Lot 24
  • 24

[Lincoln, Abraham]

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • A good group of printed and photographic materials concerning the assassination of the president, as listed below:
  • paper
The Flag's Evening Dispatch, vol. 1, no. 5, San Francisco, 16 April 1865. Folio, 4 pages, "The Death of President Lincoln,"; silked on both sides. — Trial of the Assassins and Conspirators for the Murder of Abraham Lincoln. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., [1865]. 8vo, wood-engraved plates and text illustrations. Original pink pictorial wrappers; spine mended. — Two original photographs of the hanging of the conspirators, 7 July 1865. From the collection of Dr. Max Thorek.

Condition

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