"Lincoln literature." Offprint from Publishers' Weekly, February 25, 1928.
Folio. 4 pp. Folded as issued. No. 1 of 25 copies, signed by the author. Briggs is also known for his semi-classic treatise on buying and selling rare books. More
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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The flight, pursuit, capture & punishment of the conspirators.
Washington, D.C. O.H. Oldroyd, 1901. 8vo. xviii, 305 pp. FIRST EDITION. Fine steel engraved frontispiece of Lincoln bound in, numerous plates and text illustrations. Half green morocco and marbled boards, title in gilt to spine. Some light wear to spine and extremities. First edition, number 227 of 250 copies signed..... More
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The flight, pursuit, capture & punishment of the conspirators.
Washington, D.C. O.H. Oldroyd, 1901. 8vo. xviii, 305 pp. FIRST EDITION. Fine steel engraved frontispiece of Lincoln bound in, numerous plates and text illustrations. Folded map after advertisements. Publisher’s cloth, title in gilt on cover. An excellent copy. First edition. Monaghan 1356. More
The martyr president. A discourse, delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Penn Yan, N.Y. Sabbath Morning, April 16th, 1865, on the death of Abraham Lincoln.
St. Louis: Sherman Spencer, 1865. 8vo. 19 pp. First edition. Disbound. Light soiling. Near fine. First edition. Starr (1826-1867) was Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Penn Yan, New York. Monaghan 745. More
Abraham Lincoln: The Lessons Taught by his Life. and the Obligations Imposed by his Life. An Address, Delivered at "The Glades" Frederick County, Maryland, April 23d, 1865.
Philadelphia: Jas. B. Rogers, 1865. 8vo. 15 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, lightly soiled and chipped, creased throughout from fold; light finger soiling and creasing. First edition. Quite scarce with only 150 copies printed, OCLC locates ten copies. Monaghan, 747. More
Commemorative Proceedings of the Athenaeum Club on the Death of Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States. April 1865.
[New York]: [Athenaeum Club], [1865]. 8vo. [37] pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed purple wrappers, lightly chipped with sun fading to the front wrapper. Unopened. First edition. One of five hundred copies printed. It contains addresses by T. Bailey Myers, Parke Godwin, George P. Putnam and others, and a poem by..... More
Ode on the Death of Abraham Lincoln.
Boston: William V. Spencer, 1865. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, lightly soiled, crease to rear wrapper. A near fine copy of this scarce pamphlet. First edition of this poem, one of 250 copies printed. Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914) was a prolific writer and artist. He was appointed ambassador..... More
Abraham Lincoln. A Universal Man.
San Francisco: John Howell, 1923. 8vo. Errata slip tipped-in. FIRST EDITION. Half blue cloth over blue cloth boards, boards soiled with some fraying to cloth; very light foxing, otherwise very good. First edition of this biography, No. 119 of 125 copies signed by the author. Printed on Old Stratford Paper..... More
Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States. Containing his Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and other Official Documents Illustrative of his Eventful Administration.
Philadelphia: John E. Potter, 1865. 8vo. 476, [4] pp. FIRST EDITION. With engraved frontispiece. Gray pebbled cloth, decorated in gilt, some light wear (especially to corners) some chipping to head and foot of spine. Aside from a few minor smudges to first couple of pages, interior is very good. First..... More
The Nation's Loss. A Discourse upon the Life, Services, and Death of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States.
New York: John A. Gray & Green, 1866. 8vo. 32 pp. Original printed wrappers, minor chipping, otherwise a very good copy. Second edition of a sermon given by Crozier on April 19, 1865. The focus of this eulogy is Lincoln's political accomplishments. Monaghan 467. More
Lincoln Bibliography. A List of Books and Pamphlets Relating to Abraham Lincoln.
New York: Francis D. Tandy, [1906]. 8vo. [ii], 143-380 pp. FIRST EDITION. Tipped in before the title is a 3-page Want List containing books and pamphlets relating to Lincoln wanted by Judd Stewart and dated July 1, 1916. Engraved frontispiece of Lincoln. Publisher’s cloth, a bit rubbed, bottom of spine..... More
Our Martyred President.
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
Address Delivered by the Hon. A.B. Hunt on the Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln. at the First Congregational Church of Alameda. Sunday Eve., Feb. 12, 1899. It Being the 89th Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln.
[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
Lincoln as a Boy Knew Him.
[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
Lincoln's Masterpiece. A Review of the Gettysburg Address new in Treatment and Matter.
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
Lincoln's Ellsworth Letter.
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
Abraham Lincoln, his Great Funeral Cortege. from Washington City to Springfield, Illinois. With a History and Description of the National Lincoln Monument.
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
The People's Keepsake; or, Funeral Address on the Death of Abraham Lincoln. with the Principal Incidents of his Life.
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
A Priced Lincoln Bibliography.
New York: [Privately Printed], 1906. Folio. 70 pp. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s cloth. First edition, unnumbered but one of the 250 stated ordinary copies. Monaghan, 1517. More
Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States.
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
The Burdon Bearer. An Epic of Lincoln.
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
Lincoln in Caricature.
[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
Abraham Lincoln [Signed lithographic print].
[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
The Lincoln Story-Calendar. 1809-1909.
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
The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln. Sixteenth President of the United States; and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States. With a Full History of his Life; His Career as a Lawyer and Politician; His Services in Congress; with a Full Account of his Speeches, Proclamations, Acts, and Services as President of the United States, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, from the Time of His First Inauguration as President of the United States, up to the Present Time.
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