Lincoln and the Baltimore Plot 1861

Cuthbert, Norma B. (Editor)

Published by Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1949

About this Item

Official records from the Pinkerton detective agency & other documentary sources are drawn on to present the story of "a plot and counterplot, stranger than fiction" involving a plan to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln while en route to his inauguration in Washington in 1861, over 4 years before he was killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre. In 161 pages, with glossy Frontispiece, Index. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1949, SIGNED by the Author to half-title page, with a personalized inscription to her niece, Emilee (sp?), whose bookplate appears inside front cover, this hardcover octavo has blue cloth-covered boards lettered in bright gilt to spine. Condition is VG-: rather heavy mottling to exterior, minor rubbing to extremities. Binding strong & straight, though front hinge is cracked. & ffep has been excised. Pages moderately tanned, but completely unmarked; foxing to endpapers only, offsetting to half-title page. The remnants of the original DJ are tucked in, just front & back panels. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lincoln and the Baltimore Plot 1861
• Publisher: Huntington Library, San Marino, California
• Publication Date: 1949
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition First Printing
• Condition: VG-
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
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