Auction: March 27, 2022

Lot #364: Lincoln Book Assortment

(13) volumes including "Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas", published by Follett, Foster and Co., Columbus 1860, gilt stamped cloth, reference: Howes USiana #L-338; "The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery" by Isaac Newton Arnold, published by Clarke & Co., Chicago 1866, 1st edition, half leather over marbled boards, engraved frontispiece, #1008 on the "Check list of Chicago ante-fire imprints, 1851-1871"; a disbound copy of the "Emancipation Proclamation, General Orders No. 1" from "General Orders of the War Department 1863" (4) pages housed in a half-leather over marbled boards folder, accompanied by an informational sheet from Kenneth Nebenzahl, Chicago bookseller, references: Grolier American 100, #71, Managhan #182; (8) additional 19th century tributes and biographical works on Lincoln, including a disbound c.1860 campaign biography; together with "Life and services of Gen. John A. Logan" by George Dawson 1887 1st edition, full leather