ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Benjamin P. Thomas, 1952, 1st Edition Vg/Vg
Item History & Price
Abraham Lincoln, A Biography by Benjamin P Thomas. Alfred A Knopf, New York, NY, 1952. 1st Edition stated. (does not state first and second printing before publication, as some copies do.) Illustrated by 29 b/w photos and four maps. Condition: Very Good with browning to front endpapers and to pages 92 and 93 caused by newspaper clippings being in the book for long periods. Black boards fine with embossed Knopf borzoi design, gild lettering on spine; no writin...g, stamps, or marks on pages. Tight, square binding. Dust jacket condition: Very Good, unclipped with bumps and minor chipping to corners; creases, very minor chipping, and browning to edges.
548 + xiv and xii Pages (I note some uncut pages.) From author's preface, "an accurate ... one-volume biography for the Lincoln beginner, for the person who can devote only a small portion of his time to learning about Lincoln, or for the high-school teacher or college professor who wishes to include a reasonable short life of Lincoln on his student's reading list. Illustrated with photographs and maps."
From enclosed clipping from Chicago Trib. 11/9/52, "This says the publisher, is the first one-volume biography of Lincoln in a quarter of a century. I go further: It is the best one-volume life of Lincoln ever written. And I'm not at all sure that that assertion needs the 'one-volume' qualification."
(box 13)
548 + xiv and xii Pages (I note some uncut pages.) From author's preface, "an accurate ... one-volume biography for the Lincoln beginner, for the person who can devote only a small portion of his time to learning about Lincoln, or for the high-school teacher or college professor who wishes to include a reasonable short life of Lincoln on his student's reading list. Illustrated with photographs and maps."
From enclosed clipping from Chicago Trib. 11/9/52, "This says the publisher, is the first one-volume biography of Lincoln in a quarter of a century. I go further: It is the best one-volume life of Lincoln ever written. And I'm not at all sure that that assertion needs the 'one-volume' qualification."
(box 13)
