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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Brick read boards, 16pp.vvtv1/1.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA. 1978. Hardcover. Stated Limited Edition. This book is part of The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature, a limited edition collection is published under the auspices of The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a bookplate on the first blank page. Book Condition: Near Fine; tiny mottling spots on the top and fore edge gilt textblock. No DJ. Maroon leather boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine; gilt decorations on the boards and spine; 3 raised bands on spine; gilt page edges all around; silk moire end papers; satin page marker ribbon; banded head and tail; Notes From the Editors brochure (22 pp) laid in.1086 pp 8vo. This set of books defined not just how a generation of Americans saw Lincoln, but how they saw themselves. Sandburg collected a huge amount of information on Lincoln for this work, originally published in 1926 and 1939. The Prairie Years covers Lincoln's life up to 1861. The War Years were written over the next dozen years. Sandburg's interpretation is that of a poet, and his work is not intended as an academic biography. They are nonetheless beautifully written, poetic works. Sandburg was raised in the same milieu as Lincoln and that in itself helped Sandburg understand and present the Illinois Lincoln. Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years & Abraham Lincoln: The War Years defined not just how a generation of Americans saw Lincoln, but how they saw themselves. Sandburg collected a huge amount of information on Lincoln for this work, originally published in 1926 and 1939. This Franklin Library edition was published two single-volume, condensed versions, one in 1978 and the other in 1981 as part of its leather-bound heirloom collections. While it is a streamlined version of the full six-volume text, it is still a massive and comprehensive book, spanning over 1,060 pages. A clean very presentable copy. No International Shipping. Priority mailing will require additional postage.…