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186512378Philadelphia: John E. Potter 1865. FIRST EDITION. With engraved frontispiece. Gray pebbled cloth decorated in gilt some light wear especially to corners some chipping to head and foot of spine. Aside from a few minor smudges to first couple of pages interior is very good. First edition. An in-depth biography of Lincoln with emphasis on his political career. It contains excerpts from a number of speeches and shorter messages. Interesting as to the contemporary ownership inscription. Monaghan 466. John E. Potter unknown
186423084New York: Sold at 13 Park Row and at all Democratic Newspaper Offices 1864. 8pp caption title disbound a bit of blank margin wear Good. At head of title: 'Document No. 12.' <br /> <br /> This Democratic Party campaign pamphlet portrays President Lincoln as an incompetent military strategist who perpetually "interfered with General McClellan both when he was general-in-chief and afterward when he commanded the brave Army of the Potomac." Worse Lincoln has "The Taint of Disunion." He not McClellan the Democratic presidential candidate supported the Jeffersonian right of revolution in a speech during his single term in Congress. He and other "ultra abolitionists" are the "original secessionists and disunion men." <br /> George McClellan wants the rebel States to return to the Union but Lincoln's policies render that impossible. Lincoln "regards the States as dead and gone. He magnifies and strengthens the position of the Richmond dynasty" by seeking to negotiate "only with Jefferson Davis." <br /> Monaghan 326. Not in LCP. Sold at 13 Park Row, and at all Democratic Newspaper Offices unknown
186454101New York: printed by Thomas R. Dawley 13 Park Row and at all Democratic Newspaper Offices 1864. 8vo. 8 pp unpaginated. bound into mostly blank volume. Half-calf over marbled boards marbled endpapers raised bands on spine red black & gilt morocco spine labels minor scuffing wear to corners still VG copy from the library of noted New York City book collector Thomas Bell with his bookplate designed by Nancy Barnhart on front pastedown who was noted for his impressive library devoted mostly to Americana with many titles on Lincoln and sold at Anderson Galleries Auction in 1917. First edition of this scarce Democratic Party Copperhead influenced presidential campaign pamphlet perpetuating the complaints of mistreatment by Democratic candidate and former Civil War general George B. McClellan. This piece appears to have been published at the height of the Cold Harbor campaigns by the Union Army under command of Lieut. General Ulysses S. Grant which were suffering heavy casualties and significant blows to northern morale during the Civil War. The opening letter from President Lincoln denotes his complete confidence in Grant for the 1864 campaigns. In contrast McClellan has presented all of the attempts by Lincoln to encourage move troops and override orders from General as commander of the Union Army. In addition the Democratic ticket under McClellan wanted to negotiate with the Confederates immediately and place the agreement before the voters. Subsequent Documents included further charges against President Lincoln’s arbitrary arrests corruption and frauds Republican opinions about Lincoln and more. Dawley was self-styled as the Publisher to the Million and established himself at 13 and 15 Park Row as the “cheapest printer in the world†whose most successful Civil War publication was the best seller Incidents of American Camp Life. See: Nicolay & Hay Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln Bibliography No. 271; Philip R. Bishop Princes May Compete For But Only Huntingtons Can Buy Endpapers 2012 pp. 14-16. (printed by Thomas R. Dawley) 13 Park Row, and at all Democratic Newspaper Offices, hardcover
186540934Washington: Designed & Drawn by Bruff. Engraved by Dempsey & O'Toole 1865. Engraved broadside invitation 10-1/2" x 7-1/2" printed on heavy card stock engraved by Dempsey & O'Toole Designed & Drawn by Bruff to the Ball celebrating the second inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln and the inauguration of Vice President Andrew Johnson. The name of the invitee is not filled in. Fine.<br /> <br /> The attractively engraved invitation has detailed engraved portraits of Lincoln and Johnson flanked by two iconic American Eagles perched atop Corinthian columns. The Eagle on the left holds a rattlesnake in its beak reminiscent of the "Dont Tread on Me" flag. The pillars rest on three steps labeled "1777-83" "1812-15" and "1860-65." Beneath the portraits a three-column list of Managers is printed including prominent political and military figures of the time such as outgoing Vice President Hamlin Generals Grant Sherman Thomas Sheridan Doubleday Winfield Scott Hancock and Admirals Farragut and Porter. "E Pluribus Unum" and "We Are One and Indissoluble" are inscribed on banners wrapped around the columns<br /> The 1865 Inaugural Ball was held on March 6 1865 not March 4 at the Patent Office in Washington D.C. now home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery.<br /> OCLC records about ten locations under several accession numbers as of May 2025. Designed & Drawn by Bruff. Engraved by Dempsey & O'Toole unknown
186512453Boston: William V. Spencer 1865. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers lightly soiled crease to rear wrapper. A near fine copy of this scarce pamphlet. First edition of this poem one of 250 copies printed. Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin 1837-1914 was a prolific writer and artist. He was appointed ambassador to Persia and served there between 1883-1885. Monaghan 399. William V. Spencer unknown
186436792Ohio 1864. Broadside ticket listing Union Ticket candidates for elections in 1864 beneath illustration of the American Flag. Several candidates are listed for "Supreme Judge" plus candidates for Secretary of State Attorney General Comptroller of the Treasury Board of Public Works; and for Congress John A. Bingham. Some edge wear text complete horizontal fold. Good. unknown
18771465621877-1880. Unique 19th-century autograph album containing the signatures of six American presidents fifteen senators several cabinet members and governors including Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant James Buchanan and Franklin Pierce. Narrow quarto bound in one quarter period dark brown cloth over stiff marbled wrappers the autograph album is a repurposed 19th-century caucus record dating from ca. 1870. The caucus book is alphabetically tab-indexed and filled out in ink voters are tracked by their name with caucus results appearing in the back. Although this is labeled “Ward 5†in the first page the term "Ward" was flexible in its usage. This could have been for a Ward election precinct caucus legislative congressional or state convention caucus. The autographs are mounted over the caucus records in their respective alphabetical tab. Also mounted at front are 6 printed pieces of 19th-century ephemera. The autograph album was assembled between 1877 and 1880 and can be dated by a contemporary pencil note that John Sherman had transitioned from the Senate to be Secretary of the Treasury. From the collection of a Mr. Boyd a 19th-century Ward politician in the upper Midwest Minnesota or Wisconsin. The Presidential autographs are primarily clipped from Presidential appointments and include: Abraham Lincoln James Buchanan Ulysses S. Grant Andrew Johnson Franklin Pierce and Rutherford B. Hayes. In very good condition. A very rare and unique collection. hardcover
186041812Chicago: Press & Tribune Office 1860. Caption title as issued. 44pp. Stitched. Widely scattered light foxing. Near Fine. At head of title: "PRICE 5 Cents per Single Copy; $3.00 per Hundred; $25.00 Per Thousand."<br /> <br /> The "stenographic report" Monaghan of the country's most significant political convention with a record of all activities including speeches platform and the balloting for President and Vice President. Unlike modern conventions the winner of this one was far from clear. Several formidable candidates-- including Seward Chase Bates and Fremont--- stood in Lincoln's way. Although he had planned his strategy with great intelligence Lincoln was a true 'Dark Horse.' <br /> "Instead of attending in person Lincoln was represented by his friend and campaign manager Illinois judge David Davis whose initiative and deal-making skills despite his candidate's disapproval of such behind-the-scenes maneuvering is widely credited with his eventual nomination. Davis did however follow Lincoln's instruction in forming their general strategy as he maneuvered throughout the building nicknamed The Wigwam. <br /> "To make up for his meagre resume compared to Seward and Chase his team thought it prudent to not go on the attack against the frontrunners and instead become 'everybody's second choice.' through the convention's ranked voting system. His campaign also used the convention to start forging Lincoln's image as the Rail-Splitter a reference to his working-class background and a potential golden opportunity to appeal to the common laborers in the industrial Northern states who stood to benefit the most from the Republicans' Free Soil ideology. They also made direct appeals to delegates from the critical swing states of Pennsylvania and Indiana. When voting began on the 18th Davis and his allies felt confident in their chances to pull ahead. The first ballot placed Seward predictably with the highest vote total of 173.5 but not enough to win a majority while Lincoln followed with a total of 102. The second round bumped Lincoln's total number of votes to 181. The momentum on Lincoln's side continued to surge into the third round where Lincoln received a total of 231.5 votes still not enough to be nominated until David Cartter leader of the Ohio delegation announced his decision to switch support from Chase to Lincoln making him the 1860 Republican nominee for President" American Battlefield Trust 'Inside the Wigwam'.<br /> Ante-Fire Imprints 504. Monaghan 76. Sabin 65894. Press & Tribune Office unknown
186335588Auburn N.Y. 1863. Broadside 8" x 12-1/4". Very Good.<br /> <br /> Congressman Pomeroy of Auburn who represented New York in Congress during the Civil War years and early Reconstruction has high praise for Colonel Clark serving on the staff of General Banks and recently wounded in the advance on Port Hudson. <br /> In the earliest days of the War during the Baltimore disorders he "mingled during the day and following night with the populace and rioters gathered all possible information and on the following morning returned to Washington and laid the information before the military authorities. Communications with Annapolis being cut off he accepted the hazardous position of bearer of dispatches from the War Department to Gen'l Butler and of the seventeen messengers sent on that mission was the only one who succeeded in reaching his destination without arrest and that was accomplished only by a night march on foot of twenty-five miles in a country with which he was unfamiliar and by swimming the Patuxent within sound of the voices of the enemies sentinels." <br /> OCLC 768761257 1- Allen Cy Pub. Lib. as of November 2025. unknown
188834892New York: North American Publishing Company 1888. Early Printing With portrait frontispiece and 27 full-page illustrations throughout including many facsimiles of Lincoln autograph letters and manuscripts. Thick 8vo original polished green cloth gilt lettered on the spine and upper cover and decorated on both covers with gilt emblematic devices. lxix 13656 pp. A handsome copy bright and with little evidence of wear or use with some overall evidence of age the binding tight and strong the text-block clean. Reminiscences of the President by distinguished men of the time. There are contributions by Ulysses S. Grant Frederick Douglas Henry Ward Beecher Walt Whitman Cassius Clay and many others. A touching tribute to the 16th President of the United States. North American Publishing Company hardcover
188832325New York: North American Publishing Company 1888. Early Printing With portrait frontispiece and full-page illustrations throughout including many facsimiles of Lincoln autograph letters and manuscipts. 8vo original polished green cloth gilt lettered and decorated on the spine and covers with emblematic devices. lxix 13656. A good copy with some wear and evidence of age and use to the extremities of the binding. Reminiscences of the President by distinguished men of the time. There are contributions by Ulysses S. Grant Frederick Douglas Henry Ward Beecher Walt Whitman Cassius Clay and many others. A touching tribute to the 16th President of the United States. North American Publishing Company hardcover
186537441New York: Currier & Ives. 152 Nassau Street 1865. Lithograph print oblong 13-1/2" x 18." Uncolored depicting Booth shooting Lincoln in the back of the head Mrs. Lincoln Miss Harris and Major Rathbone sharing the theater box with him. Minor dusting in the margins. Very Good plus.<br /> <br /> A related print by Currier & Ives lists the names of the occupants in the theater box. See 165 Eberstadt 460. This variant does not list the occupants' names.<br /> "This lithograph records the shocking moment when Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. As a famous actor Booth had free access to Ford's Theatre and had gone there to collect his mail on April 14 when he learned of the president's intention to attend a play that evening. Booth was the leader of a group of pro-Confederate conspirators determined to prevent the South's defeat and when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9 they decided to kill Lincoln and other key Union leaders hoping to destabilize the war effort and allow Confederate armies still in the field to rally. Major Henry Rathbone who rises at left to restrain Booth was subsequently stabbed but survived. Lincoln died the next morning" The MET online.<br /> Currier & Ives Gallery C0291. Not in Reilly. Currier & Ives. 152 Nassau Street unknown
186580642New York:: Derby and Miller 1865. First edition. later 20th c. attractive rebinding in quarter gilt-lettered morocco and cloth sides. Bookplate or pocket removal on rear pastedown; no other institutional indicia; clean tight and sound. 8vo. With a Steep Portrait and other Illustrations. To Which are Added Anecdotes and Personal Reminiscences of President Lincoln by Frank B. Carpenter. Derby and Miller, hardcover
186412446Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson 1864. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers lacking rear wrapper; front wrapper lightly chipped and soiled some occasional scattered foxing. Still a very good uncut copy. First edition of this scarce wrapper issue. Monaghan 366. T.B. Peterson unknown
186680753Springfield MAss.:: Gurdon Bill 1866. First edition. publisher's embossed leather. Spine a bit faded; leather scuffed at extremities; tight and sound. Contents fine. 8vo. Illustrated from engravings. Gurdon Bill, hardcover
1865102320<p> Newspaper 16" x 23" uncut six columns of text 8 pp. Folded at center some tears and a little loss of text at center fold but not significant other chips tears and folds mostly at extremities normal aging and darkening uncut and center pages probably never read; good or better for a newspaper and still very presentable.</p><p>Dated April 21 1865 this paper covers events of the Lincoln assassination Most of the front page and part of the last page are dedicated to Lincoln's death. The Herald discusses the eminent capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives an updat on Secretary Seward"s condition. The paper also carries a story on the conspiracy to kill Lincoln and an arrest made in Baltimore. The Herald gives a clear picture of a nation in mourning and the large crowds that turned out for a final viewing of the late president. An important piece of American History. </p>
1865102321<p> Newspaper 16" x 23" uncut six columns of text 8 pp. Folded at center some tears and a little loss of text at center fold but not significant other chips tears and folds mostly at extremities some aging and browning a little uneven darkening uncut and center pages probably never read; good or better for a newspaper and still very presentable. Dated April 26 1865 this paper covers events relating to the Lincoln funeral. The Herald reports that 750000 stood in silence during the funeral procession and that there were many disappointed mourners who didn't get a chance to join the 150000 that had a chance to make it to view the body. The paper gives details about the funeral procession and the final church services for the slain president. An important piece of American History.</p>
186085724Chicago: Charles Leib 1860. Very Good. Four-page newspaper. A couple of small holes various brown spots and other bits of minor wear A campaign newspaper for Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential Campaign of 1860. We note a half-column story on the front page of this issue that accuses Senator Douglas of being a Roman Catholic -- a charge based partly on the fact that Mrs. Douglas was a Catholic as were their children -- probably an effective charge in largely Protestant mid-19th century America. Our brief research suggests that Douglas was neither a Catholic nor a formal member of any other organized religious group. The purpose of another half-column story on the front page was to make it clear that Lincoln had publicly condemned the actions of John Brown and did not object to Brown's execution. Charles Leib the editor was a political operative with an unclear background who had previously edited a Democratic campaign newspaper on behalf of the Buchanan campaign in 1856. Leib served briefly as an Assistant Quartermaster in the Union Army before heading to New Mexico probably in 1863 and died there in 1865 at the age of 38. Charles Leib unknown
186482099New York:: National Union Executive Committee 1864. Creased where folded vertically and multiple times horizontally; some minor use to edges and a few tiny losses at folds; very attractive. . 11-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches. A Lincoln re-election broadside setting forth in detail and contrasting The Chicago Platform proposing "immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities" and The Baltimore Platform "quelling by force of arms the rebellion." National Union Executive Committee, unknown
186412394Philadelphia: Union League of Philadelphia 1864. FIRST EDITION. Wrappers disbound; light soiling and toning. First edition of this scarce pamphlet published during the 1864 elections in support of re-electing Lincoln as President. Monaghan 359. [Union League of Philadelphia] unknown
186340887New York: Office of the Metropolitan Record 1863. Original printed wrappers. Stitched. 29 1 blank 1- advertisement for 'The Washington Despotism Dissected' 1 blank pp. Light wear and fox. About Very Good.<br /> <br /> The Metropolitan Record whose Prospectus is printed on the rear wrapper calls itself "an unswerving opponent of fanaticism in every form and an advocate of constitutional liberty and the rights of the citizens against despotic usurpation." <br /> This pamphlet is "A mock trial wherein Lincoln was charged with treasonable intent purposes and designs and of having committed among other unconstitutional acts the following: 'Declared War against Sovereign States under pretence of repossessing himself of certain forts and other property; arresting citizens without process of law; suppressed liberty of speech; stopped publication of certain newspapers; placed the military power above the civil power; overthrown State Sovereignty; forced unconstitutional acts through Congress.' At the conclusion of the trial the Court addressed the 'Criminal' as follows: 'You have been tried and found wanting. You have been given the opportunity of saving a nation but you have stabbed it to the heart. You have converted your country into a despotism'." Eberstadt.<br /> "Quotations from Lincoln and others selected to discredit his administration" Monaghan. A second edition was printed in 1867. Sabin Monaghan and LCP do not collate the advertisement at page 31.<br /> FIRST EDITION. 111 Eberstadt 332. Monaghan 252. Sabin 41234. LCP 10399. Office of the Metropolitan Record unknown
1865106884<p>Newspaper 18 1/2" x 25 1/2" seven columns of text 4 pp. Folded at center another more subtle middle fold probably removed some chips tears and folds mostly at extremities some aging and browning a little uneven darkening ; otherwise about very good. Dated April 21 1865 this paper has several stories on the Lincoln assassination on the second and third pages of the newspaper. The articles include stories on the courage and determination of Secretary Stanton rewards posted for the capture of Booth and a nation in mourning. There is also a short report on the condition of Secretary Seward. Some interesting coverage of a national event in a local newspaper. </p>
1865biblio4<p> Newspaper 18 1/2" x 25 1/2" seven columns of text 4 pp. Folded at center another more subtle middle fold probably removed some chips tears and folds mostly at extremities some aging and browning a little uneven darkening ; otherwise about very good. Dated April 21 1865 this paper has several stories on the Lincoln assassination on the second and third pages of the newspaper. The articles include stories on the courage and determination of Secretary Stanton rewards posted for the capture of Booth and a nation in mourning. There is also a short report on the condition of Secretary Seward. Some interesting coverage of a national event in a local newspaper. </p>
1880F0812Paris, Calmann Lévy, Éditeur, ancienne maison Michel Lévy Frères, 1880 ; in-18, 4-324 pp., relié demi-cuir bleu foncé, dos orné à nerfs (intérieur: quelques rousseurs, plusieurs manques qui ne nuisent pas au texte). Anecdotes, sous forme de dialogue, des coulisses du théâtre. Bon état.
186536782New York: New York Tribune 1865. Newspaper. Good. Newspaper. Approximately 21.25" x 16.5." Folded. 8 pages. Six columns. A few ink spots top edge page 1. Previous owner paper name label top edge page 1 Wm Lockwood. Light toning and scattered foxing to the paper. Good condition.<br /> <br /> Each page of this issue has printed black vertical lines indicating mourning. Contents include extensive coverage of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln with a minute by minute accounting of his passing. Other articles include the "Attempted Murder of Secretary Seward"; "Capt. McGowan's Account of the Assassination"; "The Nations Loss"; "The Inauguration of Andrew Johnson; "Andrew Johnson's Speech on the fall of Richmond"; negotiations between General Sherman and General Johnston and several more articles on the conclusion of the Civil War. New York Tribune unknown