[Rarebooks] fs: Lincoln Monument Dedication Poem, 1907

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 6217 )  Lord, James Judson. LINCOLN MONUMENT DEDICATION POEM, DELIVERED AT OAK RIDGE CEMETERY, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 15, 1874.
(Danville, Ill): (Illinois Printing Co.), (1907). First printing, Full cloth, 9½" x 8", [23 pages], black and white drawings. Near Fine.
      James Judson Lord's poem, read at the dedication of Abraham Lincoln's tomb and memorial in 1874. Printed on rectos only. Illustrated with sketches by W. Jerome Willoughby. MONAGHAN #1538. Bound in black cloth over boards with gilt-stamped title on upper board. Top fore corners bumped, moderate extremity rubs. Front free endpaper has a cleanly repaired tear at lower fore corner. Prior owner name penned neatly along top edge of front pastedown.    $125.00 
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