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Price: $100.00
Publisher: 1870
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 019121
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Letter written in ink on 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" paper. One page. Dated June 12, 1870 and written in Lynchburg, VA. Edward A. Pollard (1832-1872) was a Southern journalist and author from Virginia. He advocated for secession, the maintenance of slavery, and pro-Confederacy ideas for most of his life, but by the early 1870s, Pollard had changed his opinions and supported Northern capitalism, limited civil rights, and African American voting rights. During the Civil War, he was the editor of the Daily Richmond Examiner. He was imprisoned for much of 1864 by Union forces for his political a... View more info
By: Pollock, J. S.
Price: $37.50
Publisher: 1918
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 8939
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Autograph two page letter (8 x 10 inch) signed, on lined sheets. Dated April 8, 1918 from Little Rock, Arkansas. Letter to a family friend (Mrs. Barnett) commenting on news of WWI, health and discussing mutual friends. J.S. Pollock (c.1840- ) was working in the post office in St. Louis when the Civil War broke out and was appointed Post Master in a number of southern cities after the Union Army liberated them. Among the cities were Memphis (1862), Vicksburg (1863), and Little Rock (1864). After the Civil War he remained in the Postal System and later went into banking. Some evidence of folding... View more info
By: Poore, Ben: Perley and O.H. Tiffany
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Philadelphia etc. (and) San Francisco, Hubbard Bros. (and) A.L. Bancroft: 1885
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 019050
Condition: Very Good
Publisher's illustrated green cloth. All edges gilt. Illustrated with portraits and drawings throughout. Former owner's signature on front end paper. 594 pages, complete. 6 1/4 x 8 inches. View more info
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Chicago, IL, Chicago Historical Society: 1918
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 019547
Condition: Very Good
Original publisher's brown wrapper. April 4, 1918. 6" x 9 1/4." Twenty-nine pages, complete. One-page biography of the author in the back. A clean copy. Addison G. Procter (1838-1925) was a delegate from Kansas to the Republican National Convention of 1860 which nominated Abraham Lincoln as a presidential candidate. He was also a delegate from Michigan to the Convention of 1916. This is Procter's personal account presented to the Chicago Historical Society of the Convention of 1860. Referenced in Monaghan, the Lincoln Bibliography, no. 2387. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Gettysburg, Penn., Times and News Publishing Company.: 1939
Seller ID: 724
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Wraps. View more info
By: Ray, P. Orman
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Chicago, IL, The University of Chicago Press: 1916
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 019560
Condition: Very Good
Original publisher's brown wrapper with staple binding. May 16, 1916. 6" x 9 1/4." Thirty-eight pages, complete. Pages and covers are clean. From Monaghan, the Lincoln Bibliography, no. 2263: "Based on official records and accounts in newspapers. Contains diagram of the interior of the Wigwam." P. Orman Ray refers to these personal accounts from newspapers to describe the Convention of 1860, which took place in a building called the Wigwam in Chicago. View more info
By: Remlap, L. T.
Price: $37.50
Publisher: New York, Hurst & Company: 1885
Seller ID: 713
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Cloth. 2 volumes. Later edition. Remlap is a pseud. for L.T. Palmer View more info
By: Rice, Wallace; Illinois Centennial Commission
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Springfield, IL, 1918
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 019543
Condition: Very Good
Original publisher's white wrapper with staple binding. October 4-5, 1918. Coliseum, Illinois State Fair Grounds, Springfield, IL. 6" x 9." Seventeen pages, complete. Pages and front cover are clean. Very light foxing on back cover. A program for "The Masque of Illinois," a play that chronicles the history of Illinois using historic events and symbolism. Front cover has an illustrated side portrait of Abraham Lincoln on front cover. Black and white reprinted portrait of the Governor of Illinois, Frank O. Lowden, and three black and white reprinted photographs of actres... View more info
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Riddle, OR, The Riddle Enterprise: 1920
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 019130
Condition: Very Good
Original publisher's wrapper. 5 3/4" x 7 1/2." Seventy-four pages, complete. Pages and front and back covers are very clean. Very minimal wear on the covers. A first edition of a much reprinted book. From Lannon W. Mintz, The Trail; no. 392: "This is a reprint of the article as it first appeared in the Riddle Enterprise [newspaper]. Riddle emigrated to Oregon in 1851 from Springfield, Illinois." George W. Riddle (1839-1927) was a pioneer who served in the military during the Civil War. He also won election for Douglas County judge and served in the Oregon legislature s... View more info
By: Rogers, Cornelia and Lillia Dowling
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Chicago, Root & Cady: 1863
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 018493
Condition: Fine
Original white wrapper with decorated black boarder surrounding black lettering on the front cover. 9 3/4 X 12 3/4 inches. 4 pages. This sentimental song tells of a young woman saying goodbye to the man she loves as he goes to war. Light foxing on all pages. First page has been mended with white tape. Pages are clean and complete. View more info
By: Root, Geo. F.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Chicago, Root & Cady: 1864
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 018480
Condition: Fine
Original white wrapper with black lettering and black and white designs on the front cover. 9 3/4 X 11 3/4 inches. 4 pages. A popular song of the Civil War. George F. Root wrote both the words and music to give hope to the Union prisoners. Root (1820-1895) was an American song writer and teacher. This copy has foxing on all pages. The first page is torn with a small chip. Pages are clean and complete. View more info
By: Root, Geo. F.
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Chicago, Root & Cady: 1864
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 018491
Condition: Fine
Original white wrapper with detailed black and white illustrations surrounding black lettering on the front cover. 9 3/4 X 13 inches. 4 pages. Root (1820-1895) was an American composer. "Just Before The Battle, Mother" was a popular song for The Union Army. "Just Before The Battle, Mother" tells the story of a young man thinking of home while on the field awaiting the battle. Foxing on all pages. The first page has been mended with white tape. Music and scores are still legible. A small tear along the bottom edge of the front cover. Pages are clean and complete. View more info
Price: $37.50
Publisher: New York, Cosmopolitan Book Corporation: 1931
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 020807
Condition: Fine
Original publisher's blue cloth binding with a multicolored dust wrapper that has an illustrated portrait of James G. Blaine on the front panel and a small illustration of an eagle on the spine. Dust wrapper in mylar. Gilt lettering on front cover of the book. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4." 446 pages, complete. Eight black and white plates, complete. Index in the back. Back panel of the dust wrapper has an advertisement for two other biographies. Pages and covers of the book are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Dust wrapper is very clean and intact overall. Dust wrapper has very s... View more info
By: Russell, L. E.; Miner, William Harvey (Introduction)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Cedar Rapids, IA, The Torch Press: 1910
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 019591
Condition: Very Good
Catalog No. 21. Original publisher's brown wrapper. October 1910. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2." Twenty-four pages, complete. A brief bibliography of Lincoln memorabilia listed in alphabetical order. Introduction by William Harvey Miner. Printed on the inside of the back cover is an advertisement for a publication about Abraham Lincoln and William Herndon. On the back cover is an advertisement for a poster commemorating the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Pages are clean and intact. Covers are clean and intact except for a small chip in the lower-right corner of the front ... View more info
By: Sawyer, Charles Carroll and Henry Tucker
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y., Sawyer & Thompson: 1868
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 018479
Condition: Fine
Original white wrapper with black lettering on the front cover. 10 X 13 inches. 4 pages. One of the best selling songs during the war in both Union and Confederate States. Charles Carroll Sawyer wrote the song, while Henry Tucker composed and arranged. This song is about a young lady missing her solider who is fighting the war. Light foxing. Several small spots on the front cover. Text is not affected. Copy is clean and complete. View more info
By: Sawyer, Charles Carroll. Arranged by C. F. Thompson
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y., Sawyer & Thompson: 1863
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 018490
Condition: Fine
Original white wrapper with decorated black boarder with black lettering on the front cover. 10 X 13 inches. 4 pages. Sawyer (1833-1890) was one of the most successful musical composers of the day. "Who Will Care For Mother Now?" sold over a half million copies before the end of the war. Sawyers songs were unique in the they were popular in both armies. This song is about a young man who was the sole support of his sick mother, overhears surgeons tell his comrades that he will not live. Upon hearing this, the young man says "Who Will Care For Mother Now?" Copy has been folded a... View more info
By: Selby, Paul
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Chicago, IL, The Chicago Historical Society: 1909
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 019556
Condition: Fine
Original publisher's brown wrapper with staple binding. Address given February 27, 1906. Published February 12, 1909. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4." Twenty-seven pages, complete. Black and white reprinted photograph of Thomas Ball's Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C. is included. Published by the Chicago Historical Society to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday. A brief biography of Paul Selby is included in the back. Pages and covers are very clean. Staples are rusting but hardly affect the covers and do not affect the pages or text. An address by Paul S... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers: 1860
Seller ID: 4520
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Speech title: "The State of the Country". Front and rear covers separated from lower spine. Upper 2" missing from front cover. 27 pages. Numerous passages underlined in ink. The issue of slavery is discussed as it relates to states being admitted into the Union. Threats of disunion were made. "Specific enactments admitted California as a labor State, and remanded New Mexico and Utah to remain Territories, with the right to choose freedom or slavery when ripened into states." "These new enactments, collated with the existing statutes, namely, the ordinance of 1787, the M... View more info
By: Sippell, J.
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Cincinnati, J. Church Jr.: 1860
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 018486
Condition: Fine
Original white wrapper with black lettering on the front cover. 10 X 13 inches. 4 pages. This copy is clean and complete. View more info
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Berkeley, Ca, University of California Press: 1939
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 018519
Condition: Fine
Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 inches. 314 pages which include 10 pages of index. Copy also contains 7 pages of black and white photographs and a map. Small (1836-1910) was an America Civil War veteran and Major of the Sixteenth Maine Volunteers. He was in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. At Gettysburg, Major Small lost 180 of 200 men. He was captured at the Battle of Globe Tavern in August, 1864 and was a prisoner at Libby, Salisbury and Danville. He was released in time to lead his regiment in the final day o... View more info
