Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years, One-Volume Edition

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1961).

Price: $20.00

Hardcover. Later printing. 762pp. Illustrated with photographic plates. Front hinge with a couple small tears, binding slightly loose, spine slightly cocked, covers with modest edgewear, about very good, lacking the dust jacket.

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Item #182240 Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years, One-Volume Edition. Carl SANDBURG.

Carl Sandburg
birth name: Carl Sandburg
born: 1/6/1878
died: 7/22/1967
nationality: USA

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Biography

American poet, historian, novelist, and folklorist.- Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

Collecting tips:

Sandburg material is sought by collectors of poetry, and for his excellent biography of Abraham Lincoln. While the prices of his books tend to be modest, if you find his earliest poetry books such as his first book In Reckless Ecstasy (published in Galesburg, Illinois in 1904, under the name Charles A. Sandburg) don't do as a friend and colleague of mine once did -- leave it at the store because the clerk wouldn't give him his 10% dealer discount from the offering price of $1.00. After all, who had ever heard of Charles A. Sandburg?more