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HERNDON, William H. (1818-1891) and Jesse William WEIK (1857-1930). Herndon’s Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. Chicago, New York, and San Francisco: Belford, Clarke & Company, [1889].
3 volumes, 8vo. Numerous steel engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, spines in 5 compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettering pieces in two, marbled edges (joints a bit worn, corners rubbed, some cockling to upper cover of Vol. I).
FIRST EDITION, “based on Herndon’s intimate, first-hand knowledge, this will always be the most authoritative single source for Lincoln’s early period” (Howes H-440).