Two volume set. NO OWNERS NAMES OR PLATES OF ANY KIND. Dust jackets are beige with dark maroon lettering. Dust jackets have wear chips to spine edges and tiny tears at spine hinge. Books are in very good condition. No slipcase. 1964 newspaper article on possible Lincoln illness laid in.From the cover, shortly after Lincoln's death, in 1865, all the papers which had accumulated in his office files during the presidency, plus many more which he had brought with him from Springfield, were removed from the White House by his son. From that time until July 26, 1947, when the collection was first opened to the public, these papers were shrouded in secrecy. In the introductory chapters of The Lincoln Papers David C. Mearns presents the dramatic history of the collection, exploring and explaining the origins of the fabulous legend which grew up around it during the eighty-two years that it remained inaccessible to scholars and to the public."

Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Lincoln Papers, History