[Scripps, John Locke]

Tribune Tract. - No. 6 . Life of Abraham Lincoln. [caption title]

[New York: Horace Greeley & Co, 1860] According to Wessen, "Early in June, 1960 [during the Presidential campaign], Scripps was given new biographical material by Lincoln. This, the so-called third person autobiography, is printed in full, in the COMPLETE WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, edited by Nicolay and Hay, under the heading: 'Short autobiography written at the request of a friend to use in preparing a popular campaign biography in the election of 1860.'" (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM) Second edition, following the Chicago printing; first New York edition. 8vo. 32 pp; text in two columns. Stitched, without wrappers, as issued. Vertical fold, text slightly toned. Howes S247a ('aa'; "most authentic of Lincoln campaign biographies"); Monaghan 79; Wessen 12; Miles 418a

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