[LINCOLN, Abraham]. HERDON, William H. (1818–

[LINCOLN, Abraham]. HERDON, William H. (1818–1891) and Jesse William WEIK (1857–1930). Herndon’s Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. Chicago, New York, and San Francisco: Bedford, Clarke & Company, [1889]. 3 volumes, 8vo. Numerous steel engraved plates. Original publisher’s blue cloth gilt, top edges gilt, decorative endpapers (a tiny bit of rubbing along joints, else a fine and bright set). FIRST EDITION, “based on Herndon’s intimate, first–hand knowledge, this will always be the most authoritative single source for Lincoln’s early period” (Howes H–440). –– [TOGETHER WITH:] BEVERIDGE, Albert J. (1862–1927). Abraham Lincoln 1809–1858. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. 2 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Original publisher’s blue cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION of Beveridge’s comprehensive biography of Abraham Lincoln.