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Lot of 43 items. • Miniature book, Abraham Lincoln: Selections from His Writings. Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1950. Limitation page notes: "Fifteen hundred copies of this book have been printed from Monotype Plantin type on J. Barcham Green's hand made all rag wove paper by The Chiswick Press, London and bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London." 2 x 3 in., blue leather with gilt front and back, all edges gilt, 76pp. • Songsheet, "Hold on Abraham! Uncle Sam's Boys are Coming Right Along." 6.25 x 9.5 in. • Songsheet, "Abraham Lincoln," Composed by E.G. Cooper. 4.75 x 9 in. • New-York Tribune, April 20, 1865. With more information on the assassination and planned funeral. • New-York Times, April 19, 1865. Still with war news as well as assassination information. • Copy (?) photo of Lincoln's head, 11 x 14 in., shrink wrapped on cardboard. • Enlargement of Lincoln's face from an early photograph, 10 x 13 in. • Lincoln's profile from the same early photo (ambrotype??), from a supplement of the Boston Sunday Herald, Feb. 7, 1909. 9 x 12 in. • Engraving of Lincoln and "Tad" from Brady photo. Hand colored; 8.5 x 11 in. • Engraving of Lincoln with facsimile signature, 6 x 8 in. • Facsimile of Gettysburg address. • Advertising card for Phenix Insurance Co. with small oval Lincoln engraved portrait. • Two sheets of paper "ribbons" with Lincoln and 1809 - 1865. Five per sheet. • Autobiography of Abraham Lincoln - 4pp, issued by VFW, Americanization Department. 6 x 9 in. • Memorial sheet with miniature facsimile of Ford's Theatre program. • Brochure from Logan County, IL, with Lincoln associated sites. 4 x 8.5 in. tri-fold. • Pamphlet: Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait. A Complement to Life's 1966 Year-End Photography Issue. 6pp, 5 x 7 in. • Card with Lincoln image, note on verso about a talk, "Getting Acquainted wit Lincoln," Feb. 10, 1928. • Claflin, Sumner. A Tribute to Lincoln. Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1910. Booklet with printed paper wraps, 116pp. • Lorant, Stefan. The Life of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Mentor Books, 1954. Paperback, 256pp. • Five issues of Harper's Weekly: May 26, 1860 (candidate Lincoln on front); Nov. 10, 1860 (Election issue); April 29, 1865 (with J.W. Booth on front); May 6, 1865 (with Lincoln and Tad on front); May 13, 1865 (Andrew Johnson on front) • Small bust of Lincoln, probably white metal, 4.25 in. high. • Portrait of Lincoln, possibly cast iron. Approx. 7.5 in. long. • Portrait of Lincoln on a shield. Ceramic? approx. 6.25 x 8 in. • "Abraham Lincoln: The Story of his Life. Printed for the Children of New England and their Parents 100 years after his birth. By the Boston Sunday Globe." 24pp. • Lincoln Calendar for the Year 1920. By Daniel Knowlton. • Color postcard of the Lincoln home in Springfield, draped for his funeral. • Three "coins" that were possibly cufflinks. • Booklet Abe the War Eagle. 2 copies. Printed paper wraps, 30pp. • Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator. Issued by John Hancock Ins. Co. • The Oldroyd Lincoln Memorial Collection. Located in the house in which Lincoln died. Washington, DC. 1903. Printed paper wraps, 11pp. • Lincoln portrait on a dinner menu. 7 x 10 in. • Framed copy of the Mrs. Bixby letter. • Collector plate, "The Earthly Pilgrimage of Abraham Lincoln," with Lincoln portrait in center, surrounded by significant buildings of his life - birthplace, Indiana cabin, Illinois state capitol, the Lincoln home in Springfield, Lincoln's tomb, White House. • "Jumbo Post Card" with Lincoln portrait, 6.5 x 9 in. • "First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation" to the members of his cabinet. On 7 x 9 in. mount. • Photocopy "President Lincoln Visits the Army of the Potomac Headquarters in October, 1862." Original photo from the Meserve collection. 8 x 10.75 in. • Souvenir copy of The New York Herald, April 15, 1865. With Lincoln's portrait in center (no edition of the Herald had this - it was created explicitly for souvenirs) Also included are a catalog and other reference mate