Boston: B.B. Russell, 1865. 8vo. [24] pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, rubbed scuffed and soiled; tiny chips to final blank, otherwise very good. First edition. Phoebe Ann (Coffin) Hanaford (1829-1921) was an American Universalist minister, the first woman ordained (1868) in New England. She was the author of fiction..... More
[n.p.]: [n.p.], [1899]. 8vo. 34 pp. FIRST EDITION. Bound in half morocco and marbled boards; light creasing and soiling. Judd Stewart's copy with his bookplate. Very good. First edition of this inspirational address. Monaghan 1254. More
[Chicago]: [Morris Briggs], [1926]. 8vo. [11] pp., printed on rectos only. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Original stiff paper wrappers. First separate edition, #1/25 copies printed. The recollections of a boy who grew up in Springfield, originally printed in Century Magazine. Though this book has neither publishing information nor imprint, Monaghan suggests..... More
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. Eight volumes. 8vo. Illustrated with plates on Japanese vellum. Blue cloth with gilt vignette of Lincoln on front cover and spine titled in gilt, spines sunned; ex-libris. Federal edition, Number 253 of 1000 sets. With an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Monaghan, 1466..... More
New York: Isaac Markens, 1913. 8vo. 26 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed heavy wrappers with red string tie, wrappers soiled with a couple tiny tears. First edition, number 100 of 100 inscribed by Markens. A complete review of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address written on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1916. 8vo. Original boards, head of spine chipped; ex-libris, with the usual markings, previous owner's signature. Foreword by Meserve. Facsimile of letter. Includes a photograph of Lincoln and one of Ellsworth printed from the original negatives in Meserve's collection. First edition, with a foreword by Meserve..... More
Springfield, IL: [Privately Printed], 1872. 8vo. [ii], 205 pp. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait of Lincoln and 11 text illustrations. Complete with the fold-out map. Blue cloth with blind-ruled boards, very lightly rubbed. Generally a fresh and bright copy inscribed in the year of publication to Newton Bateman, a well known..... More
Cincinnati: Poe & Hitchcock, 1865. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, top fore-edge corner bumped, front wrapper splitting at joint. Newspaper obituary of author tipped-in, causing some offsetting. First edition of this eulogy delivered in the city of Mount Carmel, Illinois, on Sunday, April 23, 1865. According to the obituary..... More
New York: [Privately Printed], 1906. Folio. 70 pp. FIRST EDITION. Half brown morocco and cloth, with silk moire endpapers, some light rubbing to covers, otherwise an excellent uncut and unopened copy. First edition, one of fifteen large paper copies signed by Smith. Monaghan, 1517. More
New York: Bunce & Huntington, [1865]. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, chipped, soiled and creased; light internal soiling, otherwise very good. With a two-page autograph letter signed, written on rectos only and dated 1860, tipped in. First edition. Stoddard (July 2, 1825 - May 12, 1903), a writer, poet..... More
Biddeford: Printed at the Union and Journal Office, 1865. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, soiled, spine reinforced; light soiling, light dampstain to last couple leaves. First edition. The town of Saco, Maine, responded immediately to the news of Lincoln's assassination by closing all businesses and calling a town meeting..... More
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., [1908]. 8vo. 198 pp. FIRST EDITION. Half paper and cloth boards, soiled, tips bumped, otherwise very good. Top edges gilt, others uncut. First edition of this book-long poem, number 251 of 300 copies. Monaghan, 1642. More
[n.p.]: Printed for Private Distribution, 1903. Folio. [18] pp. FIRST EDITION. Prospectus laid-in. Original printed wrappers, 32 loose caricatures housed in publisher's quarter-cloth portfolio with paper cover label and cloth ties, portfolio soiled and chipped and lacking some ties; prospectus soiled and chipped. Text unopened. Caricatures all in nice shape..... More
[n.p.]: [n.p.], [1946]. 11 x 16”. Lithographic print of a pencil and charcoal drawing of Abraham Lincoln signed in pencil by Woolf. Protected in a matted portfolio and tissue guard. Light soiling. Near fine. Samuel Johnson Woolf (1880-1948) was a famous portrait artist whose subjects included Mark Twain, Winston Churchill..... More
Philadelphia: Biddle Press, 1908. 7 x 10 inches. Unpaginated, printed in red and black on rectos only. Illustrated with line drawings and initial letters. Board-backed ring calendar with red cloth hanger; light edgewear. A ring calendar for the hundredth anniversary of Lincoln's birth with a leaf for each week of..... More
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, [1864]. 8vo. 187, 1 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, lacking rear wrapper; front wrapper lightly chipped and soiled, some occasional scattered foxing. Still a very good uncut copy. First edition of this scarce wrapper issue. Monaghan, 366. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866. 8vo. 69 pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece. Brown pebbled publisher's cloth; frontispiece starting to detach. From the library of Ralph D. Ritzman, with his ownership inscription. First edition of this speech given by former Secretary of the Navy Bancroft, who founded the Naval Academy. He..... More
Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1860. 8vo. 216 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 2 engraved portraits. Original printed wrappers, front wrapper detached; interior very good with virtually no foxing. First edition. The wrapper version is quite scarce in any condition. Barrett was the only biographer with whom Lincoln shared and..... More
[New York]: Sully and Kleinteich, [1916]. 6 x 9 inches. Un-paginated. Printed in blue and red on rectos only, inside decorative border. Hanging wall calendar tied with beige cloth hanger with wrapper covers; small damp-stain to margin of first few leaves, inking to front wrapper and a small chip on..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1928. Two volumes. 8vo. xxviii, 607; vii. [ii], 741 pp. FIRST EDITION. Calf-backed paper boards with morocco spine labels; ex-libris markings to spine and interior. A fine uncut copy. First edition, 500 copies printed. Monaghan 2999. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894. 8vo. Green cloth, rubbed and rear board a little damp-stained; front free endpaper detached but present, light damp-staining to last few pages. Inscribed by Carpenter in 1897. Later edition of an entertaining look at the life of and with Lincoln during his presidency. Monaghan..... More
Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1865. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's brown cloth, boards soiled and rubbed, spine frayed; light scattered foxing. First edition of Fenton's announcement to the New York legislature of the assassination of President Lincoln. Fenton (1819-1885), one of the founders of the Republican party and an advocate..... More
Boston: B.B. Russell and Company, 1866. 8vo. 216 pp. FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Illustrated. Brown embossed cloth, extremities rubbed, spine frayed, boards a little discolored; light foxing. A very good copy. First edition, second printing of the first biography published after Lincoln's assassination. Monaghan 543. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. 8vo. 461 pp. FIRST EDITION. Green cloth with blind-stamped front cover; ex-libris. First edition, Number 69 of 150 signed by Hertz. Herndon (1818-1891) was Lincoln's law partner, as well as one of his many biographers. What distinguished him from Lincoln's other biographers was his..... More
London: [Chiswick Press], 1910. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red morocco with gilt decorated boards, 5 raised bands, gilt spine, gilt inner dentelles, spine chipped, joints and extremities rubbed, otherwise very good. First edition. Printed by the Chiswick Press. Lowry (1843-1909) was a major real..... More
