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1 Mearns, David C.; Introduction by Carl Sandburg The Lincoln Papers: The Story of the Collection with Selections to July 4, 1861 New York Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1948 First edition Cloth Very Good in Very Good DW  The Robert Todd Lincoln Collection, opened on July 26, 1947, is a vast body of first hand material reflecting not only Lincoln's thoughts and problems, but the inner history of the nation in a time of supreme crisis. There have been many accounts of the Lincoln papers; however, David Mearns has written the most complete and authentic account.. Volume I: three illustrations, the Frontispiece, Lincoln, as he appeared shortly before his inauguration; President Lincoln reviewing A Parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, in 1861; A Textbook Which Lincoln Studied - Ann Rutledge's Copy of Samuel Kirkham's English Grammar. Volume II: seven illustrations: Frontispiece, Lincoln on Horseback, a pencil sketch by Waud; Troops On The South Grounds of The White House; Lincoln's First Inauguration; The Unfinished Dome of the Capitol of the United States as It Appeared in 1861; A Confederate "Bull Battery," In The Early Summer of 1861; The Lexington of 1861, or The Attack of a Baltimore Mob Upon a Massachusetts Regiment; Funeral of Colonel Ellsworth in The White House. Shortly after Lincoln's, death in 1865, his papers which had accumulated in his office files through his Presidency, plus many more brought from Springfield were removed from the White House by his son. The papers that were shrouded in secrecy did not become open to the public until July 26, 1947. Mearns presents a dramatic history of the collection, exploring and explaining the origins of the legends in which it was surrounded by for eighty-two years. A selection of more than 500 vital documents of monumental a collection now in the Library of Congress. Reflecting not only Lincoln's thoughts and problems, but the inner history of the nation is like viewing the Lincoln drama from backstage. Clean bright tan buckram, dark brown title panel with bright gilt title. DW of volume I clipped. Tan with deep red lettering, and portrait of Lincoln to background. Volume I, 1 inch by 1/4 chip to head of spine. Both volume have light edge wear. Private decorative ex-libris plate to paste down. Clean and tight. Brown slipcase, mild fading, cracks to upper two joints, opening rubbed, solid. 681 pp. 8 vo., Very good solid copies. First Edition  Price: 24.40 USD Add to Shopping Cart