[Rarebooks] fs: Lincoln's Tomb, Dedication Poem, scarce

[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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