The Diary of a Public Man: An Intimate View of the National Administration, December 28, 1860 to March 15, 1861, and A Page of Political Corresponence: Stanton to Buchanan

Sandburg, Carl; F. Lauriston Bullard

Published by Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Chicago, Illinois, 1945

About this Item

23.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. xi 117pp. SIGNED and inscribed by author of the prefatory note Lauriston Bullard: "For Alina Hellmann Ekblaw a genuine Lincolnarian, with kind regards, Lauriston Bullard. 'A Diarist is not a historian, although he may furnish historians with materials of great value.' March 7, 1945". It is also flat signed by Carl Sandburg, author of the foreword and his monumental biography of Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years. Limited to 500 copies. Red cloth spine, grey decorative paper covered boards in green slipcase. Slipcase a bit worn. Spine a bit sun faded. Near Fine in Very Good slipcase.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Diary of a Public Man: An Intimate View of the National Administration, December 28, 1860 to March 15, 1861, and A Page of Political Corresponence: Stanton to Buchanan
• Publisher: Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Chicago, Illinois
• Publication Date: 1945
• Binding: Hardcover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History