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A well-preserved first edition of THE SANDBURGRANGE (1957), the first one-volume representative selection ever published fromCarl Sandburg\'s entire body of work — poetry, Lincoln biography, fiction,children\'s stories, and autobiography, all gathered in a single career-spanningvolume. Tight binding, clean unmarked text, and a bright original dust jacketmake this a strong shelf copy for any Sandburg or American letters collection.
Why Buy This Copy?
This is a genuine first edition, first printing— \"First edition\" is stated outright on the copyright page, and theLibrary of Congress catalog number (57-12373) confirms the 1957 issue. The bookitself presents in Fine condition: tight binding, clean bright pages, nowriting in the text block, no tears or loose pages. The original dust jacket(priced $6.00, unclipped) is present and in Very Good condition, adding realvalue since jackets for this title are frequently missing or heavily worn onsurviving copies.
At 459 pages, this omnibus draws from fourteenof Sandburg\'s works — Chicago Poems, Cornhuskers, Smoke and Steel, theRootabaga stories, Remembrance Rock, Always the Young Strangers, and selectionsfrom his massive six-volume Lincoln biography — making it one of the mostcomplete single-volume introductions to Sandburg ever assembled, personallyoverseen in its compilation by the author and his wife, Paula Sandburg.
📚 Book DetailsCore Book Identity
Title: The Sandburg Range
Author: Carl Sandburg
Year Published: 1957
Edition: First Edition
Printing: First Printing
Early Printing: Yes — first printing of the first edition
Language: English
Format: Hardcover, cloth boards, with dust jacket
Number of Pages: 459 pp. (plus xvii preliminary pages)
ISBN: N/A (pre-ISBN era; identified by LCCN)
Topic: American poetry, biography (Lincoln),autobiography, Americana
Binding: Blue-gray cloth boards; \"CarlSandburg\" black-stamped on front board; spine reads \"CARL SANDBURG /[gilt ornament] / The Sandburg Range / [gilt HB logo]\" in black and giltlettering
Subject: Sandburg, Carl, 1878–1967 — collected/selectedworks
Special Attributes: Facsimile author signature blind-stamped onfront board (design element, not a hand signature); photo section with imagesby Edward Steichen, Harry Callahan, and others
Character Family: N/A
Region: N/A
Signed: No (book is unsigned; owner name only — seeProvenance below)
Place of Publication:New York
Year Printed: 1957
Country of Origin: United States
Edition, Printing & CollectibilityVerificationAI Verification Findings
Edition Status: First Edition — confirmed
Printing Status: First Printing — confirmed
Owner name \"Dorothy Clure\" in pencilon the front free endpaper, with \"5.00\" in pencil beside it (appearsto be a prior bookseller\'s price notation rather than anything author-related)— minor, does not add collector value.
Shipping & Packaging
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● ✔ Protected with bubble wrap for cushioning.
● ✔ Surrounded with additional packing material toprevent movement inside the carton.
● ✔ Packed in a premium white crush-resistantcorrugated book box (200#/ECT-32-E) featuring double-wall protection on thefront and sides for superior strength.
● ✔ All box seams are securely sealed with Scotch®packing tape.
● ✔ Every package passes the BonnieBooks\"Shake Test\" to verify there is no movement inside the box beforeshipment.
● ✔ Shipped with tracking so you can follow yourpackage from shipment to delivery.
