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First Edition of Tried by War; Signed by James M. McPherson
MCPHERSON, JAMES M.
Tried By War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief.
New York: Penguin Press 2008.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by James McPherson. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133613
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Large format lithograph of the Lincoln family by American engraver George Stinson
STINSON, GEORGE. [ABRAHAM LINCOLN].
The Lincoln Family George Stinson Original Lithograph.
Portland, ME: George Stinson and Co., Publishers 1871.
Large format lithograph of the Lincoln family by American engraver George Stinson. Framed. The entire piece measures 27.5 inches by 20.5 inches.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 135435
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First edition of Emanuel Hertz's Abraham Lincoln: The Tribute of the Synagogue.
HERTZ, EMANUEL. [ABRAHAM LINCOLN].
Abraham Lincoln: The Tribute of the Synagogue.
New York: Bloch Publishing Company 1927.
First edition of Hertz’s compilation of tributes delivered upon the occasion of the death of President Lincoln. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Lincoln, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 131608
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First edition of the Author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work Abraham Lincoln: The War Years; volume I signed by Carl Sandburg
SANBURG, CARL.
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company 1939.
First trade edition of Sandburg’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with 414 half-tones of photographs and 249 cuts of cartoons, letters and documents. Signed by Carl Sandburg on the half-title page of volume one. In near fine condition. Housed in a original slipcase. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 143162
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First Special Illustrator's edition of Ida Tarbell's The Life of Abraham Lincoln; one of only 75 numbered copies printed
TARBELL, IDA. [ABRAHAM LINCOLN].
The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Drawn from Original Sources and Containing Many Speeches, Letters and Telegrams Hitherto Unpublished.
New York: The Doubleday & McClure Co. 1900.
First Special Illustrator’s edition of the work that earned Tarbell a national reputation as a major writer and the leading authority on Abraham Lincoln. Quarto, two volumes, half cloth over paper-covered boards, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Lincoln to each volume. One of only 75 numbered copies printed, this is number 51. In near fine condition. Rebacked. Housed in a custom slipcase. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131290
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First Edition of Daniel Fish's Lincoln Bibliography; one of forty copies for sale signed by the author and publisher
FISH, DANIEL. [ABRAHAM LINCOLN].
Lincoln Bibliography: A List of Books and Pamphlets Relating to Abraham Lincoln.
New York: Francis D. Tandy Company 1906.
First edition and signed, registered, and numbered edition of the first comprehensive bibliography of Lincoln material. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Lincoln after the original etching by Thomas Johnson. One of seventy-five numbered, registered copies signed by the author and publisher, only forty of which were for sale, this is number 34. Very good in a custom folding chemise and half morocco slipcase.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 131214
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Finely Bound Example of Ida Tarbell's The Life of Abraham Lincoln
TARBELL, IDA M.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln.
New York: Lincoln History Society 1909.
Bound set of Tarbell’s classic biography of President Lincoln. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt facsimile signature of Lincoln to the front panel, frontispiece portraits, one in color, illustrated with reproductions of original paintings and photographs, marbled endpapers. In good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 129092
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“A house divided against itself cannot stand": Rare Relief Bust Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Abraham Lincoln Relief Bust.
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Rare cast metal relief portrait of President Abraham Lincoln in profile. Housed in a custom circular frame with gilt decorative floral reliefs. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 16 inches. A handsome example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 95124
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"the most extraordinarily good portrait of my father I have ever seen": Photograph by Gutzon Borglum of the Bust of Lincoln; Signed by Him
BORGLUM, GUTZON (ABRAHAM LINCOLN).
Gutzon Borglum Signed Photograph of a Bust of Abraham Lincoln.
: 1907.
Photograph signed and dated “Gutzon Borglum 1907.” The photograph taken by Borglum shows his marble bust of Abraham Lincoln. On February 6, 1908, the President’s son, Robert Todd Lincoln, wrote to Borglum regarding the bust as, “the most extraordinarily good portrait of my father I have ever seen.” The sculpture is on display in the Crypt of the U.S. Capitol Building. A typed Lincoln quotation pasted to mount at lower left. In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 87608
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Handsome Bronze Bust of President Abraham Lincoln
MAVCHI, J. [ABRAHAM LINCOLN].
Bronze Bust of Abraham Lincoln.
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Bust length portrait bronze of President Abraham Lincoln, signed and numbered by the artist, “J. Mavchi 09/100.” Mounted on a square black granite or marble base. The base measures 10.5 inches in height. The entire piece with the base measures 12.75 inches in height. In fine condition.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145312