[Rarebooks] fs: Lincoln & Springfield, scarce.

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings Booklovers,

We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 10541 )  [Sons of the American Revolution]. LINCOLN AND SPRINGFIELD.
Springfield: Phillips Bros., [1929]. First printing, Hardcover, Octavo, 56 
pages, black and white photographs. Very Good.
      Commemorative book produced for the 40th annual convention of the Sons 
of the American Revolution. Includes many interesting anecdotes of the 
Lincolns' lives in Springfield. There is an informative analysis of the 
newspaper coverage of the Wide-Awake Lincoln rally of 1860, information on 
the Lincolns' marriage and home, description and illustrations of the 
Illinois State House in Lincoln's time, discussion of President-elect 
Lincoln's preparations for departure to Washington, and much more. Also 
reproduced herein is an unusual CDV of U. S. Grant. MONAGHAN #3110. Bound in 
gray paper over boards with maroon cloth spine, gilt-stamped title to upper 
board. Light extremity rubs and mild fading toward edges of boards, two 
pressure marks on upper board....... $75.00
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