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THE ORPHEUS C. KERR PAPERS
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THE ORPHEUS C. KERR PAPERS

by Newell, Robert Henry

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3 volumes in custom slipcase.
Robert Henry Newell's The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers presented the first published collections of the writings of one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite humorists.
When General Montgomery Miegs told Lincoln he had not read Kerr's volumes, the president exclaimed, "any one who has not read them must be a heathen!"
Included are The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. NY: Blakeman & Mason, 1862. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Second Series. NY: Carleton, 1863. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Third Series. NY: Carleton, 1865. Above average condition, cloth covers and endsheets.
All volumes show wear typical of their age, including lightly chipped extremities; light toning and minor foxing; vol. 1 rear hinge starting; else very good. Housed in a handsome brown cloth custom slipcase; faux leather with gilt lettering. Slipcase shows a minor gouge in the gilt lettering for volume 1.
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OUR AMERICAN  COUSIN
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OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS

by Tom Taylor

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Tom Taylor's Our American Cousin, script printed in 1869.
Orange printed wrappers.
This is the show that was playing at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865. Laura Keene, who was in the play the night Lincoln was shot, had acquired the rights to Our American Cousin in 1858.
Except for manuscript prompt books to be used by the actors, this edition became the first time it had been in print since that tragic night. Indeed, even this printing was not officially "published" at all, it being still too sensitive for general distribution.
A page in the front has a listing of the "Original Cast of Characters / Laura Keene's Theatre, New York, October 15, 1858."
The very last words Lincoln had heard on this earth appear on page 37: "Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal, you sockdologizing old man-trap."
An excellent example of this scarce piece.
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