Title: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the Evening of the 14th of April, 1865 Author: Place: Washington, D.C. Publisher: Government Printing Office Date: 1867 Description: [2], xxx, 930 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. 29.5x22.5 cm. (11½x9") original full morocco, covers stamped in gilt, spine gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. First Edition. One of only 100 copies thus bound. Massive volume reprinting hundreds of letters of condolence and press releases related to the assassination of President Lincoln. The Act of March 2, 1867, provided that “one hundred of these copies be found in full Turkey Morocco, full gilt,” to be sent to heads of governments and other VIPs who had sent condolences. Monaghan 881. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding a bit rubbed, front cover detached, rear hinge cracked; paper a bit browned, internally very good Item number: 276973
Title: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the Evening of the 14th of April, 1865 Author: Place: Washington, D.C. Publisher: Government Printing Office Date: 1867 Description: [2], xxx, 930 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. 29.5x22.5 cm. (11½x9") original full morocco, covers stamped in gilt, spine gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. First Edition. One of only 100 copies thus bound. Massive volume reprinting hundreds of letters of condolence and press releases related to the assassination of President Lincoln. The Act of March 2, 1867, provided that “one hundred of these copies be found in full Turkey Morocco, full gilt,” to be sent to heads of governments and other VIPs who had sent condolences. Monaghan 881. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding a bit rubbed, front cover detached, rear hinge cracked; paper a bit browned, internally very good Item number: 276973
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