Abraham Lincoln. The Prairie Years and The War Years.

SANDBURG, Carl.

Item Number: 144122

London: Jonathan Cape, 1955.

First one volume edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco gilt extra by Bayntun-Riviere, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, with watercolor oval miniature portrait painting of Lincoln inset to front board within gilt rules and cornerpieces, all edges and wide turn-ins gilt, red silk moire doublures and endpapers. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional Cosway-style binding.

Not only a biography of Lincoln, but a complete history of the Civil war, Sandburg's monumental four volume set covers Lincoln's life from his inauguration in 1861 to his death and funeral in 1865. It was awarded the 1940 Pulitzer Prize in History.