Lincoln: A Contemporary Portrait.

NEVINS, Allan and Irving Stone.

Item Number: 119942

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1962.

First edition of the collection of essays on the 16th president of the United States. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by editors Allen Nevins, Irving Stone and Justin Turner (who contributed an essay) on the front free endpaper, inscription above. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roger Zimmerman.

"This book has come into being because a group of friends and Lincoln enthusiasts wanted to do something to celebrate the Lincoln Sesquicentennial. The contributors are all admirers of Mr. Lincoln yet it is considerably more than admiration that binds together the separate contributions. What is revealed is a man of compassion and wisdom, a rare combination among famous historical figures" (Irving Stone).