Lincoln Library

[Lincoln] Angle, Paul M., ed. COLLECTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY: LINCOLN BIBLIOGRAPHY 1839-1939, (Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Historical Library, 1945)

2 volumes. First edition. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt-lettered on spines. xlv, 519; xi, 560 including index;. Very good.

[KW: presidents. americana. civil war.]

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Bentley, Gerald Eades: Shakespeare and His Theatre, Lincoln University of Nebraska Press 1964
Good

Second printing. 128 pp. Ex-library. Book is in good condition. Dust jacket is very good. Brown cloth hardcover. A book about Shakespeare's theatre productions during the Elizabethan period. Great reading copy. Spine tight and pages clean. Second Printing Very Good Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Ex-Library

[KW: Shakespeare]

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Classics Little Leather Library Corp: Little Leather Library Corp, 6 books, Little Leather Library Corp, NY, 1920s
Condition: Book Size 48mo.

Little Leather Library Corp, 6 books by Little Leather Library Corp. Little Leather Library Corp, NY, 1920s. Reprint. Leatherette Binding. 48mo. These 3'' X 4'' books with green/copper leatherette binding are in good condition except Memories of President Lincoln by Walt Whitman, title page torn, content loose from binding, binding chipped. Lancelot and Elaine by Alfred Tennyson, title and end page yellowed, binding worn at corners. The Song of Hiawatha, Volume 1 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, title and end page yellowed. Dante's Inferno, Volume II, title and last page yellowed, last page chipped. The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde, title and end page yellowed, binding corners worn. At The End of the Passage and The Mutiny of the Mavericks by Rudyard Kipling, frontispiece and end page yellowed. No Pg Count. Description text copyright 2001 BooksForComfort. Item ID 3716.; Reprint

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Miller, Hugh: Essays, Historical and Biographical, Political, Social, Literary, and Scientific, Boston Gould and Lincoln 1869
Very Good

Early reprint. Cloth binding, gilt titles. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. 501 pp., 2 pp. advertising. Born in Cromarty, Miller was a stone mason turned geologist, writer, journalist and religious reformer. He collected and described fossils from many Scottish localities, many of which are now in the Royal Museum in Edinburgh. His 1841 book "The Old Red Sandstone" remains a classic work. He was also a notable collector of Scottish folklore. He was a leader of the "Disruption" of the Church of Scotland. As a geologist, Miller struggled to reconcile his religious beliefs with the new science of evolution. Spine sunned with fraying top of spine. Solid copy, very good condition. Early Reprint Cloth 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Antique ex-library

[KW: EVOLUTION BROUGHAMRare Literature & Fiction]

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