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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(ABRAHAM LINCOLN.) The Lives of the Present Candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. Text illustrations. 139 pages plus one Mack Barnitz advertising leaf and final blank. 8vo, original illustrated wrappers, minor wear including chipping at spine ends; minor dampstaining and foxing. Cincinnati, OH: Mack R. Barnitz, 1860
Includes engraved portraits of all four presidential candidates and their running mates. Lincoln is discussed from pages 42 to 73. Monaghan 67 describes the book with a different Cincinnati imprint and no advertising leaf. In the advertising leaf here, Barnitz solicits subscriptions for the National Political Chart. OCLC lists 8 of the Rulison issue, but only one of this Barnitz issue (Indiana Historical Society). None of any issue traced at auction since 1929.
