Created Equal? The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858

Angle, Paul M.

Published by Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1958

About this Item

8vo., tan cloth lettered in gilt; pictorial dust jacket, with slight edge-wear. First edition of the definitive work on the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Clifford Odets's copy, signed and dated by the noted playwright on the front endpaper, with an annotation beside a passage regarding the abolitionist John Brown. Laid-in is a holograph manuscript fragment by Odets, entitled "Brown Play," approximately 50 words, discussing a possible scene for a play about John Brown, who was mentioned in the debates; unpublished. A superb association copy. Seller Inventory # ABE-1499538147000

Bibliographic Details

Title: Created Equal? The Complete Lincoln-Douglas ...

Publisher: Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Publication Date: 1958

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition