Lot 286
LINCOLN, Abraham ( 1809-1865). Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860. FIRST EDITION, later issue.
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LINCOLN, Abraham ( 1809-1865). Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860.
8vo (231 x 155 mm). (Some light spotting.) Publisher's blue-gray cloth (spine toned, small separation along upper joint, minor chipping to spine ends).
FIRST EDITION, later issue, with "2" on p.13 (rather than p.17). The first published edition of the debates between Lincoln and Douglas, conducted during their campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1858. Follett, Foster, and Co. would later publish Lincoln's campaign biography. Howes L-338; Sabin 41156.
Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, Indiana
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