Chicago: Alfred L. Sewell, 1868. 8vo. 432 pp. FIRST EDITION. Green publisher’s cloth, seal of the Sanitary Commission in gilt to front cover. Aside from some light age toning, a very good copy. First edition. A complete, comprehensive, and entertaining narrative about the Sanitary Commission, a society which had four... More
Baltimore: R.H. Woodward & Company, 1890. 8vo. xvii, [i], 452 pp., plus leaf of publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Red cloth with title and list of authors printed in black on top cover. First edition of this group of articles, each a condensed history of reconstruction in specific states. The political... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. 8vo. xv, 214 pp. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece and 28 plates. Original green cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, minor wear at head and foot of spine; uncut. First edition, one of 750 copies. “The following compilation aims to present the ‘Boston... More
Providence, R.I. Printed for the Author, 1863. 8vo. 40 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original front printed wrapper. First edition of this interesting collection of tales sharing the atrocities of the confederate army. Sabin, 33275. More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1900. 8vo. 287 pp. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Tan cloth with brown felt inlay on front board and titled in gilt on cover and spine, top edge gilt. Ex-libris with minor markings consisting of a bookplate on front paste-down, blind-stamp to title-page and... More
Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1837. 8vo. 143, [9] pp. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. Includes the publisher’s advertisements. With one folding map. Cloth -backed boards; boards a bit rubbed and soiled; some light scattered foxing. First edition, second issue, with “animals” spelled correctly on title. Some very valuable descriptions of Chicago..... More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. 8vo. [ii], 281 pp. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Original terra cotta cloth with blind-stamped rule boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex-libris with plates and blind-stamps from the Aurora College Library and the library of Paul Lemperly, but no pockets or spine numbering. Boards rubbed and... More
St. Johnsbury: Republican Press, [1893]. 8vo. 271 pp. FIRST EDITION. Green publisher’s cloth with gilt insignia of the Richmond Prison Association to front cover. Some tape residue on front gutter, as well as an almost imperceptible tear in cloth on front cover, otherwise a very good copy. First edition, compiled... More
[n.p.]: [n.p.], [1865]. 8vo. 39 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers. From the library of George P. Hampbrecht with his bookplate on the verso of the top wrapper. First edition of this narrative treating the (disgraceful) record of the Democrats during the Civil War. More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California, [1963]. Folio. [xiv, 42] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 21 plates, each preceded by a leaf of explanatory text. Original linen-backed patterned boards. An exquisite copy inscribed by Oscar Lewis. First edition, one of five hundred twenty-five copies printed by the... More
New York: April 17-19, 1865. Folio. 8 pages each. April 18 and 19 are in fine condition, April 17 has some chipping and a few tears at folds, but is still very good. More
Massachusetts: [n.p.], 1863. Broadside. 28 x 20 inches. FIRST EDITION. Mounted on cloth, folded in quarters, minor splitting a center fold; light soiling and edgewear with minor chips (without loss of text), very light annotations in ink on verso (visible to recto right margin). Overall an excellent example of this... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866. 8vo. 717 pp. FIRST EDITION. Half brown morocco over marbled boards, extremities rubbed, leather a bit scuffed. Very good. First edition. Following Lincoln's assassination, there was an outpouring of grief and sympathy from around the world. This volume contains the correspondence from individuals, cities and... More
[New York]: [Athenaeum Club], [1865]. Folio. [37] pp. FIRST EDITION. With engraved frontispiece portrait. Original printed purple wrappers housed in a quarter-calf portfolio, rear joint splitting; chipping and soiling to wrappers with some splitting at the folds, still a very good copy of this large fragile item. First edition, number... More
[n.p.]: [n.p.], [1917.]. Broadside. Facsimile broadside in wrapper folder; light soiling and edgewear to wrapper, otherwise fine. One of 75 copies printed and signed by H.E. Barker. Facsimile of a very rare broadside published by Herndon as a rebuttal to attacks that he gave mis-information to Lincoln biographers in regard..... More
[Philadelphia]: [Union League of Philadelphia], [1864]. 8vo. 8pp. FIRST EDITION. Wrappers, disbound; light soiling and toning. First edition of this scarce pamphlet published during the 1864 elections in support of re-electing Lincoln as President. Monaghan, 359. More
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
