SHERWOOD, Robert E. (1896-1955). Abe Lincoln in Illinois. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1939.
8vo. Original burgundy cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt (minor rubbing, soiling to binding, booksellers tickets on rear endleaves); original dust jacket (extremities a bit toned, some edgewear, some light marginal chipping, a few short tears, minor soiling); morocco-backed folding box.
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY SHERWOOD AND FIFTY CAST MEMBERS AND CREW MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE LEAD ACTOR, RAYMOND MASSEY. Signed on the front free endpaper, half-title, dedication page, and second page of cast/crew list. REVIEW COPY, laid-in with publisher’s slip. Also laid-in is a photo from the production, with Raymond Massey as Lincoln and Muriel Kirkland as Mary Todd Lincoln. After the stage version (1939), this was made into a film starring Massey and Ruth Gordon and directed by John Cromwell.