Lincoln Springfield, Signed (11 results)

Hardcover 8vo 218 pages Good plus, some edgewear, lightly bumped, Dust jacket with some edge losses, small tear at base of spine. Friday, July 9, 2021 Author Signed on first fly.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Limited edition. No. 26 of 200 copies. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." Twelve pages, complete. Signed by author on inside of front cover in pen: "Thomas J. Dyba, December 29, 1977." Pages and covers are clean and intact. A beautiful, pristine copy. Two black and white plates printed on semi-transparent leaves in front and back. The front leaf shows an illustration of Abraham Lincoln's house in Springfield, Illinois, which is also printed on the front and back covers. The back leaf shows a reprinted portrait of Lincoln. The history of Lincoln's home is retold from "Lincoln's" point of view (with a few of his actual quotes included). The story chronicles the history of the house from its provenance to its establishment as a National Historic Site. Signed by Author(s).

stapled wrappers. Condition: Fine. First, Limited Edition. Octavo, 16 pages, pictorial brown wrappers Copy 21 of only 200 Registered copies. Illustrated. Mr. Dyba was Vice-President of Illinois Benedictine College. His thorough study of Lincoln's home enabled him to point out to the National Archives experts how they got part of the restoration of the home WRONG. Signed by him at the limitation notice.

New. Signed by both authors on copyright page. trade paper.

Cloth. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1945. . Cloth. Volume 1 Signed by the author . Sm 4to., 395, 439 pp., spines sunned, edges rubbed, bumped, page toning .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Full cloth binding. Inscribed by Angle on front flyleaf. xv, 313pp. Illustrations. Fold-out map in very nice condition. Good only jacket is worn, with small chips at spine ends, a much-toned spine. In a protective mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Inscribed and Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Uncommon title; inscribed by the author who was a noted Lincoln biographer in ink on the inside end page in Springfield, IL. Moderate wear to the boards; spine edges frayed; pages dusty with light age toning and light soiling. Complete with fold-out maps. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 313pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, foldout map. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Handsome, tight second printing of this important 1935 study. Choice autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a Typed Letter Signed from Angle, 1p, 8½" X 11", Springfield, IL, 27 December 1944. Addressed to John Valentine of Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. Very good. Two file holes near top; faint original folds. On "Illinois State Historical Library" letterhead listing Angle as State Historian, he chats with this member of their Advisory Council about ISHL issues, about Alfred Whital Stern (1881-1960, wealthy businessman and Lincoln collector extraordinaire), and sets a date for the Council's next meeting. Signed simply "Paul" in blue ink. Lovely and unusual copy of an uncommon title.

Sixteen volumes (including the 1940 Index volume); 6 1/4 in. x 9 1/4 in., various paginations. Tan, textured cloth spines and sides with blue paper, title-printed and mounted title labels on spines; blue paper over boards, with Lincoln Centennial Association medallion printed on the front covers. Early volumes have Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Chicago stickers in back of volumes; some have an attractive natural scene bookplate: Crampton, Index volume has a large, Lincoln portrait bookplate of Sigurd Stornes Storm. Spine labels show light wear to edges, soft, blue paper on the covers shows scratches, areas of the paper surface, worn, or abraded away on most volumes, some corners are bumped; one volume shows a few removable pencil marks in text. Some volumes are partly, or completely unopened. Weight: 15 lbs. Postage is extra on this item. A set assembled by Cleveland, Ohio based book collector, naturalist & Rowfant Club member, Harry D. Bubb, most were purchased from the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, and some from our founder, Peter Keisogloff (1900-95), over the years. Authors & titles of addresses: 1924: Introduction: Logan Hay; The House of the House Divided: Henry A. Converse; Lincoln as a World Figure: Andrew C. McLaughlin. 1925: A. Lincoln: His House: A. L. Bowen; The Education of Abraham Lincoln: John H. Finley. 1926: The Building of the Lincoln Movement: Paul L. Angle; The Revelation of Lincoln to a Serbian Immigrant: Michael Pupin. 1927: Where Lincoln Practiced Law: Paul M. Angle; Lincoln's Last StruggleVictory?: William E. Dodd. 1928: Abraham Lincoln: Circuit Lawyer: Paul M. Angle; Abraham Lincoln & the South: Arthur Charles Cole. 1929: Springfield of the Lincolns: Mary E. Humphrey; Lincoln & Douglas: Claude G. Bowers. 1930: Lincoln & the Press: John Callan O'Laughlin; Lincoln's Plans for Reunion: Allan Nevins. 1931: Lincoln's Genius of Places: Carl Sandburg; The Universality of Lincoln: Henry Horner. 1932: Lincoln, the Constitutional Lawyer: John Maxcy Zane; The Environs of Lincoln's Youth: Louis A. Warren. 1933: The Spiritual Life of Lincoln: An Interpretation: Joseph Fort Newton; Lincoln & the Courts: Benjamin P. Thomas. 1934: The Promise of the First Republican Administration: Abraham Lincoln, 1860: Frederic L. Paxson; Lincoln's Power with Words, Paul M. Angle. 1935: Lincoln & the Campaign of 1864: Tyler Dennett; Lincoln's Humor: An Analysis: Benjamin P. Thomas. 1936: Lincoln, the Constitution & Democracy: Andrew C. McLaughlin; A Philosopher Looks at Lincoln: T. V. Smith. 1937: The Persistent Personality of Lincoln: Harold C. Jaquith; My Recollections of Lincoln: Charles Nagel. 1938: Abraham Lincoln, Commander-In-Chief: John McAuley Palmer; Let us have Faith that Right makes Might: Evan A. Evans. 1939: Such Were His Words: James Weber Linn; The Lincoln of the Second Inaugural: J. V. Moldenhawer.

Condition: Very Good. Original etching. Approximately 6.25" x 9". Copy number 59. Printed on wove paper with full margins. Mounted on cardboard, light dry glue stains along the outer blank margins of the sheet, very good. Signed by Pearson in the plate (dated "Jan '15") and in pencil just below the plate mark edge. Near fine. An important American etcher of the early 20th Century based in Chicago, Pearson's etchings are celebrated for their painterly effects and innovative spatial design, most conspicuously evident here in the foreground of his masterly view of Lincoln's House.

Condition: Very Good. JACOB C. PLANCK (1804-1867) was born in Maryland but moved to Kentucky as a child. After his marriage to Mary M. Rogers, the two moved to Springfield, IL, in 1826. They had nine children with seven surviving. Planck was well known to Abraham Lincoln. On January 24, 1853, Planck joined Lincoln, Simeon Francis, John T. Stuart and 36 others in a letter delivered to Rev. James Smith in response to his discourse "On the subject of temperance, delivered by you last evening, and believing that, if published and circulated among the people, it would be productive of good." During the Black Hawk War, he served as cornet in a company of the mounted Illinois militia. Planck was a Whig in political affiliation. 2 1/2 x 6 3/4 property tax receipt written and signed by Planck in his position as the Springfield City Collector for the tax year 1841 to James Higbey. Toning and some soiling. A nice Lincoln association item. Provenance: Christies. Everything we sell is guaranteed authentic forever to the original buyer. We also offer a 30-day return policy. If you discover a problem or are dissatisfied with an item, please contact us immediately. Our goal is to please every customer. We are pleased to be members of The Manuscript Society, Universal Autograph Collectors Club, The Ephemera Society, the Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers and the Preferred Autograph Dealers and Auction Houses. [AM 226].