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Lot 178

[ABRAHAM LINCOLN FORGERY]. BROCKETT, L.P. (1820?1893). The ...

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[ABRAHAM LINCOLN FORGERY]. BROCKETT, L.P. (1820?1893). The Philanthropic Results of the War in America. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1864. 12mo. Original blind?stamped brown cloth (ends chipped or worn, front hinge broken, lower cover dampstained). Provenance: Dawson?s Book Shop in Los Angeles sold to film director Norman Taurog. First edition, WITH A FORGED LINCOLN SIGNATURE (?A. Lincoln?) on front flyleaf near gutter corner. Sabin 8161.