[Rarebooks] fs: Lincoln's Last Hours, 1/200, miniature

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings Booklovers,

We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 10490 )  Taft, Charles Sabin. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S LAST HOURS, FROM THE 
NOTEBOOK OF CHARLES SABIN TAFT, ARMY SURGEON PRESENT AT THE ASSASSINATION, 
DEATH, AND AUTOPSY.
[Chicago]: Black Cat Press, 1968. Second printing, Leather, Miniature, [26] 
pages. Near fine.
      Dr. Taft was seated in the orchestra section of Ford's Theatre with a 
clear view of President Lincoln when he was shot. Taft leapt to the stage, 
called up to the presidential box that he was a doctor, and was lifted into 
the balcony by several people now gathered on the stage. From that moment 
until after Lincoln's death, Dr. Taft never left his side. Here is Taft's 
account of the assassination, his treatment of Lincoln, the long night in 
the Petersen House, Lincoln's death and autopsy, etc. This uncommon account, 
requested by Edwin Stanton, originally appeared in print in the Century 
Magazine in 1893. Forty copies were then privately printed by Norman Forgue 
in 1934 before this miniature edition of 200 copies, also by Forgue and his 
Black Cat Press, was printed direct from type on light blue paper and bound 
by hand in 1968. See MONAGHAN #3455. This handsome little volume is just 2 
1/8" x 2 5/8", bound in maroon calf over boards with decorated endpapers, 
gilt stamped spine title, gilt device on upper board. Other than a thin, 
faint scratch to upper board the book is crisp and pristine....... $250.00
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