Life of Abraham Lincoln by Holland, First Edition (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 544pp; leather ribbed spine and corners. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Contents textually unmarked. No library stamps. Engraved illustrations. Owner's name written on front blank endpaper. Spine head chipped; broken inner hinges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Classic Biography Of Lincoln In Brown Cloth. First Edition 1866/1866. Excellent Fresh Copy.

Leather. Condition: Fair. Frontis (illustrator). First Edition. Scarce, leather bound with raised decorations on the covers. Frayed leather on edges and spine areas. Inside there is some foxing and age toning. Signs of age and wear. Still a very important first edition. Email us for photos. We ship fast.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus, very fine condition. Holland's Life of Abraham Lincoln Special Collection by Josiah Gilbert Holland. Published by Univercity Of Nebraska Press in 1998. Paperback. Soon after the assassination of President Lincoln in April 1865, newspaper editor Josiah Gilbert Holland traveled to Illinois to talk with people who had known Abraham Lincoln back when. In 1866 Holland published the earliest full-scale life of the fallen leader. A great popular success, Holland's biography introduced American readers who were hungry for personal information about Lincoln's early life to some of the most famous and enduring Lincoln stories. From Holland the reader learned about Linc. Collectible item in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. An early biography of Lincoln published shortly after his assassination. This set bears the ownership bookplate of the Library Association of Dark Harbor, ME and indicates that it was donated by Mrs. E.P. Kinnicutt, [the Kinnicutt family was important in New England financial cirles and with the American Antiquarian Society. The set was given by his widow to the Dark Harbor Library (an affluent enclave on an island off the coast of Maine) and they bear the bookplate and very discrete marks supporting that. Dark Harbor occupies about 1/4 of the island and is largely occupied by summer 'cottages', the rest of the island is occupied by largely year-around residents. Owners of the 'cottagers' created the Dark Harbor library, separate from the public library on the island and the cottage families (largely Boston Brahmin) donated books to be shared amongst themselves (there was also, for a period, a fund raised among them for buying new material. Noted flaw notwithstanding, overall a handsome copy in a binding that is often found rather impaired. Minor shelf/edge wear, ownership plate at front pastedown, signature at ffep, 'early home' had been loose at gutter and shows early tape remounting, ghosting of prints on tissue guards, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Publishers brown cloth, beveled edges, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, brown endpapers, frontispiece, tissue guards. 8vo. 544pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Full-Leather. Condition: VG Minus. No Jacket. First Edition. Full calf with extensive tooling front, back, and spine. Gilt tiles and rules to spine along with 7 raised bands.544pp. with dark brown EPs and marbled page edges. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Page 1 rendering of the bust of Lincoln with tissue guard. Other drawings with tissue guards as well. Title page is 1866, copyright page is 1865. Two neat PO signatures .one on FEP, the other on the next page dated June 1876. This copy is VG- . Spine is sunned and moderately worn but gilt is bright and clean. Both top hinges of spine are starting but holding nicely. Tooled boards have minimal rubbing. Edges and spine ends worn. Marbling on page ends is faded. Inside is otherwise unmarked. Pages are somewhat stiff. Moderate to significant foxing throughout. All pages are present and secure . 2 pages of advertising to the rear. The Preface is written and dated November 1865. Printed by the Republican Press, Samuel Bowles and Company.An important first edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine Copy In 3/4 Leather. First Edition 1866/1866. Classic Life Of Abraham Lincoln. Excellent Copy.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Biographical Classic On Abraham Lincoln First Edition 1866 In The Rare 3/4 Brown Leather With Black Labels. Rare In This Great Condition. Beautiful Copy.