Apr 12, 2018 - Sale 2473

Sale 2473 - Lot 125

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Sandburg, Carl. Galley proofs for his "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years," inscribed to a friend. 781 of 805 printed sheets (lacking 319-342), each 25 x 7 1/2 inches, unbound, inscribed and signed by Sandburg on the first sheet, with a few other pencil revisions (apparently not followed); first sheet with soiling to inscription and a cello tape repair, a few other leaves worn or torn, light folds throughout, minor foxing, minimal vermin damage to right edge. Np, 6 March to 22 May 1939
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Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) published the first two volumes of his Lincoln biography in 1926. He released the final four volumes, titled "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years," in 1939. The effort won him a Pulitzer Prize. Offered here are the galley proofs of "The War Years," presented to his close friend Oliver Barrett, the Lincoln scholar who would be acknowledged first on the book's dedication page: "Oliver: These galleys are tokens and assurance that a long voyage draws to an end. Carl, April 1939." Also included are a partial later set of page proofs, pages 3-142 of Volume III (chapters 50-53) on 71 sheets of the same galley size.
Provenance: Hanzel Galleries auction, 27 January 1976, part of lot 14. The consignor recalls purchasing these galleys from Chicago booksellers Hamill & Barker.