Description
First edition of Sermons Preached in Boston On The Death of Abraham Lincoln. 12mo, 379pp. Advertisements in rear. Gilt title on spine. Brown cloth covers in very good condition, with minor shelf wear. Previous ownership inscription in pencil on brown front endpaper. Cracking on interior spine, but fully attached. Bumping on top of spine. Clean text. (Monaghan, 720) Includes the scarce presidential proclamation from President Johnson offering rewards for the arrest of Jefferson Davis and other conspirators.
Comments: A scarce copy of this book from shortly after Lincoln’s death.
