"American Statesmen: Abraham Lincoln" — Two volume numbered set — John T. Morse Jr.

Updated February 28: This has been sold.

From the American Statesmen series and written by John T. Morse Jr. Published in Boston by Houghton and Mifflin Co. 1899. 2vol.

Numbered 28 of 500 copies.

Beautifully printed, the pages are in excellent condition however the cover has nearly separated on one of the volumes.  These are straightforward repairs that could be made by a bookbinder.  They're priced much lower to reflect their current condition.

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

The fifth and final group of biographies in the American Statesmen series deals with the Period of the Civil War. The statesmen whose lives are included in this group are Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Charles Francis Adams, Charles Sumner, and Thaddeus Stevens.

The years of the Civil War constitute an episode rather than an independent period in our national history. They were interposed between two eras; and if they are to be integrally connected with either of these, it is with the era which preceded them rather than with that which followed them. They were the result, the closing act, of the quar-ter-century of the anti-slavery crusade. When the war came to an end the country made a new start under new conditions. Yet it is proper to treat the years of the war by themselves, not only because they were filled by the clearly defined and abnormal condition of warfare, but because a dis tinct group of statesmen is peculiarly associated with them.

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