Potter & Potter Auctions
Live Auction

Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sat, Feb 26, 2022 12:00PM EST
Lot 90

[LINCOLN, Abraham]. HERDON, William H. (1818?1891) and Jess...

Estimate: $700 - $900

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$30 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
[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.