Memorial Address On The Life And Character Of Abraham Lincoln Delivered At The Request Of Both

by Lincoln George Bancroft

$200 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866. 8vo. 69 pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece. Brown pebbled publisher's cloth; frontispiece starting to detach. From the library of Ralph D. Ritzman, with his ownership inscription. Item #12415 First edition of this speech given by former Secretary of the Navy Bancroft, who founded the Naval Academy. He was chosen by Congress to deliver

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