First edition thus, an excerpted brief biography from Arnold's 1866 HISTORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN — with "the most life-like—the best ever engraved" portrait of Lincoln, by H.B. Hall after Matthew Brady.
Very good.
Price: $450.00
Arnold, a Member of the House of Representatives from Lincoln's own Illinois from 1860-64, was a strong supporter of the president, and an especially important congressman in the move to emancipation. In 1864, he introduced a resolution in the House for a constitutional amendment ending slavery in the US. "Arnold's resolution was the first step taken by a member of Congress towards the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865" (Paul F. Cooper, Jr. Archives, Hartwick College). After his service, Arnold worked on a 700+-page biography of Lincoln and the context surrounding emancipation, from which this novella was produced, apparently primarily as a companion to the lavish new engraved portrait of Lincoln. The portrait is highly reminiscent of the design on the penny by Victor D. Brenner, which was also likely based on a Brady portrait. A nice copy of an early piece of Lincoln mythologizing.
New York: John B. Bachelder, 1869. 9'' x 5.75''. Original gilt-stamped purple pebbled cloth. Brown coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with full-page engraved portrait of Lincoln by H.B. Hall, Jr. after Brady & Co.; engraved plate of "The Last Hours of Lincoln" bound into publishers catalogue at rear. 76, [4], [16] pages. Pencil gift inscription, dated 1871, to second fly leaf; pencil owner name to rear fly leaf. Moderate wear to spine ends and corners, toning to spine and a bit of faint soil at margins. Text with soil here and there, some foxing to endpapers, marginal toning.
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