Here are 22 books about Abraham Lincoln that are in stock as of February 24, 2008, and you may wish to also visit our Civil War page. Remember, it is easy to order from Ray Boas, Bookseller in historic Walpole, NH.
1. Allen, Lyman Whitney, ABRAHAM LINCOLN - A POEM, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1896, 112pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 42299 ), $15.00
2. Babcock, Bernie, THE SOUL OF ABE LINCOLN, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1923, color frontis, 328pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 45364 ), $6.00
3. Boritt, Gabor S. (edited by), LINCOLN, THE WAR PRESIDENT: THE GETTYSBURG LECTURES, Oxford University Press, New York, 1992, B&W illustrations, 242pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0195078918 In this book, no fewer than five Pulitzer Prize-winning historians--Carl Degler, James McPherson, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., David Brion Davis, and Robert Bruce--join eminent historian Kenneth Stampp and editor Gabor Boritt to offer a fresh look at how Lincoln confronted the central issues of the Civil War era, throwing sharp new light on the revolutionary changes he helped usher in., (Order No: 21442 ), $4.50
4. Chase, Salmon; Donald, David (edited by), INSIDE LINCOLN'S CABINET: THE CIVIL WAR DIARIES OF SALMON P. CHASE, Longmans, Green and Co., New York, 1954 1st ed, B&W frontis, 342pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), These diaries give an intimate and detailed record of the inner history of the Lincoln administration., (Order No: 53785 ), $15.00
5. Conwell, Russell H., WHY LINCOLN LAUGHED, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1922 1st ed, B&W frontis, 148pp, good+, olive green cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy, "Can he be successfully imitated? Why did his laugh vibrate so far, and why was his humor so inimitable? If the suggestions made in this book will aid the investigator in finding an answer to these questions it will justify the venturesomeness of this volume in appearing upon the shelf with such a great company of the works of greater authors.", (Order No: 26181 ), $12.50
6. Daugherty, James (with designs, paintings and foreword by), LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS - A PICTORIAL INTERPRETATION, Albert Whitman & Co., Publ., Chicago, IL, (1947) 1st ed, color ill. by Daugherty, unpaginated, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Here is this superb pictorial edition, the phases of the Address are beautifully related in sixteen handsome, double-spread panoramic designs in oil.", (Order No: 51905 ), $40.00
7. Davis, William C., LINCOLN'S MEN: HOW PRESIDENT LINCOLN BECAME FATHER TO AN ARMY AND A NATION, The Free Press, New York, (1999), 315pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), BCE, ISBN 0684833379 The author draws on thousands of unpublished letters and diaries to tell the hidden story of how a new and untested president could become "Father Abraham" throughout both the army and the North as a whole., (Order No: 33664 ), $8.00
8. DeWitt, J. Doyle, LINCOLN IN HARTFORD, Conn. Civil War Commission, Hartford, CT, 1960, B&W illustrations, 15pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Laid in is the Connecticut Civil War Centennial Commission's letter of February, 1960 presenting this booklet telling of the coming of Abraham Lincoln to Hartford in March of 1860 during his political campaign that led to his election in the fall of 1860., (Order No: 53484 ), $14.50
9. Greenbie, Sydney and Greenbie, Marjorie Barstow, ANNA ELLA CARROLL AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A BIOGRAPHY, Falmouth Publishing House, Manchester, ME, (1952) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 539pp, good, green cloth (hardcover), One of 600 numbered copies signed by both authors. The first definitive life of the woman who was Lincoln's one woman Office of War Information and Board os Military Strategy., (Order No: 38013 ), $45.00
10. Greene, Homer, A LINCOLN CONSCRIPT, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, (1909), B&W illustrations, 282pp, very good+, decorated gray cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53213 ), $7.50
11. Hall, Gordon Langley, VINNIE REAM - THE STORY OF THE GIRL WHO SCULPTURED LINCOLN, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, (1963) 1st ed, 149pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 49362 ), $3.00
12. King, Benjamin, A BULLET FOR LINCOLN: A NOVEL, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA, 1993, 301pp, very good+, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0882899279, (Order No: 21355 ), $10.00
13. Little, Richard Henry (introduction by Carl Sandburg), BETTER ANGELS, Minton, Balch & Company, New York, 1928, 43pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) (dustjacket cut and laid in), The story of Lincoln and Mammy Jinny., (Order No: 32785 ), $10.00
14. Nevins, Allan, THE EMERGENCE OF LINCOLN - TWO VOLUME SET, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1950, B&W ill. and with maps, very good, red cloth (hardcover) in good slipcase, Volume 1 - DOUGLAS, BUCHANAN, AND PARTY CHAOS, 1857-1859, 472pp; Volume 2 - PROLOGUE TO CIVIL WAR, 1859-1861, 524pp., (Order No: 2311 ), $15.00
15. Plotts, J. N. (edited by), POETICAL TRIBUTES TO THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Garrett Press, Inc., New York, 1969, 306pp, very good+, black cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0512005672 Quality reprint of the 1865 edition published in Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott & Co., (Order No: 45011 ), $30.00
16. Roberts, Octavia, LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1918 1st ed, ill. by Lester G. Hornby, 122pp, good, brown cloth spine (hardcover) edgewear, wear to corners, The author writes about the everyday Lincoln and his Mid-Western home., (Order No: 51563 ), $15.00
17. Sandburg, Carl, ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE PRAIRIE YEARS - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, (1926), 105 B&W illustrations, very good++, dark blue cloth (hardcover) in worn slipcase, Two Volume Set: Volume I, 480pp; Volume II, 482pp., (Order No: 28759 ), $20.00
18. Searcher, Victor, LINCOLN TODAY: AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN LINCOLNIANA, Thomas Yoseloff, New York, (1969), 342pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A detailed compendium which lists nearly 350 different literary works on the life of Lincoln. Each work is analyzed in depth by Mr. Searcher. For easier access the evaluations are grouped into sections according to subject matter: Biographies and Biographical Studies; Speeches and Writings; Family, Associates, Contemporary Subjects; Drama, Fiction, Poetry; Juvenile Books., (Order No: 14587 ), $9.00
19. Shelton, Harriet M., ABRAHAM LINCOLN RETURNS, The Evans Publishing Company, New York, 1957, 232pp, ill., good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The author has attended all the seances mentioned in this book where Lincoln returns to give assurance and counsel to his fellow Americans in startlin psychic messages through the mediumistic author and other mediums in the US., (Order No: 53574 ), $5.00
20. Shirley, Ralph, A SHORT LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, William Rider & Son, Ltd., London, 1920 3rd ptg, 182pp, good, light brown cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 53234 ), $7.50
21. Waugh, John C., REELECTING LINCOLN: THE BATTLE FOR THE 1864 PRESIDENCY, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1997) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 452pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517597667 Tells the dramatic story of perhaps the most critical election campaign in American history--the presidential election of 1864., (Order No: 21600 ), $7.00
22. Winkler, H. Donald, THE WOMEN IN LINCOLN'S LIFE, Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, TN, (2001) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 274pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1558539220 How the sixteenth American president was shaped by fascinating women who loved, hated, helped, charmed, and deceived him., (Order No: 39817 ), $14.50