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Hunt, Alex A. ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTER OF NOVEMBER 11, 1864 COMMENTING ON RE-ELECTION OF LINCOLN
Alex Hunt , writing from Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York, gives details about Sag Harbor's voting record and about his personal financial problems. Hunt was the owner of the Sag Harbor Corrector. 8x6 inches, 3 pages. Legible but messy. VG ephemera. (a103283)
$65.00. THE PAPERS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - 1940
Portland, Maine 1940 first edition. Southworth Anthoensen Press. octavo wraps. Articles in this issue include: "Treatment of Drake's Circumnavigation in Hakluyt's Voyages" by Willis Holmes Kerr; "Publishing Activities of Robert Clarke & Co of Cincinnati 1858-1909" by Charles McMullen; "Lincoln's Bibliography -Present Status" by Ernest Wessen ,more. VG. no owner marks. (a104730)
$39.00. THE PAPERS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - 1989
NY 1989. first edition. octavo wraps. vol 83:2, June, 1989, pp. 153-273p. Articles on Tennyson, Beaumont and Fletcher Folio; articles by Patrick Scott, James L W West III, James Hammersmith. VG plus. Slight rusting at binding paperclips. no owner marks. (a104731)
$35.00Klement, Frank L. THE COPPERHEADS IN THE MIDDLE WEST
1960 first edition. University of Chicago. Hardcover octavo. 341p. Near Fine. no owner marks. VG+ dj. Group opposing Lincoln. (a107590)
$34.00Mearns, David Chambers. LARGELY LINCOLN
NY 1961 St. Martins. Hardcover octavo. 227p. Fine in Near Fine dj. no owner marks. (a107651)
$23.00Hill, Frederick Trevor. THE LINCOLN - DOUGLAS DEBATES, FIFTY YEARS AFTER - Article in one complete issue of THE CENTURY , November 1908
New York 1908 first edition. Century Co. One complete issue of the magazine for November 1908. sm4to wraps. Hill article on pp. 3-19 with 13 bw photo illus. Sm 4to wraps. Color and bw illlus. Two faint halfinch spots of soiling on Wharton story. VG no owner marks. (a108539b)
$29.00Tarbell, Ida. ABRAHAM LINCOLN - article in one complete issue of MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE , April , 1896
New York City. 1896 first edition. McClure. sm4to wraps. vol VI no 5. Tarbell article pp. 428-448 with 18 illustrations, most all of which are photo illus. Other articles in issue as well including two articles on use of x-ray in photography. Good Plus, text near Fine, clean, binding secure; cover edge toned and frayed. no owner marks. Much on Lincoln's courtship and marriage to Mary Todd. (a108698b)
$40.00Minor, Wilma Frances. LINCOLN THE LOVER. THE COURTSHIP - article in one complete issue of ATLANTIC MONTHLY January 1929
Concord NH 1929 first edition. printed orange octavo wraps. Minor article pp. 1-14 with 3 plates of letters. VG cover edges frayed. Many other articles in issue as well. pp. 1-144 with many pages of ads. (a108751 )
$25.00 Pope, Arthur Upham . LINCOLN AND AN URGENT WORLD PROBLEM
NY 1943. Fourth Annual LIncoln Lecture Cooper Union, New York City, February 12, 1943. 8vo., 25pp., red cloth. VG, no DJ. (a12505)
$26.00 Tice, George . LINCOLN
NJ 1984 Rutgers. 4to.,Hardcover. 72pp., cloth. Fine fullpage photography of statues of Abraham Lincoln or uses of the name 'Lincoln.' Amusing and well-done. Fine in VG DJ, a bit worn and rubbed. (a13212)
$22.00 Luthin, Richard H. . THE FIRST LINCOLN CAMPAIGN
Cambridge 1944 Harvard. 8vo., 328pp., index, hardcover. Good plus, hinges secure, just slight wear. no dj. text clean. (a23186)
$40.00 Lawson, Elizabeth . LINCOLN'S THIRD PARTY
NY 1948 International Publishers. Octavo, 48pp., wraps. Near Fine. (a24799)
$20.00 Harbison, Winfred A. . LINCOLN AND THE INDIANA REPUBLICANS 1861-1864
Indiana 1938. Offprint from the Indiana Magazine of History, Vol XXXIII, No. 3 and Vol. XXXIV, No. 1, September 1937 and March 1938. 8vo., pp.277-303, 42-64, stapled wraps. VG, light soiling. (a31831)
$40.00 Livingston, John; (Abraham Lincoln association) . LIVINGSTON'S LAW REGISTER A GUIDE FOR EVERY MAN OF BUSINESS
NY 1854 first edition. Monthly Law Magazine. Explains laws of each state. Lists every U..S Lawyer by state and county including Abraham Lincoln who is listed on p. 93 as a lawyerin Sangamon County, Illinois. Large octavo, 622pp.,original stiff wraps. Fair, cover very worn and soiled, occasional toning, spotting or soiling in text; spine chipped a bit but full title on spine present. Binding nice and secure. Very Scarce original first edition. (a32141)
$120.00Sears, Hon. Nathaniel C.. ABRAHAM LINCOLN POLITICAN AND PATRIOT AN ADDRESS
Chicago 1920. Union League Club, February 12, 1920. 8vo., 8pp., printed wraps. 8p. VG. (a37361)
$25.00 Price, Lorin E. . LINCOLN AND ROOSEVELT - A STUDY OF THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL 'WAR POWER'
no place no date (c. 1945). 4to., original carbon typescript, 165 leaves (carbon on rectos only), interleaved with a few illustrations, original blue cloth with gilt stamping. Bevelled board edges. Lorin E. Price, Hollywood producer? VG ++. no dj. no ownership marks. (a40760)
$195.00Monaghan, Jay (comp.). LINCOLN BIBLIOGRAPHY 1839 - 1939 - VOLUMES 1 AND 2, complete set
Springfield 1945 first edition. Collections of the Illinois State HIstorical Library . 2 hardcover octavo volumes. Blue grey cloth with gilt spine lettering (gilt more faded on one volume than the on the other.) 519p., 560p. . No owner marks; no library marks. no DJs (as issued) . Almost no wear at all; hinges not cracked. Text Fine and clean; binding secure. LIght fading of cover cloth. Set of 2 volumes: (a42056)
$72.00 Allen, Lyman Whitney . ABRAHAM LINCOLN A POEM
NY 1896 1st Putnam. 12mo., 112pp., blue cloth with gilt lettering. Good plus, light cover wear. (a52294)
$29.00Oakleaf, Brother Joseph Benjamin. THE GREAT TASK ASSUMED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE BURDEN HE HAD TO BEAR
Cedar Rapids 1925 1st. Privately Printed Iowa by the Masonic Library. Address delivered before the Grand Lodge of Iowa, AF & AM...Davenport, Iowa, June 9-11, 1925. Lg.8vo., 14pp., original printed wraps with circular photo illustration in center. VG. (a55020)
$24.00 Schwartz, Harold MD; Lattimer, John K. MD; Wilner, Harvey I. MD and Nathaniel Finby MD . ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE MARFAN SYNDROME; THE WOUND THAT KILLED LINCOLN; SKELETAL MANIFESTATIONS IN THE MARFAN SYNDROME
1964. Thre consecutive articles (Lincoln Contribution at the top of each page) from the Journal of the Americam Medical Association, Feb. 15, 1964. 4to., 24pp., rebound in later wraps. Good, lower corner bumped, afew small chips or closed tears at margin of final leaf. (a55060)
$45.00 Raymond, Henry J. . THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN...TOGETHER WITH HIS STATE PAPERS INCLUDING HIS SPEECHES...AND THE CLOSING SCENES CONNECTED WITH HIS LIFE AND DEATH TO WHICH ARE ADDED DOTES AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN BY FRANK B. CARPENTER.
NY 1865 first edition Derby and Miller. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 808pp., steel engraved portrait of Lincoln as frontis, a few text illustrations, leather boards with new paper spine. Good, binding nice and secure; hinges not cracked in or out; boards a bit worn, mostly at tips, titlepage and frontispiece lightly foxed and frontis tissue quite foxed but occasional light foxing in text. (a57165)
$75.00 Holland, J. G. . THE LIFE OF LINCOLN
Springfield 1866 Bill. 8vo., 545pp., illustrations, rebound in later wraps. Institution name stamps on fore-edges, small number stamp at lower blank margin of one page. Good, a few stains, (a58235)
$45.00 Lincoln . AMERICANA INCLUDING LINCOLNIANA COLLECTED BY HENRY LELAND
1952 Parke-Berne. Auction catalogue. 8vo., 99pp., illustrations, wraps. Good, some wear. (a60526)
$20.00 (lincoln) . LINCOLN LORE BULLETIN OF THE LINCOLN HISTORICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION (BULLETIN OF THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE FOUNDATION) 590 ISSUES 1931-1947 (NOT A COMPLETE RUN)
Fort Wayne 1931-1947. 590 issues of this newsleter. 4to., 1 page per issue, each with 3 holes at left margin for binder (many with reinforcements). A few pencil notes on some issues. Good to VG. 590 issues as described. (a61746)
$200.00 Angle, Paul M. . LINCOLN IN THE YEAR 1855 - BEING THE DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN DURING THAT YEAR
Springfield 1929. Octavo, 57pp., wraps. VG, light wear. (a68971)
$39.00 Lewis, Joseph . LINCOLN THE FREETHINKER
NY 1932 6th Freethought Press Association. Octavo, 30pp., original printed wraps. VG, light wear. (a69978)
$22.00 (Lincoln, Abraham) . LIBRARY OF THE LATE MAJOR WILLIAM H. LAMBERT - PART I: LINCOLNIANA FIRST SECTION
NY 1914 Metropolitan Art Association. Auction Catalogue. Octavo, 1028 items, some photo illustrations, original printed wraps. VG, some fraying onm edges. (a71496)
$44.00 Gunn, Benj. J. of Girard , Kansas . LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN VERSE
1914 (copyright). Price 25 cents. Delivered by the Author at Lincoln'sTomb the Thirtieth Anniversary of his Death. 5 x 3.5 inches, 32pp., original blue printed wraps. VG. (a73649)
$45.00 Hertz, Emanuel . LINCOLN TALKS A BIOGRAPHY IN ANECDOTE
NY 1939 Viking Press. Hardcover. Octavo, 698pp., frontis photo illustration, printed cloth. Owner bookplate. Near VG, no DJ. (a73982)
$22.00 (Abraham Lincoln) . A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND LINCOLNIANA
NY 1916. Anderson Galleries Auction Catalogue, November 1916. Octavo, 121pp., original wraps. Small bit of ink notation on cover and top margin of title page. VG, front toned and frayed on edges. (a74421)
$35.00 Richardson, James D. . A COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS 1789-1897 VOLUME VI 1861 - 1869
Washington 1898 1st GPO. Papers of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Hardcover. Octavo, 852pp., three steel engravings (Department of Agriculture Building; Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson portraits), original brown cloth. Institution spine label and a few markings. Good , inner hinges cracked (a76348)
$25.00 (lincoln) . LINCOLN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
NY c. 1906. Brochure advertising Lincoln's Autobiography, from the Current Literature Publishing Co. 6 x 4-1/2 inches, wraps. VG plus. (a76702)
$22.00 Johnson, Clarence C. . JUST CALL ME ABE
1940 Lincoln Press. Printed play about Abraham Lincoln. Hardcover. Octavo, about 40pp., roughhewn, homemade hardcover book (title printed on cardboard, paper tape spine). Johnson was born in 1882--this was the only fact we could find about the author. Good, somewhat worn but intact. Scarce, NUC shows only 3 works by Johnson, each with one copy listed. (a7944)
$120.00 Houser, M. L. . LINCOLN'S EDUCATION AND OTHER ESSAYS
NY 1958 2nd Bookman. Hardcover. Octavo., 356pp., index, cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a80850)
$22.00 Ashe, Capt. S. A. . ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE CITIZEN
1935. Offprint from Tyler's Quarterly. Octavo, 8pp., original printed wraps. A few pen marks in margins. VG. (a80999)
$20.00Belford, Samuel W.. THE CHARACTER AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Nevada 1911. An Address Delivered at the Lincoln Memorial Services at the University of Nevada February 11, 1911. Octavo, 24pp., original decorated wraps. Good, wraps chipped at corners and left margin of front, chipped at heel of spine, small rectangle cut from top left of front. The scarce original edition of this speech. (a81688)
$75.00 Chapman, Erwin . LATEST LIGHT ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND WAR-TIME MEMORIES VOLUME II
NY 1917 1st Revell. Hardcover. Sm.4to., pp.277-570, gilt printed blue cloth. VG very slight bumping of corners. Volume 2 only. (a81823)
$125.00 Hanaford, P. A. . ABRAHAM LINCOLN SEIN LEBEN UND SEINE OFFENTLICHEN DIENSTE
New York 1865 Haafis & Lubrecht. Frei bearbeitet von Julius Wurzburger. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 189pp., original dark maroon cloth covered boards with original original pinkish end papers and label remounted on later paper spine. Good, corners worn, (a81932)
$52.00Carpenter, F. B.. THE INNER LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE (1877)
New York 1877 1st Hurd and Houghton. Hardcover. 12mo., 359pp., original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Advertisement tipped inside front cover. Good, spine ends frayed, some spotting and foxing. Original book not a reissue. (a82625)
$65.00 Lincoln Motor Company . SOME NAMES YOU KNOW
Detroit, Michigan 1930 first edition. Booklet with names and addresses "of some of the distinguished owners of Lincoln motor cars."16p. Stiff wraps. 31p. Owners named include Joh Barrymore of Beverly Hills, Alfred duPont of Wilmington Del; Julius Rosenwald of Chicago and many more. VG plus. Real period piece. (a89149)
$25.00 Custer, Gen. G A . LIFE ON THE PLAINS (article in one complete issue of The Galaxy for July 1873)
New York July 1973. first edition. The Galaxy. Complete issue of July 1873. Original printed octavo wraps. Custer article on pp. 42-56. Other articles in issue as well asThurlow Weed "Lafayette's Last Visit to America" and "Three Interviews with President LIncoln by J M Winchell pp. 33-40. Original string binding. Near Good, cover worn, backstrip chipped, binding secure. No ownership marks. (a91203)
$65.00 Pratt, Harry E . ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS (in one complete issue of Journal of Illinois State Historical Society April 1936)
Springfield 1936 first edition. Original printed blue octavo wraps. Pratt article on pp. 42-69 with 4 glossy plates . Other article in issue as well. VG cover frayed on edges. (a92293)
$29.00 Houser, M. L. . LINCOLN'S EDUCATION AND OTHER ESSAYS
NY 1958 2nd Bookman. Hardcover. Octavo, 356pp., index, cloth. VG plus in Fairly Good DJ, some long closed tears. (a9295)
$20.00Collignon, Edouard. LE COMTE DE LINCOLN - ETUDE SUR L'AGRICULTURE ANGLAISE
Paris 1856 first edition. Victor Dalmont. Extracted from Annales des Ponts et Chaussees. pp. 5-70 with 3 large engraved foldout plates (plates are maps of Lincolnshire, local rivers, irrigation and other structures) . Rebound in later plain wraps. In French. Slightly foxed throughout. Good. (a95133)
$55.00(Abraham Lincoln assassination). THE NEW YORK HERALD - issue for April 24, 1865
New York City. Original newspaper. wraps. folio. folded in quarters. Much information on the Lincoln assassination of 10 days earlier, the funeral and so on. Poor to Fair, quite worn, toned and chipped but the horror of the event can be felt even now as we read its news. (a98687)
$35.00Sears, Hon. Nathaniel C. ABRAHAM LINCOLN POLITICIAN AND PATRIOT.
1920. An Address given at the Union League Club, Chicago, February 12, 1920. 8vo., 8pp., wraps. Good. (ac303)
$23.00 (Frederick Trevor Hill, Ida M.Tarbell, Richard Lloyd Jones) . ABRAHAM LINCOLN A SOUVENIR FOR THE LINCOLN DINNER OF THE REPUBLICAN CLUB OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 2, 1907
NY 1907 The Lincoln Farm Association. Three speeches on Lincoln. 12mo., 36pp., illustrations, original gilt printed hardcover. Repoduced newsclipping tipped inside of front cover. VG. (k1519)
$45.00