[HOWELLS, William Dean].

Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin

Item #81796

(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM). (HAMLIN, HANNIBAL). [HOWELLS, William Dean]. Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. Columbus, OH: Follett, Foster & Co., 1860. Extended ed. 8vo. [16], 17-406 pp., frontis., port., illus. In orig. cloth (binding variant A). Spine sunned. Contents with scattered foxing/spotting, heavier to the two portraits. Very good. Howes H-735. BAL 9538, Extended ed., variant C, state b. This was issued as a campaign biography and constitutes a very early publication by William Dean Howells-only his second book and third published work, the first being a broadside poem which is vanishingly rare with only Harvard holding a copy. Howells was among the most important writers of the 19th century.

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