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. Publisher’s cloth. First edition, unnumbered but one of the 250 stated ordinary copies. 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..... 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
New York: New York Tribune, 1860. 8vo. 18, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Sewn as issued; water stained. First edition of the first published appearance of the speech that won Lincoln the presidency. This speech proved his electability, solidifying his base and defining his policies. Header of first page is "Tribune..... 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
Springfield, IL: [Privately Printed], 1872. 8vo. Brown cloth with blind-stamped boards and gilt spine, light shelf-wear and soiling to boards; gutter splitting after title page, which is partially detached. Monumental edition. It describes the life, and then the public mourning of the assassinated President. The author details the funeral, funeral..... More
Springfield, IL: [Privately Printed], 1872. 8vo. 205 pp. Blue cloth with gilt vignette to front cover; some light rubbing and soiling. Frontispiece lightly foxed, otherwise interior is clean. First edition. Inscribed in the year of publication to Newton Bateman, a well known Illinois educator. Monaghan, 928. More
Brooklyn: "The Union" Print, 1865. 8vo. 65 pp. FIRST EDITION. With an engraved frontispiece portrait. Original printed wrappers. Signed photograph of the author tipped-in and laid in is an original invitation to the speech. First edition, one of 100 copies. Signed photo of author tipped in. With an original invitation..... More
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Norwich, Conn. Henry Bill Publishing Co., 1882. Two books in one, as issued. 8vo. 469; 483 pp. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated with steel engravings. Publisher's full black roan with gilt embossed vignette on front cover and title in gilt on front cover and spine, extremities rubbed, rear joint starting, spine frayed;..... More
Boston: Walker, Wise and Company, 1863. 8vo. FIRST EDITION, THIRD PRINTING. Original green cloth, spine slightly sunned. Contemporary owner's signature. First edition, third printing (fifth thousand). An exceptional copy of this first complete biography of Lincoln, written with a more personal approach for the general population. Monaghan, 249. More
New York: Abingdon Press, [1921]. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Blue cloth-backed tan boards, title in red on front cover and in gilt on spine, boards soiled; ex-libris. Inscribed by the author on fly-leaf. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. First edition. Introduction by Will H. Hays, Postmaster General of the United States. The..... More
