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Lot 192

Sale 2586 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Sep 30, 2016 6:00AM ET
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(Scranton Estate : ...


(Scranton Estate : Americana : Presidential). (Lincoln, Abraham.) Everett, Edward. An Oration delivered on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, (November 19, 1863,) at the Consecration of the Cemetery. New York: Baker and Godwin, 1863. 8vo, original sewn, printed tan wrappers; spine worn away, very minor creasing and small chipping at corners, a little toned, some scattered, generally light, dust smudging and minor spotting. Plan of the cemetery on p. 32. Light occasional internal foxing and minor dust smudging to title page, small abrasion in blank upper-middle fore edge margin of title and first 9 p. Internally, generally clean with good margins, no loss to printing on front or back wrapper.Howes E-233, ""First appearance of Lincoln's Gettysburg address in book form, antedated only by a 16-page pamphlet,"" The Gettysburg solemnities, ""which included a somewhat garbled version and of which only two copies are known.""Sabin 23263; Monaghan 193; Fish 314.

From the Estate of former Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton and First Lady Mary L. Scranton.

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