Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 170

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
THE FIRST LINCOLN BIOGRAPHY? (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) The Wigwam Edition. The Life, Speeches, and Public Services of Abram Lincoln. Frontispiece portrait. 117, blank, [i-ii] pages. 12mo, lacking wrappers except from a portion of backstrip; slightly dog-eared, faint dampstaining. New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1860
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In the rush to have the first campaign biography to press, the publishers spelled Lincoln's name incorrectly. "The most popular life issued during the campaign. . . . Rightfully the keystone to any collection of Lincolniana"--Wessen, Campaign Lives of Lincoln 1. Monaghan 92 ("probably the earliest biography in book or pamphlet form"); Sabin 41200; Streeter sale III:1744.