Ferguson | W.J.

I Saw Booth Shoot Lincoln

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Limited edition of I Saw Booth Shoot Lincoln by William Jason Ferguson, published in 1930.

Octavo, [6], 63pp. Black cloth, title printed on red labels affixed to spine. Limitation of 1000 copies stated on copyright page. Red topstain. Complete with frontispiece portrait of Lincoln and 8 full page illustrations. In the publisher’s scarce dust jacket, $2.50 on front flap, archival tape repair to verso, closed tear with tape repair on verso, light soiling to spine, a near fine example. (Monaghan, 3181)

W. J. Ferguson was a young actor at Ford’s Theater on the night of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on April 14, 1865. At just 18 years old, Ferguson was working as a call boy and understudy at the theater. He witnessed John Wilkes Booth shoot President Lincoln during a performance of Our American Cousin. Ferguson later provided a detailed account of the assassination, describing the chaos that ensued in the theater and Booth’s dramatic escape.

Additional information

Location Published

Boston

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Company

Edition

Limited Edition

Date Published

1930

Binding

Cloth

Condition

Fine

Jacket Condition

Near Fine

Author

Ferguson | W.J.

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W.J. Ferguson