Add this copy of Fort Wayne's Contacts With Abraham Lincoln to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Main Street Fine Books, ABAA rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galena, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County.
Edition:
1966, Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Publisher:
Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Published:
1966
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13532944509
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Seller's Description:
8vo. Stiff wrappers. 19pp. Illustrations. Very good. Outer wrapper (only) lightly age toned, else internally fine. First edition, tight and nice, with choice autograph addition: Tipped to inside front wrapper is a Typed Note Signed from McMurtry, 1p, 7¼" X 10½", Fort Wayne, IN, 15 August 1968. Addressed to Arnold Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln scholar). Near fine. Two original mailing folds. On pictorial letterhead of "The Lincoln National Life Foundation, " which lists him as director, McMurtry sends "Many thanks for the two copies of Ambassador which carries the story 'Strange Odyssey of Lincoln's Clothes. ' This is of particular interest to me as I hope to do an article on Lincoln's Assassination Clothes for the November Lincoln Lore." Signed simply "Gerald" in big, bold black ink. McMurtry (1906-88) directed the Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum from 1956 to 1973 and wrote more than 200 articles, pamphlets and books about Lincoln.
