A Deluxe Edition of Lincoln’s Works Celebration of Scholarship John Carroll University April 10, 2013 Charles Zarobila Curator of Special Collections Grasselli Library
The Deluxe Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln (1905)
John Nicolay, Abraham Lincoln, and John Hay The Frontispiece from V. 1 of the Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln
Original 1894 Edition of Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln
“Gettysburg” Edition of Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln (1905)
A “Trade” Edition of Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln (1905)
This “Trade” Edition was called the “Biographical Edition” of Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln
The Deluxe Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln (1905)
Spine and Front Board of One Volume, Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln Binding Detail
An Inset Inside a Front Cover
An Inset Inside a Back Cover
Before and After Hand-Coloring an Engraving Polk and Lincoln
Title Page of the First Volume of the Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln Calligraphy Detail
A Variety of Historiated Initials on the Title Pages
Comparison of Type on Pages Biographical or TradeDeluxe
Comparison of Type and Worn Letters Biographical or Trade Deluxe Gettysburg
House Where Lincoln Died Photograph Printed On a Page
Photograph Cut and Pasted on a Blank Page Lincoln Tree Monument
General Winfield Scott An Engraving Printed Directly on a Page
Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War An Engraving Cut and Pasted on a Page
A Wood Engraving Cut and Pasted on a Page The Capitol
A Wood Engraving Printed on a Page Ruins of Lee’s Headquarters
Two-Color Wood Engraving Printed on Page Lincolns’ Funeral Car Crossing the Hudson
A Colored Lithograph Pasted on a Page Union Troops Leaving for War
Final Volume of LWAL with Inserted Documents
“Sea Letter” Signed by Abraham Lincoln
The deluxe edition that is the object of this presentation is The Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by John Nicolay and John Hay, New York: Anglo-American Authors Association [1905], 24 volumes. Main Cited Works The trade edition often compared with the deluxe edition in this presentation is the Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by John Nicolay and John Hay, New York: F. D. Tandy Company, 1905, 12 volumes.
A Deluxe Edition of Lincoln’s Works Celebration of Scholarship John Carroll University April 10, 2013 Charles Zarobila Curator of Special Collections Grasselli Library