Description
First edition of Was Abraham Lincoln A Spiritualist? by Nettie Colburn Maynard, published in 1891.
Octavo, xxiv, 264pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover, portrait of Lincoln in gilt on front cover. No priority between red and blue cloth variants. Faint sunning to spine, touch of wear along top edge. Solid text block. Includes frontispiece portrait of Lincoln and numerous other illustrations. Quote from William H. Crook’s Through Five Administrations (1910) written in pencil on rear flyleaf. (Monaghan 1088) A scarce near fine example.
This work by Mrs. Nettie Colburn Maynard is the personal experiences of a trance medium with President Abraham Lincoln.
