The shelf · Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States
First edition
Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States
Frank Crosby
John E. Potter and Company, 1865. First edition.
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Title page: Life of Abraham Lincoln... by Frank Crosby, Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Imprint: Philadelphia: John E. Potter and Company, 617 Sansom Street
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Copyright entered 1865 by John E. Potter, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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Frontispiece steel-engraved portrait with facsimile 'A. Lincoln' signature (printed, not autograph)
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Ornate gilt/black pictorial publisher's cloth (aesthetic-movement style may indicate a later reprint binding)
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Flaws, each one named
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frayed/chipped cloth at head and tail of spine
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rubbing and wear to spine and corners
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sunning/soiling to boards
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toning and scattered foxing/spotting to text and plate leaves
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offset/soiling to copyright leaf
This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: John E. Potter and Company, Philadelphia, 1865, cloth
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.