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Lot of Lincoln Related Books

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Lot of Lincoln Related Books
<B>Lot of Lincoln Related Books</B></I> including:<BR><B>Henry Raymond<I> The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States</B></I> Together With His State Papers Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected With His Life and Death.</B></I> (New York: Derby and Miller Publishers, 1865), first edition, 808 pages, with four steel engravings and many other illustrations, original brown patterned cloth with gilt titles, 8vo (6.5" x 9.5"), covers worn, spine frayed at head and tail, internal contents sound and tight, very good.<BR><B>Frank Crosby<I> Das Leben Abraham Lincoln.</B></I></B></I> (Philadelphia: John Potter, 1865), first edition, 496 pages, German text, engraved frontis of Lincoln, original brown patterned cloth with gilt titles, 12mo (5.5" x 7.5"), wear to extremities, internal contents sound and tight, very good condition.<BR><B>Ben Perley Poore<I> Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis.</B></I></B></I> (Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers Publishers, 1886), first edition, two volumes, 544 pages and 543 pages respectively, profusely illustrated, original yellow cloth with black titles and gilt decoration, 8vo (6.5" x 9.25"), only slight wear to boards, very good condition.<BR><B>J. G. Holland<I> The Life of Abraham Lincoln.</B></I></B></I> (Springfield: Gurdon Bill, 1866), first edition, 544 pages, engraved Lincoln frontis, illustrated, half leather with maroon cloth boards, gilt titles, five raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers, 8vo (6" x 8.75"), wear to corners, else very good.<BR><B>Osborn H. Oldroyd<I> Words of Lincoln</B></I> Including Several Hundred Opinions of His Life and Character by Eminent Persons of This and Other Lands.</B></I> (Washington: O.H. Oldroyd, 1895), first edition, 221 pages, illustrated, original maroon cloth with gilt titles and decoration, 8vo (5.5" x 8"), spotting to boards, frayed corners, head and tail of spine frayed, good condition.<BR><B>John Carroll Power<I> Abraham Lincoln His Life, Public Services, Death and Great Funeral Cortege,</B></I> With a History and Description of the National Lincoln Monument, With an Appendix.</B></I> (Chicago: H.W. Rokker, 1889), later printing, 458 pages, fold-out map, original brown cloth with gilt titles, 8vo (5.5" x 8"), ffep detached with remnants of old cellophane tape, else very good.<BR><B>Rufus Blanchard<I> Abraham Lincoln the Type of American Genius</B></I> An Historical Romance.</B></I> (Wheaton: R. Blanchard & Co., 1882), engraved frontis of Lincoln, original full leather binding, five raised spine bands, gilt titles and decoration, marble endpapers, gilt edges, gilt dentelle, 8vo (6.5" x 8.75"), exterior hinges cracked, cabinet card of the author glued to inside back cover, interior hinges cracked, good condition.<BR><B>Henry J. Raymond<I> Lincoln: His Life and Times.</B></I></B></I> (Chicago: Union School Publishing Co., no dated, 742 pages, maroon patterned cloth with gilt titles, 12mo (5.5" x 7.5"), light wear to covers, very good condition.<BR><B>Osborn H. Oldroyd<I> The Lincoln Memorial: Album-Immortelles.</B></I></B></I> (New York: G.W. Carleton & Co. Publishers, 1882), sold by subscription, 571 pages, several engravings in text, original green cloth with gilt and black titles and decoration, 8vo (6.5" x 9.5"), spine frayed at head, covers lightly soiled, very good.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>) <BR><BR><B>Important notice:
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