 4 of only 8 sets produced,
extra-illustrated with a profusion of autograph material including a
note in Lincoln’s hand. Superbly bound. This esteemed Nicolay and Hay
collection of Lincoln’s complete works has been expanded to include
countless engravings, photogravures, and original autograph material to
form a unique set (one of eight issued of this edition, each with
different autograph material). Volume 24 includes an autograph note in
Lincoln’s hand: “Sec. Of War / Please see Mr. Edwards a moment. /
A.L.” Also among the autograph material are several petitions
addressed to President Lincoln, an ALS by William Seward, Lincoln’s
Secretary of State, the signature of Rutherford B. Hayes, an ALS by
former Treasury Secretary Thomas Corwin concerning President Johnson’s
impeachment, an 1861 ANS by Horace Greeley from the Tribune, an ALS
discussing the Campaign of Chancellorsville from General Williams to
Henry Dawson; autograph material by General John Sanborn, Goerge Folsom
(addressed to Lincoln), Durbin Ward, Major Generals Robert Milroy and
Richard Johnson, and many more dignitaries and prominent men of
Lincoln’s era. A remarkable set with extremely valuable autograph
material, in extraordinary bindings with watercolors of log cabins in
each volume. Fine condition. Most rare. |
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