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Lot 265
Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$5,040
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Lot Description
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Signature "Abraham Lincoln", cut from a document. N.d.
[Mounted to the frontispiece of:] HOLLAND, Josiah Gilbert. The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Springfield, MA: Gurdon Bill, 1866. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece and plates. (Spotting throughout.) Original brown cloth (rebacked, endpapers renewed, some light rubbing). Provenance: C. H. Buxton (signature, Washington City, July 25th 1866, carte de visite laid in); Lewis J. Acly? (signature); a few pencil annotations on flyleaves. FIRST EDITION.
[With:] LINCOLN, Abraham. Carte de visite mounted to front free endpaper.
[Also with:] BOOTH, John Wilkes. Carte de visite laid in.
This lot is located in Chicago.