[Rarebooks] fs: Lincoln corrects his own campaign biography

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(No. 3370 )  Howells, W[illiam]. D[ean]. [Preface by Harry E. Pratt]. LIFE
OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BY W. D. HOWELLS: THIS CAMPAIGN BIOGRAPHY CORRECTED BY
THE HAND OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN THE SUMMER OF 1860 IS REPRODUCED HERE WITH
CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE APPEARANCE OF THE ORIGINAL VOLUME.
Springfield: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1938. Limited edition, Hardcover,
Octavo, xvii, [vi], xi-xii, 17-94 pages, + index, black & white frontispiece
portrait. Fine in original glassine wrapper.
      A faithful physical reproduction of the Lincoln portion of the 1860
campaign biography, "The Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal
Hamlin," written by Howells. The significance of this edition is that it is
a facsimile of the copy which Lincoln personally read and annotated for
Samuel C. Parks in 1860. The result is a unique "autobiography," for through
Lincoln's pencilled corrections and margin notes as well as those portions
of Howells' work that he let stand we have his own personally approved
version of many debated incidents in his life. The Preface by Harry Pratt
gives historical background about Howells and this campaign biography, and
some interesting analysis of Lincoln's corrections. MONAGHAN #45. Printed by
R.R. Donnelly and Sons in an edition of 1,250 copies. Bound in marbled paper
over boards with black cloth spine and black title block on upper board
lettered in gilt, slate gray topstain. Tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait
of Lincoln after a Matthew Brady photograph. Hinges tight, no prior
ownership marks. Original glassine wrapper is lightly browned, has a few
shallow edge chips at spine ends and a couple of short edge tears at top of
front panel. Lovely copy.    $175.00
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