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

36 c   (EPHEMERA.) Large group of Lincoln-related engravings and cartoons clipped from period newspapers. Approximately 45 items, various sizes and conditions. Vp, bulk 1860-65 [400/600] Includes full issues and clippings from Harper’s Weekly and other publications with images relating to Lincoln and the Civil War. Two of the more important engravings have been framed: the cover of the 10 November 1860 Harper’s Weekly featuring a full-page engraving of Lincoln’s Cooper Union portrait with background added; and a Harper’s cartoon of Lincoln holding a miniature McClellan, captioned “This Reminds Me of a Little Joke.” 37 c   (EPHEMERA.) Group of 3 paper currency items featuring Lincoln. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, circa 1869-1914 [300/400] United States Fractional Currency, 50 cents, featuring an engraving based on the 1864 portrait from life by Francis B. Carpenter. Dated “Act March 3rd 1863” but featuring facsimile signatures of John Allison as registrar and Francis Spinner as treasurer. 1 3 / 4 x 4 inches; folds, minor wear. New York, circa 1869-75 * A proof printing of the previous portrait engraving only, on an otherwise blank 5 x 8 1 / 4 -inch sheet with heavy platemark * $5.00 bill, series of 1914; folds and moderate wear. 38 c   (EPHEMERA.) Group of ephemera relating to the 1909 centennial of Lincoln’s birth. 39 items in box, various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1908-18 [300/400] “100 Photographs from the Collection of Osborn H. Oldroyd—The Centenary of Abraham Lincoln’s Birth.” Poster, 35 x 26 inches. Np, 1908 * “The Lincoln Centenary Committee of New York City.” Photomechanical image, 10 x 14 inches to sight. Np, 1908 * Small Lincoln photogravure from the Boston Traveler * 28 Lincoln postcards, most from the centennial * “Lincoln, New Birth of Our New Soil.” New York, 1908 * “New York State Education Department Lincoln Centenary.” Albany, 1909 * “The Centenary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln, Program of Exercises.” Washington: Oldroyd, 1908 * “Addresses Delivered at the Celebration of . . . the Birth of Abraham Lincoln.” Spring field, IL, 1918 * “Papers Read before the Lancaster County Historical Society . . . Lincoln Centenary Number.” Lancaster, PA, 1909 * Centennial commemoration program, Syracuse, NY, 1909 * “Lincoln 1809 1909,” small pamphlet by Thorp & Martin Co. * E.T. Paull, “Lincoln Centennial Grand March” sheet music. Richmond, VA, 1909. These items were collected by Holzer a century later during his 8 years as co-chair of the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, appointed by President Clinton. 39 c   (EPHEMERA.) Group of 20th-century Lincoln ephemera. 8 items, various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1909-60 and undated [200/300] Program for the Cooper Union centennial, printed on silk, with related letter. New York, 1960 * Lincoln Farm Association membership certificate, 1909 * Advertising window card for Lincoln Brand oranges, Riverside, CA, undated * Autographed sentiment signed by artist and poet Thomas Buchanan Read, who painted Lincoln’s portrait. Np, undated * Pair of lobby cards for “Abraham Lincoln,” the 1930 D. W. Griffith film starring Walter Huston. 11 x 14 inches * Edwin Markham. “Lincoln, the Man of the People.” Broadside poem, 14 x 9 1 / 2 inches. Read at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial, and signed “Yours, Edwin Markham, Staten Island, N.Y.” Np, circa 1922 * “La Flor de Lincoln,” chromolithograph cigar box label, 4 1 / 2 x 4 1 / 2 inches.