Ralph g newman editor (12 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 512 pp., references, sources, "A Basic Lincoln Library," index. Corners bumped, PO names inside, some underlining. DJ sunned on spine, with large tear repaired with tape, a 1 1/2" tear and some very small chips at spine and flap ends. In Lincoln for the Ages, 78 of our finest writers and most distinguished Americans and most distinguished Americans reveal Lincoln's tremendous impact upon the world in a brilliantly conceived collection of original papers." Contributors include Carl Sandburg, Allan Nevins, Senator Paul H. Douglas, Henry S. Commager, Mark Van Doren, Adlai Stevenson, Paul Angle, David Mearns, John Hope Franklin, Frank Vandiver and many others.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. The dustjacket shows some edgewear with fading and soiling.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Wear and chips to dust jacket. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover . Name of previous owner on front endpaper.

Condición: Good. AUGUST 1964 EDITION. COVER HAS A FEW CREASES AND A LITTLE SHELF WEAR WITH TWO TINY TEARS ON FRONT LOWER EDGE. 408 PAGE TEXT HAS A LITTLE WEAR WITH TWO TINY TEARS ON LOWER EDGE ON FIRST 12 PAGES. HISTORY. 4.25'' X 7''. WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition; First Printing. A Very Good first printing of the first edition that is worn from shelf life in a chipped and scuffed Good dust-jacket; Seventy-eight authors reveal Lincoln's impact upon the world in a collection of original papers; 8vo; 519 pages; FSA.…

hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Includes dust jacket. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Frayed. First Edition. Original papers by 78 of the finest writers and most distinguished Americans. (loc 1123/1+1).

Cloth. Condición: Very Good Plus. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. First printing . Introduction by Newman . Foreword by David C. Mearns . Essays by seventy-six writers about Lincoln . The interior is clean , no marks . Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 8 vo. Blue and gray buckram, pictorial dust jacket protected by archival cover. 512 pp/ Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear, with lightly sunned spine. B.C.E. This is a contributor's copy of one of the best anthologies of writings by a veritable "Who's Who" of 76 noted Lincoln scholars, each of whose facsimile signature follows their entry. This copy hails from the library of Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65), Illinois governor and twice a presidential candidate. The front flyleaf bears his large, boldly penciled full ownership signature, belong which he wrote "Page 145/481." On page 145 his five-page chapter, "'I Do Not Think Myself Fit for the Presidency': The Election of 1860,: begins, and he's placed a slip of paper (titled "Waldorf Astoria Memorandum") with his initials penciled at the top of the paper slip and with checkmarks penciled on each of the other four pages. Page 481 features a one-paragraph entry about Stevenson in its "Biographical Sketches of Contributors" section. A unique copy. Signed by Other.…

Hardcover. Foreword by David C. Mearns. Small 4to. Light grey cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 519pp. Pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Jacket a tad rubbed and faintly edgeworn, with chips at head of spine. Tight, handsome first edition of this superb anthology of writings about Lincoln by a "Who's Who" of 76 noted Lincoln scholars, each of whose facsimile signature follows their entry. This copy bears tipped neatly to inner flyleaves fine Typed Letters Signed from three contributors, all addressed to noted Lincoln scholar (and fellow contributor) Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). First is from Margaret A. Flint (1909-82), long-time Assistant State Historian. 1p, 7¼" X 10½", Springfield, IL, 10 March 1965. On "Illinois State Historical Library" letterhead, Flint chats about Civil War centennial and Civil War Round Table matters. Second is from Mort R. Lewis (1897-1991), noted film, radio and television script writer. 1p, 7¼" X 10½", Los Angeles, CA, 8 October 1960. Detailed commentary on various Civil War Round Table issues. And third is from R. Gerald McMurtry (1906-88), American historian, director of the Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum (1956-73) and author of more than 200 articles, pamphlets and books about Lincoln. 1p, 8½" X 11", Fort Wayne, IN, 22 April 1960. On "The Lincoln National Life Foundation" letterhead, he discusses a Civil War editorial cartooning contest and asks Gates to vote. A nice copy with choice autograph additions.…

Hardcover. Foreword by David C. Mearns. Small 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 519pp. Pictorial endpapers. Near fine/good plus. Jacket typically spine sunned, with some overall mild edgewear and edge chips, mainly to rear panel. Tight, handsome first edition of one of the best anthologies of writings about Lincoln by a veritable "Who's Who" of 76 noted Lincoln scholars, each of whose facsimile signature follows their entry. This copy with choice autograph edition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a Typed Note Signed from Newman, 1p, 8½" X 11", Chicago, IL, 19 May 1941. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar). Very good. Original mailing folds. On "Abraham Lincoln Book Shop" letterhead, Newman notes that "My good friend, Dr. Stewart McClelland, of Lincoln Memorial University, has told me about your beautiful 'Amberglow of Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed,' written by Arnold Francis Gates. Would you kindly send me a copy." Boldly signed in black ink. Newman (1912-98) founded Chicago's famed Abraham Lincoln Book Shop shortly before this, and Gates twenty years later would be one of the contributors to Newman's "Lincoln for the Ages" anthology.…