POLITICAL DEBATES BETWEEN HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HON. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, IN THE CELEBRATED CAMPAIGN OF 1858 IN ILLINOIS: INCLUDING THE PRECEDING SPEECHES OF EACH, AT CHICAGO, SPRINGFIELD, ETC.; ALSO, THE TWO GREAT SPEECHES OF MR. LINCOLN IN OHIO, IN 1859, AS CAREFULLY PREPARED BY THE REPORTERS OF EACH PARTY, AND PUBLISHED AT THE TIMES OF THEIR DELIVERY.
Columbus: Follett, Foster and Co., 1860. First edition, first issue. 8vo., iv, [v] [3] blanks, 268 pp., [6] blanks. The title page is mounted on the blank remants of the blank preliminary leaf. Newly bound in quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards, with title in gilt on the spine, with slight cracking along the front joint, but solidly held; matching marbled endpapers. Varying amounts of foxing throughout the text. Item #31849
This is the first edition, first issue, which has no advertisments, lacks the rule over the publisher's imprint on the copyright page and bears the "2" at the bottom of page 17. Monaghan No. 69; Howes L 338; Sabin 41156.
Price: $850.00
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