The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman | Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana
The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman | Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana
Lincoln, Abraham | First separate printing of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech
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April 14, 05:34 PM GMT
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Lincoln, Abraham
Tribune Tracts.—No. 4. National Politics. Speech of Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, Delivered at the Cooper Institute, Monday, Feb 27, 1860. [New York:] The New York Tribune, [1860]
8vo (228 x 143 mm). Caption title; very lightly toned. Stitched as issued. Half blue morocco slipcase gilt, chemise.
Evidently the first separate printing of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech, the address that launched him as a viable presidential candidate.
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