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[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]. HERNDON, William H. (1818-1891) and WEIK, Jesse William (1857-1930). Herndon’s Lincoln. The True Story of a Great Life… The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln… Chicago: Belford-Clarke Co., 1890. 8vos. Illustrated. 3 volumes. Bound in publisher’s full blue cloth, front boards stamped in gilt with a facsimile signature of Lincoln, spines stamped in gilt (floral endleaves, top edges gilt (some edgewear to volumes. 2 volumes with plates of Lincoln affixed to front endleaves, some occasional pencil markings, previous owner’s signatures on front blanks). Very good. EARLY EDITION. Each volume with the bookplate of J. Howard Pew (1882-1971), second president of Sun Oil (now Sunoco), who greatly expanded his father’s company. Each volume housed in a clamshell case (worn at spines). An important biography of Lincoln, written by his longtime law partner.