Lincoln The Unknown [Signed]

Forest Hills, NY: Forest Hills Publishing Co, 1932. Octavo (21cm); glossy pictorial boards; brown topstain; x,305,[3]pp. With an Award label signed by Carnegie mounted to the front endpaper. Gentle sunning to spine, light wear to extremities, with a few tiny tears and indentations to spine ends; contents clean; Near Fine, without dustjacket, as issued. Attractive copy of this early work by Carnegie, preceding his best-selling How to Win Friends and Influence People by four years. A biographical work on the life of Abraham Lincoln, detailing his early years, the difficulties he faced in the White House, his marriage, and leading the nation during the Civil War. First published by The Century Company in 1932, the title was reprinted numerous times over several decades, frequently given out as a prize in the Dale Carnegie Course.