1866 Life of Abraham Lincoln by J.G.Holland ANTIQUE illustrated AMERICANA

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

by Josiah Gilbert Holland 

(1819–1881), an American novelist, poet, and editor (who also wrote under the pseudonym Timothy Titcomb).

 Springfield, MA: Gurdon Bill; 1866

 (printed shortly after Lincoln's assassination in April 1865)

first edition

 544 pp. plus publisher's ads, with some engravings

(one of the earliest major full-length biographies of Abraham Lincoln, tracing his early life, political career, presidency, and leadership during the American Civil War, concluding with accounts of his death)

 Publisher's embossed leather, worn, marbled edges, occasional foxing and some dampstain to the back pastedown

 Size 6 by 8 3/4"

Text in English
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