[Rarebooks] fs: John Wilkes Booth family (3 titles)

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 9430 )  Forrester, Izola. THIS ONE MAD ACT: THE UNKNOWN STORY OF JOHN 
WILKES BOOTH AND HIS FAMILY - BY HIS GRANDDAUGHTER.
Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1937. First printing, Original cloth, Octavo, 
xii, 500 pages, black and white photographic plates. Near fine in an edge 
worn dust jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      Forrester vividly shares her family memories, traditions, and relics 
in this account of Booth's escape and survival after the Lincoln 
assassination. She argues that Booth was a tool of the Knights of the Golden 
Circle in the killing of Lincoln, that this secret group then helped him to 
escape, and that he lived the life of an exile until 1879. Booth is said to 
have fathered the author's mother, Ogarita Rosalie Wilkes, by his wife Izola 
Martha Mills (D'Arcy). Includes many old family photographs that do indeed 
bear strong resemblances to Booth. Forrester's book is the best in the 
"Booth survived" genre in terms of writing and research. MONAGHAN #3562. 
Bound in red cloth over boards with silver foil stamped pine and upper 
board, black topstain, family tree printed on endpapers. Shallow bump to 
lower fore corner of upper board, minor wrinkles to cloth at heel of spine. 
Contemporaneous owner name penned at top edge of front free endpaper, with 
the same owner's embossed circular seal on front free endpaper and half 
title. Dust jacket has chips, rubs, and closed tears to edges. Head of 
jacket spine is chipped to a depth of about 1 cm, not affecting any text. 
Jacket price remains intact. A pleasing copy of an essential Lincoln 
assassination item, scarce in the original dust jacket.    $250.00
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(No. 8980 )  Kimmel, Stanley. THE MAD BOOTHS OF MARYLAND.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, (1940). First printing, 
Full cloth, Octavo, 400 pages, Black & white plates. Very good in a worn, 
price clipped jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      Landmark biography of one of America's most legendary stage families. 
Kimmel ambitiously delves into the family lore of Lincoln assassin John 
Wilkes Booth to separate fact from fiction. Bound in tan cloth over boards 
with dark brown spine and upper board lettering. Minor extremity rubs to 
cloth, light foxing to frontispiece and title page, otherwise clean and 
sound. No hinge cracks. Jacket shows edge chips, rubs, closed tears, with 
large chips to head and heel of spine. Several jacket edges have been taped. 
Despite its wear the jacket text is complete and it remains a compliment to 
the book.    $75.00
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(No. 3496 )  Mahoney, Ella V. SKETCHES OF TUDOR HALL AND THE BOOTH FAMILY.
Bel Air: Privately Printed, 1925. First printing, Full cloth, Duodecimo, 59 
pages, Black & White photographs. Near Fine.
      The author's husband purchased Tudor Hall in 1878 from Mary Ann 
Booth--wife of Junius Brutus Booth and matriarch of the famous acting 
family. Mrs. Mahoney's father and John Wilkes Booth were boyhood companions. 
There are brief sketches of Junius Brutus Booth and Edwin Booth, and 
interesting information about the house and its history. Much of the book 
concerns John Wilkes Booth and events surrounding the Lincoln assassination. 
Includes such chapters as "The Identification of John Wilkes Booth" (after 
he was killed in Virginia)," "The Enid Myth" (in which Booth escapes, 
committing suicide in 1903 in Oklahoma), and "The search for Booth at Tudor 
Hall after the Assassination of Lincoln." MONAGHAN #2796. Bound in dark 
green cloth over boards with upper board lettered in gilt. Mild rubs to 
extremities, some spotting to fore edge of textblock. Hinges sound, no prior 
ownership marks.    $150.00
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