Beadle, J HBiblio.com
BARRETT, JH J HBiblio.com
Life of Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. with a Condensed View of His Most Important Speeches; Also a Sketch of the Life of Hannibal Hamlin of Maine.
186041228Cincinnati: Moore Wilstach Keys & Co 1860. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original blind-embossed brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. viii 216pp. Illustration. Good plus. Binding edgeworn and rubbed with spine lettering faint; text block lightly age toned with foxing to preliminary leaves. Quite tight and decent first clothbound edition of this campaign biography. "Barrett's Authentic Edition" first issued in a rare wrappers version then one week later in this clothbound version. The steel-engraved portrait of running mate Hamlin is nice; the frontispiece unbearded Lincoln portrait is an archival replacement on appropriate period stock. MONAGHAN 20. SABIN 3616. WESSEN 10. Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co hardcover
