Author: ANGLE, Paul M. (editor) Title: The Lincoln Reader
Description: New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 564pp. Illustrations. Very good/good plus. Binding mildly edgeworn with spine a bit soiled; jacket edgeworn, with several large edge chips and old tape mends, but complete and overall presentable. A tight and decent first edition of this fine anthology -- and boldly signed and inscribed by the author in blue fountain pen on the front flyleaf: "For Carl Tolpo / with great pleasure. / Paul M. Angle / Jan. 10, 1951." Carl Tolpo (1901-76) was a noted sculptor and painter whose busts of Lincoln are considered among the best. Tolpo signs in pencil near the top of this same flyleaf, adding "Bought at Fields / Mar 3 -- 47 / Chicago. .
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln
Price: US$ 65.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 38590
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