TRIED BY WAR: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF

New York: The Penguin Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. As American Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner McPherson demonstrates, Abraham Lincoln, with almost no military experience, created the post of Commander In Chief during the Civil War and then, while still managing his elected office of President with all its political turmoil, became the best Commander in Chief the U.S. has ever had. First edition, first printing (with complete number line). About 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, 329 pages including notes and index. Illustrated with maps and b & w photos. Bound in brown paper-covered boards with black back strip and gold lettering on spine. Author's name stamped in gold on front cover. Dustjacket's front panel shows detail of a b & w photograph of President Lincoln and his generals on the Antietam battlefield in Virginia. A portrait of Lincoln is reproduced on the dj's spine and the back panel contains six blurbs praising the book. Boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked. Binding tight and square. No tearing or chipping, no bumped corners or spine ends. Not ex-library or remaindered. Upper front corner of dj shows a tiny tear (about 1/8th inch), o/w no noticeable flaws or damage. No creases or scratches. Not price-clipped. A very collectable copy of the book that won the Lincoln Prize in 2009.