[LINCOLN, Abraham]. HERDON, 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: Bedford, Clarke & Company, [1889]. 3 volumes, 8vo. Numerous steel engraved plates. Original publisher?s blue cloth gilt, top edges gilt, decorative endpapers (a tiny bit of rubbing along joints, else a fine and bright set). 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). ?? [TOGETHER WITH:] BEVERIDGE, Albert J. (1862?1927). Abraham Lincoln 1809?1858. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. 2 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Original publisher?s blue cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION of Beveridge?s comprehensive biography of Abraham Lincoln.