[Rarebooks] fs: Basler. Coll. Works of Lincoln (including the two uncommon supplements)

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(No. 2997 )  Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), edited by Roy P. Basler and Christian O. Basler. THE COLLECTED WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSOCIATION, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (COMPLETE IN 11 VOLUMES).
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (1953-1990). Full cloth, Octavos, , black & white photographs, facsimiles, illus.. Near fine, No dust jackets.
      The most comprehensive collection of Lincoln's own words to date, in 8 volumes, an index volume, and the two uncommon supplement volumes. This monumental work catalogued and annotated every discoverable writing or speech by Abraham Lincoln, and includes nearly twice as many items as appeared in Nicolay and Hay's 1894 "Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln" or Lapsley's 1905 "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln." Many inclusions came from small private collections that were overlooked or missed in previous compilations. First 9 volumes are the History Book Club Edition. See EICHER #405; NEVINS CWB, Vol. II, p. 72; BURKHIMER #42. Bound in grey cloth over boards with gilt lettering on dark blue title blocks on spines. Some minor edge wear. Neat prior owner name and embossed seal in a few volumes, otherwise clean and bright....... $450.00 
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