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1989282509New York: Library of America 1989. hardcover. fine/fine. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates. 2 Vols. Thick 8vo blue cloth d.w. New York: Library of America 1989. Fine<br/><br/> Library of America unknown books
972616th President. Stereoview photograph of a faunal arrangement in which a cross with a small Lincoln image surrounded by Skeleton Leaves. 3 1/2" x 7" from a "Kilburn Brothers" . In excellent condition. unknown books
1909854271909. LINCOLN Abraham ABRAHAM LINCOLN THE STORY OF HIS LIFE. Boston MA: The Boston Sunday Globe 1909. "Published for the Children of New England and their Parents 100 years after his birth." 23 pp. 8vo. stapled printed paper wrappers same paper as text. Covers chipped at edges not affecting text or images; few spots of light dampstaining to front and rear covers not affecting interior. Black and white illustrations on covers and in the text. The booklet appears to have been cut out from the newspaper and stapled together by the reader. Edges of some pages have closed tears with no loss. A rare Lincoln piece for children. unknown books
192827989.2Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1928. 1st edition Howes B408; Monaghan 2999. Original publisher's vertically-ribbed blue cloth bindings. Gilt-lettered black leather title labels to spine. TEG. A VG set slight lean/some modest wear/pos. 4 volumes. Illustrated with plates. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>"Most thorough." - Howes. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
195018093Worcester Mass: Achilles St. Onge 1950. One of 1500 copies printed from Monotype Plantin type on J. Barcham Green's hand made all rag wove paper by the Chiswick Press. Photographs. 1 vols. 12mo 3 x 2 inches. Bound in full blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. One of 1500 copies printed from Monotype Plantin type on J. Barcham Green's hand made all rag wove paper by the Chiswick Press. Photographs. 1 vols. 12mo 3 x 2 inches. Inscribed "To Joseph Miller with kindest regards Achille St. Onge. Achilles St. Onge unknown books
306153Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1928. First edition later state with no date on the title page. Thick 8vo. Frontispiece portraits; 16 illustrations. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. Very good. 2 volumes. No dust jackets. Volume I - 607 pages. Volume II - 741 pages. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. hardcover books
306150Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1928. First edition with dates 1928 on the title page. Thick 8vo. Frontispiece portraits; 16 illustrations. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. Very good. 2 volumes. No dust jackets. Volume I - 607 pages. Volume II - 741 pages. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. hardcover books
1946D14791Chicago: World Publishing Company 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second printing. Original cloth DJ. <br/><br/> World Publishing Company hardcover books
ULINABR00CZCDa Capo Press 1946. Very Good. Lincoln Abraham. Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings. Basler Roy P.; Sandburg Carl. New York: Da Capo Press 1946. 843pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed edges. Da Capo Press paperback books
186125965<p><b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</b>Chromolithograph. <i>Presidents of the United States</i> Philadelphia: Published by F. Bouclet lithographed by A. Feusier. Sheet size: 21 in. x 27 in. Image size: 24½ in. x 18¾ in. </p><br />A large patriotic chromolithograph issued around the time of Abraham Lincoln's first inauguration. The central image is the goddess Columbia wearing a draped American flag flanked by bald eagle and Union shield. Behind her is a steam ship and the artist's rendition of what the then-uncompleted Capitol building was expected to look like. Surrounding Columbia is an ornate frame made up of portraits of the presidents of the United States from 1789-1861—including a beardless Abraham Lincoln: George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William H. Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln.<p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Erin Mast curator of "My Abraham Lincoln" a 2009 exhibition at President Lincoln's Cottage Museum noted that the print "both commemorates Lincoln's election and recognizes the challenges and opportunities facing the 16th president. The 16 presidential portraits encircle symbols of the republic at a time when a divided nation faced secession and civil war. In the center Columbia holds a shield and liberty cap the latter being a symbol both of revolution and of freed slaves. A bald eagle grasps arrows and an olive branch and carries a ribbon with the motto 'E Pluribus Unum.' The Capitol dome shown completed at a time when it was still unfinished symbolizes the founding of the democratic republic while a steamship symbolizes development and progress. The allegorical images relate to concepts that Lincoln expressed in his first inaugural address; that seceding and breaking the Constitution would be a step backward not forward and violates the very principles of the Union a Union which is 'older than the Constitution.' By commemorating Lincoln's election and illustrating the troubled and complex scene he faced this chromolithograph encapsulates the spirit of Lincoln's presidency."</p><p><b>Provenance</b></p><p>From the Estate of Malcolm S. Forbes.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Damp stains at top two corners light mat burn but generally a very fine example.</p> books
1933226729Chicago Chicago Book & Art Auctions 1933. 1933. First edition. 8vo. Foreword by Franklin J. Meine. Bibliographical references. Original stiff tan wrappers stamped in black. 66 pages. Very good. Catalogue of 531 Lincoln related items for "unrestricted public auction" June 14-15 1933. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Chicago, Chicago Book & Art Auctions [1933]. paperback books
ULINABR01LAWLibrary of America. Fine. Lincoln Abraham. Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858. New York: Library of America ND. 8vo. Book condition: Fine. Book slipcase and Library of America author slip together in original protective shrink wrap which is opened but still snug. Library of America unknown books
1989ULINSPE00MWLibrary of America 1989. Fine. Lincoln Abraham. Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858. Speeches Letters and Miscellaneous Writings the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Fehrenbacher Don Edward. NY: Library of America 1989. 898pp. 8vo. Cloth. Book condition: Near fine pristine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light rubbing to extremities. In plastic protector. Library of America hardcover books
1989ULINABR00LAWLibrary of America 1989. Fine. Lincoln Abraham. Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858; Speeches Letters and Miscellaneous Writings The Lincoln-Douglas Debates. New York: Library of America 1989. 898pp. Indexed. 8vo. Book condition: Near fine. Slipcase very good with a few subtle bumps to edges. Library of America unknown books
1864WRCAM45849Boston 1864. 88110pp. plus folding map. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. 19th-century ink stamp on titlepage contemporary inscription on second leaf. Internally clean. Very good. Devoted almost entirely to the Massachusetts war effort published early in January 1864. The folding map shows the Soldier's National Cemetery at Gettysburg dedicated Nov. 19 1863 with the long speech of Edward Everett of Massachusetts and the short "Dedicatory Speech by President Lincoln" better known as the Gettysburg Address. Also printed is the "Programme of Arrangements" of that day a list of Massachusetts soldiers killed at Gettysburg and buried there and details of the cemetery. Monaghan notes this as an early printing of the Gettysburg Address. MONAGHAN 48. hardcover books
1437616th President of the United States. 5.5" by 8.5". Advertisement on paper with a profile portrait of Lincoln. Reads in part: "I beg leave to announce the recent discovery of an interesting item for collectors of Lincolnia. It is a six by eight inch oval photograph of the Lincoln homestead doubtless taken in 1860 and with Lincoln himself standing on the walk in front of the house leaning against the fence. " It continues "Many pictures were made of Mr. Lincoln during the campaign and afterwards but very few combine these two features - the man and his home." One small tear on bottom blank margin and two darker markings on the top and bottom. Overall in very good condition. unknown books
191659722Cincinnati OH: Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1916. First edition. 8vo. 13 pp. Margins illustrated with vignettes of African-Americans at work in field home and shop in church and in school. Songs readings and other activities to help celebrate a Lincoln Day and emancipation. Not in Work or Blockson catalogue. OCLC locates nine copies Lincoln Presidential Library Brown Cincinnati Historical Society Emory Frostburg State Grand Valley State New York Public Occidental Maine. Owner's name at head of front wrapper else very good. Original illustrated wrappers rubbed stapled. #6665. <br/><br/> Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church unknown books
184721117.99<p>A list of stockholders entirely in Lincoln's hand filed as evidence in his first significant railroad case. Lincoln's own appearance in the shareholder list represents only the second known instance of a stock purchase by the future president. The Illinois Supreme Court's ultimate ruling in favor of Lincoln and the railroad set an important legal precedent upholding the binding nature of a stockholder's contractual and financial obligations. "The decision subsequently cited in twenty-five other cases throughout the United States helped establish the principle that corporation charters could be altered in the public interest and it established Lincoln as one of the most prominent and successful Illinois practitioners of railroad law" Donald p.155.</p> <b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</b>Autograph Manuscript Signed by Lincoln in text constituting his official transcript of the "<i>Subscription Book of the Capital Stock of the Alton and Sangamon Rail Road Company</i>" incorporated February 27 1847 transcribed in early 1851. Comprising a cover sheet titled in Lincoln's hand the joint stock subscription statement and list of 91 shareholders with the number of shares subscribed and leaf with Lincoln's legal docket: "<i>Alton and Sangamon Railroad Company vs. James A. Barret. Copy of contents of subscription book</i>." 8 pp. 6â… x 8¼ x ¼ in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>The Alton and Sangamon Rail Road Company was chartered in 1847 to construct a line from Alton via New Berlin to Springfield. In 1850 however the Illinois General Assembly approved a more direct route bypassing the landholdings of some investors. Claiming breach of contract James A. Barret refused to make further installment payments for his 30 shares of stock as did several others who no longer stood to benefit from the new line. In 1851 Lincoln was hired to compel the defaulting shareholders to pay the balance of their promised investment.</p><p>The tactical details are spelled out in a February 19 1851 letter from Lincoln to William Martin a commissioner for the sale of the company's stock. Four suits were to be brought against stockholders who had subscribed to the initial offering but had then failed to make the additional installment payments. In preparation Lincoln listed the essential documents he would need in order to win a judgment. "We must prove" he advised Martin "that the defendant is a Stockholder" "that the calls have been made" and "that due notice of the calls has been given." To show that the defendants were in fact stockholders Lincoln explained he needed to produce "the subscription book with the defendant's name and proof of the genuineness of the signature together with any competent parole or evidence that he made the advance payment" Basler 2:99.</p><p>Lincoln's meticulous transcript of the subscription book was a key piece of the evidence filed in Sangamon Circuit Court on February 22 1851. The book includes Barret's name and the subscription statement transcribed by Lincoln on page two is explicit about the shareholders' obligations.</p><p><i>We the subscribers to the Capital Stock of the Alton and Sangamon Rail Road Company.do hereby agree.to pay the balance of the installments due on said stock by us subscribed when the same may be called for by the board of Directors of said Company when duly organized in conformity with the Charter approved February 27th 1847.</i></p><p>"<i>A. Lincoln</i>" with six shares for $600 is prominent among the 91 subscriber names. The only other known record of a Lincoln stock purchase dates from 1836 when he bought one share in the Beardstown and Sangamon Canal.</p><p>In June of 1847 as head of a committee to promote subscriptions for the projected railroad Lincoln wrote an open letter to the "People of Sangamon County" appealing for their support. Railroad construction was booming and Lincoln anticipated that a line between Springfield and Alton would prove a lucrative investment for himself and his state. "The whole is a matter of pecuniary interest" he argued. "The proper question for us is whether with reference to the present and the future and to direct and indirect results it is our interest to subscribe. If it can be shown that it is we hope few will refuse" Basler 1:396-398.</p><p>The list of subscribers is itself of considerable interest. It includes John Hay 1775-1865 the grandfather of Lincoln's later secretary John Hay 2 shares Ninian W. Edwards 1809-1889 husband of Mary Todd Lincoln's sister 20 shares John T. Stuart 1807-1885 Lincoln's law partner 5 shares Henry Yates 1786-1865 father of Illinois governor Richard Yates 10 shares Noah W. Matheny 1815-1877 clerk of Sangamon County and others. In the subscription book Henry Yates hedging his bets has added a condition beneath his name: "<i>if the Road intersects the M. & S R R at New Berlin.</i>"</p><p>Lincoln was mindful of the critical issues raised by the Alton and Sangamon lawsuits and "took extraordinary pains to construct an airtight case for his client" Donald p.155. To Martin he pointed out the legal issues adding "I have labored hard to find the law" in preparation for the trials. In the end two of the defaulting stockholders paid their delinquent calls. The suits against James A. Barret and Joseph Klein came to trial in the Sangamon Circuit Court in August of 1851 with Lincoln handling both the trials and the appeals for the railroad.</p><p>Lincoln's preparation proved its worth – the rulings were in favor of the railroad. "Illinois Supreme Court Justice Samuel H. Treat ruled that public utility superseded private profit. If Barret had won the case other stockholders would balk at fulfilling their obligations. The rule of caveat emptor protected corporate management from stockholder's personal interests and encouraged subsequent investment" <i>Lincoln Legal Briefs</i> Oct-Dec 1990 no. 16 online.</p><p>At the time he transcribed this document Lincoln was an attorney on the 8th Judicial Circuit and also managed a thriving appellate and federal court practice. He handled a number of railroad-related cases representing both private individuals as well as the railroads themselves. He was not as some have argued a hired gun for corporate interests. Rather as his law partner William Herndon described him Lincoln was "purely and entirely a case lawyer."</p><p>The fact that Lincoln despite his commitment to railroading often handled suits against the carriers casts light on his understanding of the lawyer's role in society…He simply could not afford to take only one side in legal disputes. Nor did Lincoln pursue some political or philosophical agenda through litigation. He was not concerned with developing a consistent legal ideology. His business as Donald reminds us "was law not morality." James W. Ely "Lincoln as Railroad Attorney" Indiana Historical Society Symposium April 15-16 2005</p><p>Though a prominent lawyer Lincoln was still smarting over recent political defeats. Elected to the U.S. Congress in 1846 he had served out his term but his outspoken opposition to the Mexican-American War had cost him any chance at a second term. He subsequently failed in his attempt to become commissioner of the General Land Office. Lincoln declined an appointment as governor of the Oregon Territory instead returning to his law practice with William H. Herndon in Springfield Illinois. He would not attempt a political comeback until 1854.</p><p>The rail line was ultimately highly profitable. Lincoln's overriding belief in the broader benefits of internal improvements is best expressed in a speech he delivered before Congress in 1848.</p><p>Let the nation take hold of the larger works and the states the smaller ones; and thus working in a meeting direction discreetly but steadily and firmly what is made unequal in one place may be equalized in another extravagance avoided and the whole country put on that career of prosperity which shall correspond with it's extent of territory it's natural resources and the intelligence and enterprize of it's people.</p> books
196424885NY: Playbill 1964. Tall 8vo pages not numbered. Program of the first subscription series 1964 of the Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center. Illustrated. Paper wraps. A nice copy. Playbill unknown books
1990UMILAID00NJNational Academy Press 1990. Very Good. MIller Heather G. AIDS : The Second Decade. Turner Charles F.; Moses Lincoln E. Washington D. C.: National Academy Press 1990. 495pp. Indexed. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. National Academy Press hardcover books
1989109043Washington: National Academy Press 1989. Hardcover. xiii 589p. preface summary notes conclusions bibliographies essays index illustrated with tables and figures very good first edition in laminated hardcovers. National Academy Press hardcover books
1865102324<p> Newspaper 16" x 22" six columns of text small Lincoln engraving 4 pp. Folded at center a few tears and chips at folds and extremities some loss of text at the center fold some aging and browning and a little uneven darkening; despite these faults the paper is in decent condition overall for a newspaper from this period. Dated April 26 1865 this paper provides considerable detail on Lincoln's funeral. The coverage includes an OBIT on Lincoln and a small engraving of the slain president. Most of the coverage is on the second page of the newspaper. The articles include stories on events at the capital to honor Lincoln and the impact of the event on a grieving nation.</p> books
1718102323<p> Newspaper 16" x 22" six columns of text 4 pp. Folded at center several tears and chips at folds and extremities some loss of text Lincoln text less affected some aging and browning and some uneven darkening ; in about fair condition overall for a newspaper from this period. Dated April 17 1865 this is a relatively early account of the Lincoln assassination. Most of the coverage is on the second and third pages of the newspaper. The articles include stories on the "death bed scene" the attacks on Secretary Seward and his son the national reaction and reports on those involved in the plot. Some interesting coverage of a national event in a local newspaper.</p> books
18389774New York: John F Trow 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Light shelf/edge wear sunning at spine dampstain marks on front board evidence of a lifted book plate at front pastedown small closed tear at ffep light foxing at endpages loss at the top of rfep likely an owner name removal else tight bright and unmarred. Green textured cloth binding frontispiece. 12mo. 158pp plus advert. Illus. b/w plate. <br/><br/>On November 7 1837 Elijah Parish Lovejoy borning in Albion Maine was killed by a pro-slavery mob while defending the site of his press The Saint Louis Observer renowned for producing abolitionist tracts. For many Lovejoy was a martyr to the cause of free speech. His death deeply affected many Northerners and greatly strengthened the abolitionist anti-slavery cause and effectively proved that slavery posed a danger to the liberties of all Americans. Emerson was appalled by the incident and in response delivered an address in Concord focusing on the necessity of preserving free speech.the address does not survive in finished form. OCLC locates 11 copies. Howes L-348; Sabin 41268; Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12163 John F Trow hardcover books
1838716931838. New York 1838 Only edition. New York 1838 Only edition. An Important Event in the History of Freedom of the Press and Abolition Trial. Lincoln William S. Reporter. Trow John Fowler Editor. Alton Trials: Of Winthrop S. Gilman Who Was Indicted with Enoch Long Amos B. Roff George H. Walworth George H. Whitney William Harned John S. Noble James Morss Jr. Henry Tanner Royal Weller Reuben Gerry And Thaddeus B. Hurlbut; For the Crime of Riot Committed on the Night of the 7th of November 1837 While Engaged in Defending a Printing Press From an Attack Made on It at That Time By an Armed Mob. Written Out From Notes of the Trial Taken at the Time By a Member of the Bar of the Alton Municipal Court. Also The Trial of John Solomon Levi Palmer Horace Beall Josiah Nutter Jacob Smith David Butler William Carr And James M. Rock Together with James Jennings Solomon Morgan And Frederick Bruchy; For a Riot Committed in Alton On the Night of the 7th on November 1837 in Unlawfully and Forcibly Entering the Warehouse of Godfrey Gilman & Co. And Breaking Up and Destroying a Printing Press. Written out from notes taken at the time of trial by William S. Lincoln. New York: Published by John F. Trow 1838. iv 5-158 1 pp. Lithographed frontispiece. Last page is a publisher's advertisement. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/4". Original patterned cloth gilt title to spine. A few minor dampspots to boards spine ends and corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge just starting at head. Light toning somewhat heavier in places occasion light foxing. $650. Only edition. In 1837 a mob destroyed a printing establishment in Alton Illinois that produced abolitionist tracts owned by Elijah Parish Lovejoy an important abolitionist. He was killed while trying to defend his press. For many Lovejoy was a martyr to the cause of free speech. Abolitionists said this event proved that slavery posed a danger to the liberties of all Americans. OCLC locates 11 copies in U.S. law schools. William Lincoln was a member of the Alton Bar. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12163. unknown books
