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Sale 2
Lot 102
Lincoln, Abraham, and other U.S. Presidents. Bound Collection of Original Letters and Documents. Custom-made bound volume of letters, documents, photographs, and engravings. 42 pages, Octavo, entitled Abraham Lincoln Letters Vol. XXIV, New York, 1905, Francis D. Tandy Company. First leaf states, "This Extra Volume to the Works of Abraham Lincoln contains Autographs and Letters of Abraham Lincoln and Prominent Men of his Time with numerous rare portraits and other illustrations." Designed as a special, extra-illustrated, supplemental volume, to compliment a multi-volume Life and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, this unique collection begins with an uncommon Lincoln Internal Revenue Appointment, and includes:
Partially Printed Document Signed, Internal Revenue Appointment, One page, Folio, October 20, 1864, signed "Abraham Lincoln" (with slight tears at fold); Partially Printed Document Signed, Military Pardon, Two pages, Folio, July 25, 1865, stamped with Andrew Johnson's signature (tape reinforcement at centerfold); Partially Printed Document Signed, Military Appointment, One page, Quarto, June 17, 1801, signed byJames Monroe; Partially Printed Document Signed, Justice Appointment, One page, Octavo, November 18, 1826, signed by John Tyler; Partially Printed Document Signed, Land Grant, One page, Folio, August 10, 1837, secretarially signed Martin Van Buren; Partially Printed Document Signed, Land Grant, One page, Folio, July 1, 1848, secretarially signed James K. Polk; as well as 15 supporting letters and documents, many addressed to President Lincoln, from prominent figures of the Cival War era. Also features 14 steel engravings and photographs, one of note showing Lincoln with a book in his lap.
This unique Book of Presidents, a prize for Lincoln collectors, is magnificently bound with a water lily motif on front and back covers, in rich morocco with elaborate giltwork on covers and spine. Front silk endpaper features a hand-painted scene of Lincoln's childhood home. Most letters and documents are in Very Good to Fine condition, while the book itself has been carefully preserved and is in Fine condition.
Estimated Value $6,000-UP.
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