O Apoikos pais etoi existoresis ton peripeteion tou biou (The Pioneer Boy and How He Became President), by William M. Thayer. Translated into the Greek by G. Konstantinos [George Constantine], Athens: Typois Lakonais,1865. Rebound in red buckram with gilt stamped leather spine label. 298 pp. Five plates of illustrations by Harley, engraved by Bricher Russell, depicting scenes of Abe LIncoln's frontier boyhood. Inscribed by translator George Constantine on the title page to fellow minister Rev. K. Rizzo, which have regrettably been trimmed along with the rest of the text by the rebinder. Good (boards sunned and worn, pages toned and waterstained). A Greek translation of Thayer's bestselling, moralistic biography of President Abraham Lincoln, originally published in 1863 at the height of the Civil War. In addition to his work as a translator and minister, the American-educated Constantine was a Congregationalist missionary in Athens and Smyrna and served as US Vice-Consul to the Port of Athens. ------------------------------ June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal