THE "WIGWAM EDITION." THE LIFE, SPEECHES, AND PUBLIC SERVICE OF ABRAM [sic] LINCOLN, TOGETHER WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF HANNIBAL HAMLIN. REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICES OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

New York, 1860. 117pp. plus [4]pp. of ads (including rear wrapper). Frontispiece portrait. Original printed wrappers. Wraps chipped and worn, spine perished, lower quarter of rear wrapper torn away. Very light dampstaining, occasional spotting. Good. A rare campaign biography of Lincoln, with a portrait of a beardless Lincoln and his first name spelled incorrectly. Prints many of his speeches and glorifies his backwoods origin, and includes a very brief biographical sketch of Hannibal Hamlin. "...This was the first life of Lincoln in book form" - Howes. HOWES L341 ("aa"). STREETER SALE 1744. SABIN 41200. MONAGHAN, LINCOLNIANA 92. (Inventory #: WRCAM54620)