Lincoln, Abraham; Everett, Edward.
An Oration Delivered on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863,) at the Consecration of the Cemetery, 1863. New York. Baker & Goodwin.
The earliest publication of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in book form.
First edition of Lincoln's immortal "Gettysburg Address" in book form, preceded only by newspaper printings and a rare 16-page pamphlet printed for the Washington Daily Morning Chronicle (printed c. 23-24 November 1863).
First edition of Lincoln's immortal "Gettysburg Address" in book form, preceded only by newspaper printings and a rare 16-page pamphlet printed for the Washington Daily Morning Chronicle (printed c. 23-24 November 1863).
$ 40,000.00
8vo, (9 × 5 3/4). 48 pp. Original printed wrappers with publisher’s advertisement on the rear wrap, neatly rebacked. Light damp stain throughout, spine rebacked. Early ink inscription at top of front wrapper. Housed in a full red morocco clamshell with gilt spine lettering and raised bands.
Provenance: contemporary ownership signature at the head of the front wrapper, "Mr C. C. Hazewill [&] Miss A. Williams". Hazewill is identified by Howard University as the author of a monograph on Lincoln, "The Hour and the Man", published in The Atlantic Monthly in November 1862 (p. 623), in which he defends Lincoln and compares his role to leaders in the English Civil War.
Provenance: contemporary ownership signature at the head of the front wrapper, "Mr C. C. Hazewill [&] Miss A. Williams". Hazewill is identified by Howard University as the author of a monograph on Lincoln, "The Hour and the Man", published in The Atlantic Monthly in November 1862 (p. 623), in which he defends Lincoln and compares his role to leaders in the English Civil War.
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