Abraham Lincoln Commemoration Ceremony: Report of the Joint Committee on Arrangements on the Commemoration Ceremony in Observance of the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1959, at a Joint Session of Congress, February 12, 1959.
(LINCOLN, Abraham).
Price: 50.00 USD
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1959. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth, gilt. xvi, 32pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. Absolutely pristine copy of this report containing text of the public law, the "Congressional Record Report," Eisenhower's address at the official dinner, further speechifying, etc. On the half-title page is neatly inkstamped in blue "From / Congressman Henry S. Reuss" -- Reuss (1912-2002), a Wisconsin representative (1955-83), had sent this copy to noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop founder Ralph G. Newman, from whose collection it came. Laid into a pocket at inside rear board is a pamphlet, "Commemoration Ceremony upon the Occasion of the One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1959," an 18pp program for the elaborate celebration before the joint Houses of Congress, with speakers including Carl Sandburg and Fredric March. Fine.
