(LINCOLN ABRAHAM) Drew Thomas; compiler The Campaign of 1860

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(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Drew, Thomas; compiler. The Campaign of 1860. Republican Songs for the People, Original and Selected. 64 pages. 12mo, publisher's pink pictorial wrappers, with a portrait of a beardless Lincoln on the front (repeated on the title), publisher's ads on the inside and rear wrappers, a bit foxed, chip to lower right corner; a few minor chips and soiling. Boston, 1860

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Extremely scarce songster produced for Lincoln's first campaign. Also includes a printing of the 1860 Republican platform. We could locate only the Lambert copy having come to auction. OCLC cites only 5 institutional holdings. Monaghan 35 (citing a copy in the Illinois State Historical Library not noted by OCLC).