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Lincoln and Douglas:
The Years of Decision
by Regina Z. Kelly
Landmark Books #44
in a hardcover edition in dust jacket
Description:
Book club edition, stated fourth printing. Author-educator Regina Z. Kelly tells the history of debate in the United States over the issue of slavery in the mid-19th century. Stephen A. Douglas, the leader of the Democratic Party, was in favor of allowing new states to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery. Abraham Lincoln, the leader of the nascent Republican Party, argued against this and against slavery. The two men engaged in number of public debates which helped shape American public opinion. Includes illustrations and maps in reddish-brown by Clifford Geary. This work was written for a younger reader, especially those in the fourth through eighth grades. Number 44 in publisher's Landmark Books series.
In full green cloth-covered boards with image of Lincoln and Douglas in maroon to cover, decorations & titling in maroon and green to cover and spine; red topstain. Dust jacket with color painting of the two men on a debate stage to front panel.
A clean, tightly-bound copy but with bookseller's markings in red pencil to front free endpaper. Unpriced, unclipped dust jacket with slight chafing to extremities and a few spots of dark soiling to back panel, else remaining bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.
Book Condition*: Very Good+
Dust Jacket Condition*: Very Good+
City: New York
Publisher: Landmark Books / Random House
Size: Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: hardcover
Pages: [8], 3-184
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