Abraham Lincoln from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

N.p.: N.p., n.y.. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers. 16pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Informative eulogy of the Illinois State Historian, including a full bibliography of his writings. Reprinted from the Summer 1956 "Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society." Quite uncommon Thomas ephemeral item.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1926. Hardcover. 2-volume set. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. xvi, 480pp; vi, 482pp. Frontispieces, illustrations. Very good. Mild binding edgewear. Third printing (Volume One) and first edition (Volume Two), tight and nice, of this pair that began Sandburg's Lincoln biography (followed by the 4-volume "The War Years" in 1939). Half-title… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1948. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set in slipcase.. Introduction by Carl Sandburg. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt lettering, dust jacket (Volume I only), slipcase with wraparound paper pictorial label. xvii, 332pp; pp. 333-681pp. Frontispieces, illustrations. Very good/good only. Both bindings rubbed on spines, else tight and internally fine; slipcase is complete and strong but quite… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 916pp. Illustrations, map, pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. A tight and attractive first edition of the film-inspiring Pulitzer Prize winner -- with choice film-related autograph addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a fine heavy stock 5"… Read more about this item

Chicago: Americana House, 1954. Hardcover. Foreword by Ralph G. Newman. Small 4to. Coarse tan cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 148pp. Fine/near fine. First edition, with a signature of Newman (founder of Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop) tipped to the front flyleaf.

Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1910. Hardcover. 24mo. Pale grey paper over boards with black lettering. 56pp. Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Near fine. First edition of the fifth volume in this publisher's "Torch Series," being "An address made before the members of The State Historical Society of Iowa and the Mississippi Valley Historical Association... May 25, 1910...."… Read more about this item

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2011. Hardcover. Edited by Jason Emerson. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 186pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/fine. Touch of spotting to outer page edges. Handsome first edition.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, 3/4-length (8vo) pictorial dust jacket, as issued. xiv, 464pp. Illustrations, maps, pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Handsome, pristine first edition.

Savannah: The Oglethorpe Press, Inc, 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 321pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Handsome, tight facsimile reprint of the 1961 first edition.

Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2008. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 100pp). Illustrations. Fine. Pristine first edition of this slim factoid gathering, boldly signed by Kay in black ballpoint on front flyleaf and dated 2014.

Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2004. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. x, 139pp. Fine. Pristine first edition of this historical fiction about you know who, boldly inscribed and signed by Kay in black ballpoint on front flyleaf: "Keep on thinkin' / About Abraham / Lincoln! / Betty Kay / 2014.

Chicago: The Log Cabin Bookery, n.y.. Paperback. Small 4to. Seven 8½" X 11" leaves (all but one printed rectos only), stapled along top. Very good. Moderately age toned. Intreresting sales catalogue, a crude mimeographed two-column production describing 154 items -- intriguing in that we and other Lincoln specialists have never heard of or seen catalogues of this apparent Lincoln… Read more about this item

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1993. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. xiv, 203pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faintest of wear to outer wrappers only, with price sticker scuff at upper right of rear wrapper, else tight and internally fine. Tight and nice later softbound printing of this fascinating 1986 study, one of the most provocative and intriguing Mary… Read more about this item

Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books, 1995. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy and beige paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 280pp. Fine/near fine. Tight and bright first edition chronicling the 1993 (to cite jacket front panel) "proceedings of a Moot Court of Military Appeal to hear the case of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd...." Interestingly, Mudd was represented… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1937. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. 16pp. Captioned tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Minor scuffing at left edge of front board (only), else tight and pristine and internally fine. Superb first and only edition, a useful comparison of authentic against phony playbills. Rear colophon note limitation of 75 numbered copies (this #29). This… Read more about this item

Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1993. Paperback. Edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann. 8vo. Tan glossy pictorial wrappers. xii, 164pp. Illustrations. Fine. Pristine first of this enlarged edition, a rather crudely printed facsimile, with added commentary, of Marion Dexter Learned's 1909 "Abraham Lincoln: An American Migration -- Family English Not German" (Philadelphia: William J. Campbell). MONAGHAN 1773.

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1865. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. 203pp, (3pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Good plus. Corners bumped and spine head/tail chipped, although hinges tight and internally bright and near fine. Tight and decent later printing of this 1865 cradle-to-grave biography -- basically the 1864 biography (Monaghan 366) reprinted with added material… Read more about this item

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Complete 9-volume set. 8vo.Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering. Various paginations. Fine. Attractive, tight 1962 "History Book Club" edition, with interesting autograph addition: Tipped opposite first volume title page is a Typed Letter Signed from editor Basler, 1p, 8" X 10½", n.p., 27 December 1984. Addressed to Ralph G. Newman (1912-98, founder… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1960. Hardcover. Foreword by David C. Mearns. Small 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 519pp. Pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket spine typically spine sunned (mildly), else bright and nice. Tight, handsome first edition of one of the best anthologies of writings about Lincoln by a veritable "Who's Who" of 76 noted Lincoln scholars,… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth spine with black lettering and brown paper over boards, pictorialdust jacket. xiv, 224pp. Fine/fine. Faint small offset to front flyleaf from long-ago newsprint contact. Handsome and tight third printing, boldly signed and inscribed by the author in blue ballpoint on front flyleaf: "3-18-85 / For [ -- ], /… Read more about this item