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Very Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding tight, hinges strong. Previous owner's name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear. Previous owners name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Introduction by Earl Schenck Miers. Small 4to. Red paper over boards and tan cloth spine. xi, 227pp. Very good. First edition of this essay collection. Tipped in is a sheet signed vertically by Mearns and hugely (almost 7") byrenowned Lincoln collector Alfred Whital Stern (1881-1960), a wealthy businessman and Lincoln collector extraordinaire.
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Introduction by Earl Schenck Miers. Small 4to. Red paper over boards and tan cloth spine. xi, 227pp. Very good. First edition of this essay collection--with fine autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a Typed Note Signed from Mearns, 1p, 8" X 10½", Washington, DC, 16 May 1962. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln/Civil War researcher). Brief cordial note to this officer with the New York Civil War Round Table: "Roy [Basler] is committed for the weekend but Lloyd [Ostendorf] and I will be happy to join you Friday evening." Signed simply "Dave" in black fineline. Mearns (1899-1981) was the Library of Congress's long-time manuscript division chief.
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Introduction by Earl Schenck Miers. Small 4to. Quarter beige cloth with gilt spine lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 227pp. Fine/very good. Quite mild jacket edgewear. Handsome, tight first edition of this essay collection--with fine autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a Typed Note Signed from Mearns, 1p, 8" X 10½", Washington, DC, 24 February 1959. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln scholar). Friendly note to this New York Civil War Round Table officer and "Lincoln Herald" book reviewer thanking him for philatelic item: "Thank you very much indeed for the first day cover from Hodgenville. This is a welcome addition to our sesquicentennial collection." Signed simply "Dave" in black fineline. Mearns (1899-1981) was the Library of Congress's long-time manuscript division chief.
