Search Results: Abraham Lincoln from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Clinton, MD: The Surratt Society, 1989. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff grey pictorial wrappers. v, 53pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine. Subtitled on outer wrapper "The Restoration of Historic Surratt House 1964-1989," this fine and tight keepsake features rear colophon noting limitation of 300 numbered copies (this #212) with gold-foil embossed seal. In addition, this copy bears tipped to title page a small slip signed by main compiler and former Surratt Society president Joan Chaconas.

[Madison]: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1991. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed wrappers. 52pp. Illustrations. Fine. First edition. Historical Bulletin No. 46, being Ostendorf and Neely and Lattimer's speeches delivered on 8 April 1990 at this group's annual meeting -- their fiftieth.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 270pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Endpapers ever-so-slightly age toned, as usual. A tight, handsome first edition of this study by a west central Illinois congressman ("from Lincoln's District," no less) covering (to quote the jacket's front panel) "The Years Which Forged His Greatness." Fine autograph accompaniment: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a "Congress of the United States" business-size envelope containing a 1-page Typed Note Signed from Findley, 8½" X 11", Washington, DC, 10 September 1980. Addressed to noted Lincoln and Civil War authority Ralph G. Newman (1912-98), founder of Chicago's famed Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. Near fine. Light original folds. On "Congress of the United States" letterhead, Findley (born 1921) thanks his old friend for campaign help -- in part: "Thanks for your generous support in the campaign and equally for the… Read More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1987. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with white lettering. vii, 232pp. Near fine. Wonderfully tight, handsome copy of this study, boldly inscribed and signed by the author in blue ballpoint on the front flyleaf: "To... / with best wishes / W Emerson Reck / 4/16/89." Reck (1903-95) was a noted Ohio historian and vice president of Wittenberg College. This publisher does NOT indicate edition in any verifiable manner. Small press release laid in.

Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. vii, 232pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine. An unusually pristine, tight 'n' bright first paperback edition of this 1987 study.

[Madison]: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1991. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed wrappers. 52pp. Illustrations. Fine. istorical Bulletin No. 46 -- Ostendorf, Neely and Lattimer's speeches given 8 April 1990 at this group's annual meeting -- their fiftieth. First edition.

Harrogate, TN: Lincoln Memorial University, 1939. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers. Unpaginated (5pp). Illustrations. Good. Some cover soiling. Inscribed by McClelland. Essay on the three honorary Doctor of Laws degrees conferred upon Lincoln. McClelland inscribes the front wrapper to noted collector George Truman Carl, "who has been educated / in the heart as well as the head," and dated May 5, 1942. MONAGHAN 3689.

Fort Wayne, IN: Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, 1953. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Illustrations. Near fine. A tight, quite attractive first edition of this excerpt from Beveridge's 2-volume 1928 opus "Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858" -- second chapter of the first volume. Uncommon.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1959. Hardcover. Illustrated by Paula Hutchison. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 92pp. Frontispiece, drawings, map endpapers. Very good/very good. First edition of this juvenile biography.

Vandalia, IL: Abe Lincoln Cafe, n.y.. Paperback. 24mo. Pink wrappers. 4pp. Fine. Curious little promotional piece outlining 'Outstanding Events in Lincoln's Life' (divided into 'Domestic,' 'Political,' 'Business' and 'Executive'). Undated, but circa 1930.

Fort Wayne, IN: Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, 1953. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Illustrations. Near fine. First edition of this excerpt from Beveridge's 1928 two-volume "Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858," being the second chapter of the first volume. Uncommon.

East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1928. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan boards covered in loose-woven burlap with front board paper pictorial label, pictorial dust jacket, original 2-part presentation box. Frontispiece, illustrations, red/black/silver checkerboard endpapers. Fine/near fine/very good. Only presentation box shows the most minor of wear. Eccentrically beautiful, tight and bright later printing of this 1920 production (originally published in a 1909 periodical), reissued in this funky but fascinating form. Rather scarce in such pristine condition and with jacket and presentation box present and nice. MONAGHAN 2459 note.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1954. Hardcover. Illustrations by Al Schmidt. 8vo. Tan cloth with black lettering and black and brown pictorial stamping. 217pp. Line drawings. Very good. Tight and nice later printing of these excerpts (first published 1926 with James Daugherty illustrations) of the opening chapters from Sandburg's "Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years," intended for a juvenile readership. See Monaghan 2878.

Tokyo: Kenkyusha, n.y.. Paperback. Illustrations by Clotilda Embree. Edited by Fumi Kimura. 12mo. Stiff glossy yellow wrappers, dust jacket with wraparound band. v, 64pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight, handsome and most unusual Japanese condensed edition of this 1932 Bobbs-Merrill title -- undated, but late 1950s vintage. Not the usual side-by-side English-Japanese text, but English fills the top half of each page and Japanese the bottom half. Truly uncommon and in exceptional condition.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Hardcover. Foreword by Carl Sandburg. Small 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 250pp. Near fine/good plus. Jacket quite age toned and edgeworn, with a few tiny edge chips -- but complete and overall quite presentable. A tight and quite attractive early printing of this Pulitzer Prize winner by the American playwright and screenwriter (1896-1955). Pages vii-viii list the original stage cast from the Playwrights' Company production of 1938, with of course Raymond Massey leading the way as Lincoln -- which leads to this copy's fun autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is an Autograph Note Signed by the third and last wife of Massey, Dorothy Whitney Massey (1902-82). 1p, 6" X 7", New York, NY, 13 December 1939. Addressed to Arnold Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln scholar). Near fine. Single original horizontal fold. On "Raymond Massey" letterhead, she notes: "Mr. Massey has asked me to thank you for your kind… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxviii, 607pp; vii, 741pp. Frontispieces, illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear and faint scuffing. First trade edition, tight and decent and handleable. Discreet ex-library, with very few and mostly-removed markings -- still a nice serviceable set. MONAGHAN 2999.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. 31pp. Frontispiece. Near fine. A tight and bright early printing.Surprisingly, not in Monaghan, though another Sumner Lincoln title issued that same year is. Uncommon.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. Hardcover. Introduction by Arnold Bennett. Small 8vo. Dark blue cloth spine with paper label and light blue paper over boards with blue Lincoln graphic. xii, 112pp. Very good. Some edgewear, with spine paper label rubbed. Tight, attractive early printing of this popular production.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering. xvi, 191pp. Fine. A truly pristine and tight first edition of volume #159 in the "Contributions in American History" series.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954. Hardcover. Small 4to. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiv, 762pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Faint edgewear (mainly at spine head/tail). A tight and nice first edition, sans jacket, of this hefty single volume revised abridgement of Sandburg's massive 6-volume Lincoln opus (1926 and 1939) -- but with choice autograph addition: Tipped to the inner flyleaf (facing half-title page) is a handsome unsigned Autograph Note pencilled in Sandburg's large, bold hand, 1p, 7" X 3", n.p., n.y. Reads in full: "Paul -- Do you have HC Whitney's big fancy brochure / 'The Lincoln Autographic Album'? I have / [Illinois governor Henry] Horner's copy, in case you don't have one, and / can send it on to you. You." [Closing verbatim.] Unsigned, of course, as this was a note to himself that Sandburg perhaps had an assistant type into a letter. The "Paul" to whom Sandburg writes would be Illinois historian and Lincoln scholar Paul M. Angle, one of the… Read More