Mr. Lincoln's Contemporaries by Roy Meredith - 1951

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding tight, hinges strong. Book has a slight musty smell from basement storage.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. Edge and corner wear; scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; shelf worn; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Gray cloth with dark blue lettering on the front board and spine. Black and white illustrated endpapers. 233 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Mathew Brady's pictures of Abraham Lincoln have had probably more effect than the words of any of Lincoln's biographers in fixing our popular idea of the great martyred President. Many critics have commented in the past on Brady's almost uncanny ability to convey in his portraits of individuals a vivid and true sense of their personalities. In this lies the value of Brady's work to the historian and critic of society.........." . First Edition. Gray Cloth. Good-/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

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Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Browning to top page edges. Couple small chips and edgewear to jacket. Price-clipped..

1 . hardback. Near Fine. An Album of Portraits by Matthew B.Brady. Large 4to. 1st ed. NY (Scribner) 1951. About fine.

Charles Scribner's Sons. First Printing. A on copyright page. Prior owner signature on ffep. Clipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear, chips, . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1951.

NY: Scribner. VG in Fair DJ. (1941). 1ST PTG. Wendelll Phillips,William Lloys Garrison Gerrit Smith, James Russell Lowell were a few of LIncoln's Contemporaries. George Wm . Gerrut Smith, George Curtis Robert Henry, James Russell Lowell, George William Curtiswere Charles Parslee Harriet Lane Samuel Nelson Alfre D M. Ely Winfield Scott Hwnry C. Xuenett Frances Ellias Spinner Josph Washington McCllung Thaddeus Stevens and Joseph Henry Ullysses S. Grant were a few of Lincoln's ceotemporaries and represent a cross section of a decade of the times. Author Roy Meredith was interested in photography from the time he was a technician for the old Pathe Audio Review and was associated with the R.K.O. Van Bueren Studios synshronizing animation as head camerman He was with the Fifth Army Air Force Film Detachment also, .

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. Author's inked signature on half title page; Retired library copy, minimally marked, else very clean and tight. Light blue-grey cloth binding, bumping to head and foot of spine, library label on spine, minor bumping to corners. All edges clean, no remainder markings or library stamps. Minimally rubbed, unclipped dust jacket, chipping and several tears to head of spine, closed tears to foot of spine, chips/loss to corners, creases/closed tears to edges, mylar sleeved. 233pp., including index.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good (in mylar). Illus. by Mathew B. Brady (album of Portraits by). 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Ex-Library, Hardcover.