Sale 2486, Part I - The Harold Holzer Collection of Lincolniana, September 27, 2018

27 26 c   (EPHEMERA.) Champion Prize Envelope, Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds. 3 (of 5) illustrated envelopes, each 3 1 / 4 x 5 3 / 4 inches; unused, minor wear. New York: J.H. Tingley, 1861 [400/600] 3rd Round. Lincoln: I Will Soon Smother Those Pirates * 4th Round. Seward: General, Where is Secession Now? Scott: Don’t You See That Greasepot? * 5th Round. The Champion Belt. Provenance: Abraham Lincoln Bookshop. EPHEMERA LOTS 26 - 43 27 c   (EPHEMERA.) The Glorious and Inglorious Career of Jeff. Davis, in Five Expressive Tableaux. Double-sided engraving, 6 1 / 2 x 9 inches, with 3 illustrations and 2 slits to allow the parts to be flipped; moderate edge wear and faint mount remnants on title panel. New York: J.W. Caldwell, 1861 [600/900] Davis delivers his secession message, “intimates his aspirations for a crown,” sits on a throne of cotton, becomes terrified by the Union advance toward Richmond, and then “finds his throne a Secession Cauldron, more useful than ornamental, with a brisk fire in the rear.” Certainly from early in the war, before Bull Run. 3 copies in OCLC, and none traced at auction.