[Rarebooks] fs: A. Lincoln, student. His books (Signed)

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 10168 )  Houser, M[artin]. L[uther]. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, STUDENT. HIS 
BOOKS (SIGNED).
(Peoria): Privately Printed, (1932). First printing, Wrappers, Octavo, 47 
pages, black and white photographs. Very good.
      A study of Lincoln's relationship with books and an attempt to 
identify the ones he read during his lifetime. This monograph revises 
Houser's 1929 compilation of Lincoln's books, adding several titles and 
deleting one. The alphabetical list of books Lincoln read includes 
references and indicates when Lincoln's own copy is known to be extant. 
INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Houser at top recto of frontispiece. Designed and 
printed by Edward J. Jacob for private distribution. MONAGHAN #3328. Bound 
in thick soft paper covers with Yapp edges, front cover printed in dark 
brown. Covers show some chipping at head of spine, heel of spine, and two 
short sections mid-spine. Yapp edges are wrinkled and lightly rubbed. Lower 
fore corner of frontispiece shows some silverfish lacing, else fine inside. 
Scarce....... $125.00
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