[Rarebooks] fs: Lincolniana (3)

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(No. 10168 )  Houser, M[artin]. L[uther]. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, STUDENT. HIS 
BOOKS (SIGNED).
(Peoria): Privately Printed, (1932). First printing, Wrappers, Octavo, 47 
pages, black and white photographs. Very good.
      A study of Lincoln's relationship with books and an attempt to 
identify the ones he read during his lifetime. This monograph revises 
Houser's 1929 compilation of Lincoln's books, adding several titles and 
deleting one. The alphabetical list of books Lincoln read includes 
references and indicates when Lincoln's own copy is known to be extant. 
INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Houser at top recto of frontispiece. Designed and 
printed by Edward J. Jacob for private distribution. MONAGHAN #3328. Bound 
in thick soft paper covers with Yapp edges, front cover printed in dark 
brown. Covers show some chipping at head of spine, heel of spine, and two 
short sections mid-spine. Yapp edges are wrinkled and lightly rubbed. Lower 
fore corner of frontispiece shows some silverfish lacing, else fine inside. 
Scarce.    $125.00
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(No. 3370 )  Howells, W[illiam]. D[ean]. [Preface by Harry E. Pratt]. LIFE 
OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BY W. D. HOWELLS: THIS CAMPAIGN BIOGRAPHY CORRECTED BY 
THE HAND OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN THE SUMMER OF 1860 IS REPRODUCED HERE WITH 
CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE APPEARANCE OF THE ORIGINAL VOLUME.
Springfield: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1938. Limited edition, Hardcover, 
Octavo, xvii, [vi], xi-xii, 17-94 pages, + index, black & white frontispiece 
portrait. Fine.
      A faithful physical reproduction of the Lincoln portion of the 1860 
campaign biography, "The Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal 
Hamlin," written by Howells. The significance of this edition is that it is 
a facsimile of the copy which Lincoln personally read and annotated at the 
request of his friend, Samuel C. Parks, in 1860. The result is a generally 
unacknowledged "autobiography," as we herein have Lincoln's own personally 
approved version of many debated incidents in his life based on his 
pencilled corrections and margin notes along with those portions of the work 
that he let stand. The Preface by Harry Pratt gives historical background 
about Howells and this campaign biography, and some interesting analysis of 
Lincoln's corrections. The publisher's promotional leaflet for this book is 
laid in. MONAGHAN #45. Printed by R.R. Donnelly and Sons in an edition of 
1,250 copies. Bound in marbled paper over boards with black cloth spine and 
black title block on upper board lettered in gilt, slate gray topstain. 
Tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Lincoln after a Matthew Brady 
photograph. Hinges tight, prior owner bookplate on front pastedown. Lovely 
copy.    $175.00
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(No. 9900 )  Wilson, Rufus Rockwell. WHAT LINCOLN READ (INSCRIBED AND 
SIGNED).
Washington, D.C.: (Pioneer Publishing Company), 1932. Limited edition, 
Quarter cloth, Octavo, 95 pages, black and white plates, facsimiles. Near 
Fine.
      Thoroughly researched essay on the books that Lincoln read in his 
lifetime. Includes a list of the books drawn from the Library of Congress by 
the Lincolns while at the White House. This is #85 of 250 copies printed. 
Colophon is unsigned, but Wilson has inscribed and signed in initials on 
front free endpaper thusly: "To A. B. M. from R. R. W." MONAGHAN #3362. 
Bound in textured paper over boards with black cloth spine, embossed cameo 
profile of Lincoln on upper board, spine titled in gilt, fore edges left 
rough-trimmed, top edge gilt. Mild browning to top margins of both boards, 
slight extremity wear. Hinges remain sound.    $150.00
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