The Life of Abraham Lincoln. [Two volume set].

Indianapolis: Boss-Merrill, (1928). 2 volumes. First edition. Presentation copy, bearing a bookplate on an endpaper declaring that, “This set of The Life of Abraham Lincoln belongs to the library of [handwritten] Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ballard and is autographed by the Author [and is signed] William Barton.” Above the plate, the author has inscribed, “To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ballard / Who honor the name of Abraham / Lincoln this book is gladly inscribed / by the author. / William E. Barton,” dated June 11, 1929. Octavo, black levant & marbled boards, spines elaborate gilt paneled framed with small flowers with red inlays, top; edges gilt, xvi, [ii], 515 pp. + [viii], [ii], 516 pp. Frontis portraits, plates. Fine, much unopened.