New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928. First Edition. Blue boards with khaki tape on spine. 6" x 9.25", pp. [5] 6-29, 1 of 750 copies printed on handmade paper at the printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mt. Vernon, NY in March 1928. Folded in is a replica of..... More
New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928. First Edition. Blue boards with khaki tape on spine. 6" x 9.25", pp. [5] 6-29, 1 of 750 copies printed on handmade paper at the printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mt. Vernon, NY in March 1928. Folded in is a replica of..... More
Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1862. First Edition. Stippled brown Moroccan. 5" x 7.25", pp {6} 7-458, with 8 pp. of advertisements for other Childs' publications, and 10+ pages of illustration, charts and reproductions. Frontispiece of the stern eyed author above the written script "Very Respectively, / W. G. Brownlow". Bookseller..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. First Edition. Blue cloth hardcover with imprint of title and weapons on cover and gilt titling on cover and spine. 5" x 7.25", pp. 1-274, plus 5 p. advertising the Campaigns of the Civil War Series. Previous Bookseller code in pencil and date stamp..... More
Albany, NY: July 15, 1873. SIGNED "John A. Dix" as Governor of New York. 15" x 10", partially printed, manuscript document extending a pardon to two individuals. Includes State Seal of New York, aged and less brilliant than original, all teeth present on the perimeter, shadowed on opposite side of..... More
Council Bluffs, IA: Monarch, 1914. Khaki cloth over soft cover. Tipped in note, dog-eared, "Compliments of Major General Grenville Dodge" at the inside front cover. 6" x 9" pp. [7] 8-237. Clean tight copy, with 1" of binding tape separated at bottom inside cover, damp stain on preface page cracked..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. First Edition. Khaki gray cloth with pictorial cover and spine titling in black. 5" x 7.25", pp. [6] 1-282, previous bookseller code in pencil on rep, clean pages, firm binding. Spot on front top, spine darkened, insignificant shelf wear at top and bottom of..... More
Lexington, KY: The Transylvania Press, September 1932. First Edition. Red linen over boards with gilt titling on cover and spine. Limited to 500 copies, 6: x 9", pp. [viii] x 3-166 with frontispiece and 5 illustrations, end papers include red on tan illustrations of Kentucky, leading newspapers and momentous memorialization..... More
A 5-page and 6-page letters from Private John Johonot of the Sixt Battalion, Light Artillery of the 16th Maine Regiment written in 1862 only months before his death on December 20th in Baltimore. Transmittal envelopes are included as well as an especially poignant 2-page letter from his wife to her..... More
Gainesville, GA: Self Published, 1904. First Edition. Textured brown with titling and trim on cover inside a decorative wreath and on spine in dark brown. 6.25" x 9.25", pp.[6] 7-346, Gilt page ends at top, front edge and fore edge untrimmed. Text is clean, cracking at bottom of inside cover..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Boxed Trade Set. Red cloth with gold titling on spine. 6.25" x 9.25", Vol. I vii 3-472. light smudge on spine, Vol. II, viii pp.3-524 light rub on front cover. "Lincoln is making little speeches as he wends his way toward Washington, wrote George..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945. First Edition. Blue cloth hardback with A. Lincoln on cover and titling on spine in gilt on red blocking with gilt accents. SIGNED by author "J G Randall" on ffep of Vol. 1. 6.25" x 9.25" Vol. I pp. xxi 1-395, with Frontispiece..... More
Poolesville, MD: Feb 8th, 1863. 5" x 8", 4 pp., folded lined correspondence written in pencil. Includes stamped mailing envelope to Miss Abbie Grafford, Springfield, VT. Eagle embossed in top right corner of stationary. Light aging at centerfold and tiny chip on edge of p. 3/4, not touching script. An..... More
Washington DC: September 1892. Both letters signed "W. S. Rosencrans" on linen stationary. First letter dated Sept. 12 has (mite) holes along the right margin an edge, fade and shadow from being overlaid by another document. Second letter is near fine with only incidental edge aging and previous seller note..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1926 & 1939. First Edition, later printing for boxed set. Dark blue cloth with gilt titling on the spine, "A. Lincoln" blind stamped on the cover of the Prarie Years and "Your Obt. Servr. A. Lincoln" on the War Years. 6" x 9.25 Very..... More
Edgewood Publishing Company, 1868. First Edition. Maroon cloth over boards with titling in reverse black on cover and spine along with cover illustration and bordering. 5.5" x 8.5", pp. [4] 5-512, 13 illustrations and 1 frontispiece steel (contents claim 2 frontispiece but only one exists). Well bound, clean, firm copy..... More
New York: Fords, Howard and Hulbert, NY, 1885. First Edition. Reddish brown cloth, with titling in brown on spine. 5.75" x 8.5", pp. [3] 4-508. Signature of James R. Angel, lawyer and judge, on page 111. Occasional age spot on a few pages, and some toning along the edge of..... More
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909. First Edition. Green cloth with title, author and Lincoln's profile impressed to the front cover. 4.75" x 7.5", pp. [4] 5-39 with 6 illustrations. Previous bookseller price in pencil on rep, slight scuff at top and bottom of spine, else a fine copy..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. First Edition. Green cloth with gilded title and author on front. 4.5" x 7.5", pp. [2] 3-55. Toning on inside rear end paper and free rep. Slight shelf wear at top and bottom of spine. Seldom found copy let alone in such condition. "The..... More
Springfield, IL: The Abraham Lincoln Association, 1934. First Edition. Khaki linen with titling in brown on cover and spine. 5.25" x 7.58", pp. xv, 3-128 plus a page describing the history, publications, and membership to the Association, includes fold-out map of New Salem. Sunning on spine, else a collectible copy..... More
Springfield, IL: The Abraham Lincoln Association, 1934. First Edition. Khaki linen with titling in brown on cover and spine. 5.25" x 7.58", pp. xv, 3-128 plus a page describing the history, publications, and membersip to the Association, includes fold-out map of New Salem. Sunning on spine, else a collectible copy..... More
Freeport, IL: W. T. Raleigh, 1930. First Edition. Green textured cloth over boards with gilt titling on the cover. 6" x 9", pp. vii, [4] 5-291, xi, [8] with 14 pages of illustrations. Book, inside and out is in fine condition protected by a plain brown DJ. W. T. Rawleigh..... More
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., August 1915. First Edition. Dark blue cloth with impressed title, author and profile of Lincoln on the cover. Very little flaking of white detail trim. 4.25" x 6.75", pp. [6] 7-101. Erasure on ffep, previous bookseller price in pencil on rep. Very nice copy..... More
Philadelphia, PA: The National Publishing Co., 1881. First Edition. Blue-green cloth over boards with embossed border and illustrations, battle scenes and title blocking in gilt. 7" x 9.5", iv, 5 - 976 pp, with a score of full page engravings, most with tissue guard. Embossed cover still has brilliant gilt..... More