[Rarebooks] fs: What Lincoln Read (SIGNED)

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings Booklovers,

We are pleased to offer:
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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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Best regards,

Rock
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 Taft, Charles Sabin.  'Abraham Lincoln's Last Hours, from the notebook of 
Charles Sabin Taft, Army Surgeon present at the Assassination, Death, and 
Autopsy.'
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