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The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln in Twelve Volumes - Full Leather Bound Set LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY - SPONSORS EDITION by Lincoln, Abraham; Nicolay, John G.; Hay, John; Hill, John Wesley; et al Published by Lincoln Memorial University, Copyright 1894. Printing circa 1926. Very good full leather bound hardcovers, no dustjackets as issued. Copy #375 prepared for L. J. Surdam with signed limitation page from Lincoln University Chancellor John Wesley Hill opposite limitation page. Tight bindings, some damage to spine extremes (see photos), strong hinges & joints, clean unmarked texts. Wonderful, intricate gilt decoration & titling to spines and front boards, gilt top edges, illustrated, 8vos, fold-out plates. A complete collection of Abraham Lincoln's works, including speeches, letters, biographical writings, etc., with an introduction by John Wesley Hill, chancellor of Lincoln Memorial University, and signed by him, with an embossed University blind-stamp. The editors were Lincoln's private secretary and assistant secretary, and also served in various other governmental roles, Hay going on to become Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Nicolay and Hay are perhaps best known for their ten-volume biographical history of Lincoln's administration, originally published serially in The Century Magazine beginning in 1886 -- it remains one of the more exhaustive and personal accounts of the life of the 16th President of the United States, and is notable for the inclusion of facsimiles of original drafts of important documents, most importantly the Emancipation Proclamation. This set includes facsimiles of original correspondence and documents, reproductions of contemporary photographs and engravings, etc.. Loc: BS-FL Store Add to Favorites Feedback PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN Complete WORKS Speeches Leather 1895 NICOLAY HAY 12vol The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln in Twelve Volumes - Full Leather Bound Set LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY - SPONSORS EDITION by Lincoln, Abraham; Nicolay, John G.; Hay, John; Hill, John Wesley; et al Published by Lincoln Memorial University, Copyright 1894. Printing circa 1926. Very good full leather bound hardcovers, no dustjackets as issued. Copy #375 prepared for L. J. Surdam with signed limitation page from Lincoln University Chancellor John Wesley Hill opposite limitation page. Tight bindings, some damage to spine extremes (see photos), strong hinges & joints, clean unmarked texts. Wonderful, intricate gilt decoration & titling to spines and front boards, gilt top edges, illustrated, 8vos, fold-out plates. A complete collection of Abraham Lincoln's works, including speeches, letters, biographical writings, etc., with an introduction by John Wesley Hill, chancellor of Lincoln Memorial University, and signed by him, with an embossed University blind-stamp. The editors were Lincoln's private secretary and assistant secretary, and also served in various other governmental roles, Hay going on to become Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Nicolay and Hay are perhaps best known for their ten-volume biographical history of Lincoln's administration, originally published serially in The Century Magazine beginning in 1886 -- it remains one of the more exhaustive and personal accounts of the life of the 16th President of the United States, and is notable for the inclusion of facsimiles of original drafts of important documents, most importantly the Emancipation Proclamation. This set includes facsimiles of original correspondence and documents, reproductions of contemporary photographs and engravings, etc.. Loc: BS-FL