Just this year alone (so far) I have acquired 19 books on Abraham Lincoln, plus two magazines focused on specific aspects of the Civil War. Most of these are recent copyrights. The seemingly old ones in the list that follows are actually more recent reprints (e.g., Halleck 1862 is not really a first edition from that era, much to my chagrin; and the Illinois Central Railroad Company 1905 is a modern disappointment).
The other dates reflect the actual age of the books. About half are confirmed first editions. Only one of the books in the list is signed, but ah, what a gem it is. Tony Kushner is the screenwriter for the Steven Spielberg Lincoln movie that won Daniel Day-Lewis his unprecedented third Best Actor Oscar. He signed a limited number of a special cloth edition (i.e., hardcover) at the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago. And I have one.
Okay, enjoy the list while I work on my proposal. Will be back soon.
| Anderson, Dwight G. | Abraham Lincoln: The Quest for Immortality | 1982 |
| Berg, Scott W. | 38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier’s End | 2012 |
| Boritt, Gabor S. (ed) | The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon | 2001 |
| Cromie, Alice | A Tour Guide to the Civil War: The Complete State-by-State Guide to Battlegrounds, Landmarks, Museums, Relics, and Sites (3rd Edition, Revised) | 1990 |
| Eliot, Alexander | Abraham Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography | 1985 |
| Gary, Ralph | Following in Lincoln’s Footsteps: A Complete Annotated Reference to Hundreds of Historical Sites Visited by Abraham Lincoln | 2001 |
| Halleck, Henry Wager | Elements of Military Art and Science | 1862 |
| Hartwig, D. Scott | To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 | 2012 |
| Hirsch, David and Van Haften, Dan | Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, and the Structure of Reason | 2012 |
| Holzer, Harold | Lincoln: President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861 | 2008 |
| Illinois Central Railroad Company | Abraham Lincoln As Attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad Company | 1905 |
| Kushner, Tony | Lincoln: The Screenplay | 2012 |
| Lamon, Ward H. | The Life of Abraham Lincoln; From His Birth to his Inauguration as President (Illustrated Edition) | 2013 |
| Marvel, William (ed) | The Monitor Chronicles: One Sailor’s Account: Today’s Campaign to Recover the Civil War Wreck | 2000 |
| Nesbitt, Mark | Ghosts of Gettysburg: Spirits, Apparitions and Haunted Places of the Battlefield | 1991 |
| Redkey, Edwin S. (Ed) | A Grand Army of Black Men | 1992 |
| Spiegel, Allen D. | A. Lincoln: Esquire: A Shrewd, Sophisticated Lawyer in His Time | 2002 |
| Still, William N., Jr., Taylor, John M., and Delaney, Norman C. | Raiders and Blockaders: The American Civil War Afloat | 1998 |
| Wideman, John C. | Naval Warfare: Courage and Combat on the Water | 1997 |
| Railroads in the War (magazine) | 1991 | |
| The Hunter Becomes the Prey (magazine) | 2004 |
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