Apr 16, 2013 - Sale 2310

Sale 2310 - Lot 168

Price Realized: $ 510
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) The Terrible Tragedy at Washington: Assassination of President Lincoln. Illustrated broadsheet. 2 pages on one sheet, 11 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches; moderate wear, laid down on tissue on verso, inked "1866" on recto. [Philadelphia, 1865]
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An advertising circular for a paperback issued shortly after the Lincoln assassination, illustrated with a wood engraving of Booth's deed. The verso (partly obscured by the tissue backing) describes the German-language edition, with the same illustration. See Monaghan 768, 3787 for both editions of the actual book.