[Rarebooks] fs: A. Lincoln (6 items)

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For your consideration:
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(No. 3354 )  Bartlett, D[avid]. W. [Vandewater Golden]. THE LIFE AND PUBLIC
SERVICES OF HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WITH A PORTRAIT ON STEEL. TO WHICH IS
ADDED A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HON. HANNIBAL HAMLIN..
New-York: H. Dayton, Publisher, 1860. Early printing, Full cloth, Duodecimo,
vi,15-354 pages, Black and white frontistpiece engraving. Good.
      Dual campaign biography of the Republican candidates for president and
vice-president in 1860, compiled by the Washington correspondent of the New
York Independent and Evening Post. This imprint without the "(Authorized
Edition)" notice on title page and without the notifications and acceptances
included in later variants. See MONAGHAN #25; MILES #400; WESSEN #7; etc.
The original 150 page biography is here supplemented with a selection of
Lincoln speeches and the sketch of Hamlin. Frontispiece portrait of Lincoln
engraved on steel by R. S. Jones after a photograph by Matthew Brady. Bound
in original brown cloth with gilt and blind stamping, pale yellow endpapers.
Exterior boards are rubbed at edges, upper joint is split and chipped,
chipping at spine ends. Prior owner name label on front pastedown, initials
at top edge of front pastedown, name at top fore corner of front free
endpaper. Frontispiece portrait lacks tissue guard. Moderate foxing
throughout. Hinges sound.    $100.00
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(No. 7390 )  Herndon, William H. and Jesse William Weik. HERNDON'S LINCOLN:
THE TRUE STORY OF A GREAT LIFE; ETIAM IN MINIMIS MAJOR. THE HISTORY AND
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY WILLIAM H. HERNDON, FOR TWENTY
YEARS HIS FRIEND AND LAW PARTNER.
Springfield: Herndon's Lincoln Publishing Company, [1921]. Reprint, Full
cloth, Duodecimos, over 650 pages. Very Good, No dust jackets.
      Herndon's biography of his law partner portrays Lincoln as an ordinary
man rather than the epic hero often found in other biographies. Here is "the
subjective Lincoln
his passions, appetites
perceptions
just as he lived,
breathed, ate, and laughed." For this reason, particularly as it manifests
itself in the account of Lincoln's romance with Ann Rutledge, Herndon's
biography was very controversial when originally released in 1889. An
essential item for any serious Lincoln collection. See MONAGHAN #1049;
MATTHEWS #65; and ANGLE, SOLB pp. 28-33. This is the 3 volume edition
published in the early 1920s. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with gilt
stamped spine lettering, gilt-stamped facsimile signatures on upper boards.
All volumes are clean and sound, with minor extremity rubs and a few shallow
edge bumps. Spine lettering moderately dulled but all still legible.
$150.00
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(No. 2997 )  Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), edited by Roy P. Basler. THE
COLLECTED WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSOCIATION,
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (COMPLETE IN 9 VOLUMES).
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (1953). Full cloth, Octavos, ,
black & white photographs, illus.. Very good, No dust jackets.
      The most comprehensive collection of Lincoln's own words to date, in 8
volumes plus an index volume. This monumental work catalogued and annotated
every discoverable writing or speech by Abraham Lincoln, and includes nearly
twice as many items as appeared in Nicolay and Hay's 1894 "Complete Works of
Abraham Lincoln" or Lapsley's 1905 "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln." Many
inclusions came from small private collections that were overlooked or
missed in previous compilations. History Book Club Edition. Bound in gray
cloth over boards with gilt lettering on dark blue title block on spine.
Some minor rubs externally. Texts clean and bright.    $125.00
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(No. 3496 )  Mahoney, Ella V.. SKETCHES OF TUDOR HALL AND THE BOOTH FAMILY.
Bel Air: Privately Printed, 1925. First printing, Full cloth, Duodecimo, 59
pages, Black & White photographs. Near Fine.
      In 1878 the author's husband purchased Tudor Hall from Mary Ann
Booth--matriarch of the family, wife of Junius Brutus Booth. Mrs. Mahoney
grew up in the area, and indeed her father and John Wilkes    Booth were
boyhood companions. There are brief sketches of Junius Brutus Booth and
Edwin Booth, and interesting information about the house and its history.
Much of the book concerns John Wilkes Booth and events surrounding the
Lincoln assassination. Includes such chapters as "The Identification of John
Wilkes Booth" (after he was killed in Virginia)," " The Enid Myth" (in which
Booth escapes, committing suicide in 1903 in Oklahoma), and "The search for
Booth at Tudor Hall after the Assassination of Lincoln." MONAGHAN #2796.
Bound in dark green cloth over boards with gilt stamped lettering to upper
board. Mild extremity rubs, slight foxing to endpapers. Hinges sound, no
prior ownership marks.    $150.00
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(No. 7047 )  Ownsbey, Betty J.. ALIAS "PAINE": LEWIS THORNTON POWELL, THE
MYSTERY MAN OF THE LINCOLN CONSPIRACY.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, (1993). Full cloth,
Octavo, xiv, 233 pages, black & white photographs, illus.. Fine, Issued
without dustjacket.
      The definitive biography of the 20-year-old Confederate operative who
attempted to murder Secretary of State Seward as Booth shot Lincoln.
Thorough research of elusive primary sources fleshes out Powell's family
history, his military service under Col. John S. Mosby, the question of his
recruitment for Confederate clandestine operations against the Lincoln
administration, his ultimate role in the conspiracy, his trial and
execution, etc. Fills a significant gap in the history of the Lincoln
assassination. Good bibliography, reproductions of some rare photographs.
Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with gilt stamped spine and upper board
lettering. Clean and tight. No prior ownership marks.    $65.00
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(No. 7360 )  Taylor, Tom (1817-1880). OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: A DRAMA, IN 3
ACTS.
(S.l.): (s.n.), 1869. First printing, Wrappers, Duodecimo, 46 pages. Very
good.
      The first printed appearance of the popular play that Lincoln was
watching when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865. How can 1869
be the earliest printing of a play that was so successful years earlier?
Piracy. Or more precisely, the fear thereof. Copyright laws of the day
offered scant protection, particularly for dramatic works, and playwrights
and owners of plays often avoided publishing them. Laura Keene had acquired
the rights to Tom Taylor's "Our American Cousin" in 1858, and opened it that
year in her theatre in New York. The play was a great success and Ms. Keene
was very careful to protect her property. Besides the original manuscript
owned by Keene and one other manuscript copy found in the estate of Joshua
Silsbee, the play only existed in the manuscript prompt books used by the
actors. Laura Keene once successfully sued a pair of competitors who had
sent stenographers to performances of "Our American Cousin," copied down the
lines, and begun a production of their own. Though the play's popularity
continued for a time after the Lincoln assassination, Ms. Keene finally did
allow this version of the text to be printed in 1869. Even then she was
careful to prominently state on the title page "Printed, but not published,"
as existing copyright law was much less protective of dramatic works that
had been "published." (See Bryan, "The Great American Myth," p. 176; Taylor,
"Our American Cousin: the Play that Changed History," p. 25.) This copy is
bound in the original plain light blue wrappers over a sewn binding.
Original cast from the 1858 opening at Laura Keene's Theatre, New York,
appears on verso of title page. The last words that Lincoln heard on this
earth appear on page 37. Heel of spine has some shallow chewing along last
3/4," title and year lightly pencilled on front cover, title penned in
contemporary ink on spine. A nice example of a scarce bit of Lincolniana.
$750.00
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