The Writings of Abraham Lincoln. (Federal edition.) Edited by A.B. Lapsley. With an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Together with the essay on Lincoln, by Carl Schurz, the address on Lincoln by Joseph H. Choate, and the life of Lincoln, by Noah Brooks. (Complete in 8 volumes)

Abraham Lincoln; Theodore Roosevelt

 G.P. Putnam's Sons: New York, 1905-1906.

A handsome eight volume set. No. 26 of a limited edition of 1000 sets. Thick octavos, 25 cm. Bound in publisher's navy cloth, with gilt lettering and portrait of Lincoln on front covers. Hardcover. Very good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Contents: V. 1. 1832-1843. --v. 2. 1843-1858. --v. 3. The Lincoln-Douglas debates I. --v. 4. The Lincoln-Douglas debates, II. --v. 5. 1858-1862. --v. 6. 1862-1863. --v. 7. 1863-1865. --v. 8. The life of Lincoln. 

Armorial bookplate of Charles Cooper Townsend.  Motto 'Haec generi incrementa fides'