(Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928).

IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION, HANDSOMELY BOUND. Complete in this two volume format.
Beveridge, known also for his great biography of Chief Justice Marshall, spent many years researching the available materials for this work. He made ongoing investigations, questioning what had been published by others and trusting no agent without verifying the work. He made journeys to the Lincoln country, sifted the the many traditions which have grown wherever the family rested, and sought to see for himself how far the neighborhood could influence the man. He was tireless in reading collections of papers still unpublished, in carefully going through files of newspapers, journals and books. The result of his labours presented itself in the form of this fine four volume work on Lincoln in the years leading up to the presidency. Item #31944

2 volumes. First Edition. Illustrated with 18 plates including fine engraved portraits with facsimile signatures (Lincoln and Douglas) as tissue-guarded frontispieces. Tall, royal 8vo, handsomely bound in three-quarter maroon morocco over cloth covered boards, gilt ruled at the joins, the spines with raised bands gilt ruled, four compartments with central multi-ruled gilt panels, two compartments lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. xxviii, 607; vii, 740 pp. Internally near as mint, all of Vol. II and over half of Vol. I still as of yet unopened, no spotting or signs of use and no toning to the text-blocks, the bindings solid, strong and handsome, the soft calf spines a bit mellowed with some light rubbing and with some light evidence of aging to the morocco labels.