Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln: by Distinguished Men of His Time
New York: North American Review, 1888. Large Octavo. Item #032584
lxix, [13], 656 pages. illustrated with portraits and facsimile letters (some folding). Among the best of those who knew Lincoln at different levels. Among those who wrote or comments: U.S. Grant, Frederick Douglass, Charles Francis Adams, and the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher along with Col. Ingersoll, who was on the opposite side of the religious spectrum. The inept General Benjamin Butler, and a host of political figures who saw both his humility and his greatness. A very good copy bound in maroon cloth centrally stamped in gilt with a medallion with a bust of Lincoln, lettering gilt spine lettering gilt, green floral endpapers, corners bumped, light wear to spine ends.
Price: $175.00