LINCOLN, Abraham. The Gettysburg Speech. New York, 1924. 24 etchings (plus cover etching). Various colored inks. 21.5 x 19.5 cm. (8-3/8 x 7-3/4 inches), heavy wove paper. Original hand-bound grey cloth over plain grey boards with original canceled copper plates set within inside covers, etching on upper cover. Bookplate of Robert E. Massmann.
Limited edition (#5 of 11 signed copies, with two original cancelled copper plates (1) SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PHILADELPHIA 1776 (2) Now we are engaged in a great civil war...). Weber, p. 35: "This book contains the celebrated address on the famous Civil War battlefield by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863... In some issues there are cancelled plates." 70000006
Plate list:
THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH [cover etching]. Slate blue. 5.5 x 5 cm.
SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PHILADELPHIA 1776 | Wall after Trumbull 1924 [illustration]. Original canceled copper plate inset in verso of upper cover. 6 x 11.5 cm.
["Canceled Plate"] COPY NO...THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH FIRST PRINTING—100 COPIES ["and eleven canceled plate copies..."] [limitation leaf]. Sepia. Signed. 7 x 10 cm.
THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN DELIVERED ON NOV. 19, 1863... [title]. Light olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
A. Lincoln | Wall 1924 [bust portrait with Lincoln's facsimile signature]. Brownish black. 10 x 7.5 cm.
I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME TO MR. & MRS. WM. L. VOIGT... [dedication leaf within decorative border]. Lavender. 10 x 7.5 cm.
PLATES GETTYSBURG SPEECH... [plate index with vignette]. Lavender. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
Four score and seven years ago... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PHILADELPHIA 1776 | Wall after Trumbull 1924 [illustration]. Black. 7.5 x 12.5 cm.
2 Now we are engaged in a great civil war... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
CHANCELLORSVILLE | Wall [illustration]. Greenish black. 7.5 x 11 cm.
3 We are met on a great battlefield... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
NOV. 19, 1863 | Wall 1924 [Abraham Lincoln delivering his Gettysburg Address]. Greenish black. 10 x 7.5 cm.
4 It is altogether fitting and proper... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
NATIONAL CEMETERY | Wall 1924 [illustration]. Forest green. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
5 struggled here, have consecrated it... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
[Dead on Battlefield] | Wall 24 [illustration]. Forest green. 7.5 x 11 cm.
6 It is for us, the living... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT GETTYSBURG | Wall 24 [illustration]. Sepia. 11 x 7.5 cm.
7 before us—that from these honored dead... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
EAST CEMETERY HILL [illustration]. Dark teal. 11 x 7.5 cm.
8 this nation, under GOD, shall have a new birth... [text with vignette]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
LINCOLN SPEECH MEMORIAL | Wall 1916 Gettysburg [illustration]. Forest green. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
Canceled Sept. 6, 1932 SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PHILADELPHIA 1776 | Wall after Trumball 1924 [etching from original canceled copper plate] [illustration]. Greenish black. 7.5 x 12.5 cm.
2 Now we are engaged in a great civil war... [etching of original canceled copper plate]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL ETCHER OF BOOKS [printer's illustrated device]. Green. 8 x 5.5 cm.
LINCOLN, Abraham. The Gettysburg Speech. New York, 1924. 24 etchings (plus cover etching). Various colored inks. 21.5 x 19.5 cm. (9 x 7-3/4 inches), heavy wove paper. Original hand-bound grey cloth over plain grey boards with original cancelled copper plates set within inside of covers, etching on upper cover. Original d.j. (worn and with tape repairs) with Wall's manuscript title on spine (incorrectly citing this copy as No. 9 rather than No. 8).
Limited edition (#8 of 11 signed copies with two original cancelled copper plates: (1) Dead on battlefield, (2) struggled here, have consecrated it...). 70000005
Plate list:
THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH [cover etching]. Slate blue. 5.5 x 5 cm.
[Dead on Battlefield] | Wall 24 [illustration]. Original canceled copper plates set within inside of covers. 7.5 x 11 cm.
["Canceled Plate"] COPY NO...THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH FIRST PRINTING—100 COPIES ["and eleven canceled plate copies..."] [limitation leaf]. Sepia. Signed. 7 x 10 cm.
THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN DELIVERED ON NOV. 19, 1863... [title]. Light olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
A. Lincoln | Wall 1924 [bust portrait with Lincoln's facsimile signature]. Brownish black. 10 x 7.5 cm.
I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME TO MR. & MRS. WM. L. VOIGT... [dedication leaf within decorative border]. Lavender. 10 x 7.5 cm.
PLATES GETTYSBURG SPEECH... [plate index with vignette]. Lavender. 13 x 7.5 cm.
Four score and seven years ago... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PHILADELPHIA 1776 | Wall after Trumbull 1924 [illustration]. Black. 7.5 x 12.5 cm.
2 Now we are engaged in a great civil war... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
CHANCELLORSVILLE [illustration]. Greenish black. 7.5 x 11 cm.
3 We are met on a great battlefield... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
NOV. 19, 1863 | Wall 1924 [Abraham Lincoln delivering his Gettysburg Address]. Greenish black. 10.5 x 7.5 cm.
4 It is altogether fitting and proper... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
NATIONAL CEMETERY | Wall 1924 [illustration]. Forest green. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
5 struggled here, have consecrated it... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
[Dead on Battlefield] | Wall 24 [illustration]. Forest green. 7.5 x 11 cm.
6 It is for us, the living... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT GETTYSBURG | Wall 24 [illustration]. Sepia. 11 x 7.5 cm.
7 before us—that from these honored dead... [text]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
EAST CEMETERY HILL [illustration]. Black. 7.5 x 11 cm.
8 this nation, under GOD, shall have a new birth... [text with vignette]. Sepia. 10 x 7.5 cm.
LINCOLN SPEECH MEMORIAL | Wall 1916 Gettysburg [illustration]. Forest green. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
[Dead on Battlefield] | Wall 24 [illustration] [etching from original canceled copper plate]. 7.5 x 11 cm.
5 struggled here, have consecrated it... [text] [etching of original canceled copper plate]. Forest green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL ETCHER OF BOOKS [printer's illustrated device]. Forest green. 8 x 5.5 cm.
LINCOLN, Abraham. The Gettysburg Speech. New York, 1924. 21 etchings (plus cover etching). Various colored inks. 27 x 20.5 cm. (10-5/8 x 8 inches), Japanese paper. Original hand-bound brown cloth over tan paper-covered boards, hand-ruling in brown ink on upper and lower covers and endsheets, etching on upper cover. Presentation copy: "To Mr. Alexander W. Hannah, Very Sincerely, Bernhardt Wall 3 4 1926." Bookplate of Thomas Irwin Starr. Laid in are two additional sheets with three etchings relating to the Lincoln Fellowship of Southern California meeting in 1944:
1] This etching of the Lincoln Cabin was made as a demonstration of the art for the Lincoln Fellowship of So. California | Wall 1944 [illustration]. Dark brown. 7.5 x 10 cm.
2] [Invitation with two etchings]: We mortals are ever interested in the immortals... [illustration of Lincoln's birthplace]. Scarlet. 4.5 x 7.5 cm. [With]: LINCOLN FELLOWSHIP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA You are invited to attend a meeting: PLACE—Studio of The Bernhardt Walls [text]. Black. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
Limited edition (#41 of 100 signed copies). 70000122
Plate list:
THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH [cover etching]. Brown. 7 x 5 cm.
COPY NO...THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH FIRST PRINTING—100 COPIES [limitation leaf]. Forest green. Signed. 7 x 10 cm.
THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN DELIVERED ON NOV. 19, 1863... [title]. Tan. 10 x 7.5 cm.
A. Lincoln | Wall 1924 [bust portrait with Lincoln's facsimile signature]. Brownish black. Heavy wove paper. 10 x 7.5 cm.
I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME TO MR. & MRS. WM. L. VOIGT... [dedication leaf within decorative border]. Teal. 10 x 7.5 cm.
Four score and seven years ago... [text]. Tan. 10 x 7.5 cm.
SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PHILADELPHIA 1776 | Wall after Trumbull 1924 [illustration]. Brown. 7.5 x 12.5 cm.
2 Now we are engaged in a great civil war... [text]. Tan. 10 x 7.5 cm.
CHANCELLORSVILLE | Wall [illustration]. Brown. 7.5 x 11 cm.
3 We are met on a great battlefield... [text]. Tan. 10 x 7.5 cm.
NOV. 19, 1863 | Wall 1924 [Abraham Lincoln delivering his Gettysburg Address]. Brown. 10.5 x 7.5 cm.
4 It is altogether fitting and proper... [text]. Tan. 10 x 7.5 cm.
NATIONAL CEMETERY | Wall 1924 [illustration]. Forest green. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
5 struggled here, have consecrated it... [text]. Tan. 10 x 7.5 cm.
[Dead on Battlefield] | Wall 24 [illustration]. Brown. 7.5 x 11 cm.
6 It is for us, the living... [text]. Tan. 10 x 7.5 cm.
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT GETTYSBURG | Wall 24 [illustration]. Sepia. 10.5 x 7.5 cm.
7 before us—that from these honored dead... [text]. Tan. 10 x 7.5 cm.
EAST CEMETERY HILL [illustration]. Black. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
8 this nation, under GOD, shall have a new birth... [text with vignette]. Tan. 10 x 7.5 cm.
LINCOLN SPEECH MEMORIAL | Wall 1916 Gettysburg [illustration]. Green. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL ETCHER OF BOOKS [printer's illustrated device]. Forest green. 8 x 5.5 cm.
LINCOLN, Abraham. The Gettysburg Speech. New York, 1924. 21 etchings (plus cover etching). Various colored inks. 28 x 22.5 cm.(11 x 8-3/4 inches), wove paper, tissue guards. Original hand-bound dark brown cloth over tan mottled paper-covered boards, etching on upper cover. Presentation copy: "To Mrs. Saramé Raynolds Drake with best wishes Bernhardt Wall 3-14-24.
Limited edition (#2 of 100 signed copies). The ink colors are different in this copy. 70000123
Plate list:
THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH [cover etching]. Brown. 7 x 5 cm.
COPY NO...THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH FIRST PRINTING—100 COPIES [limitation leaf]. Olive green. Signed. 7 x 10 cm.
THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN DELIVERED ON NOV. 19, 1863... [title]. Blue. 9 x 7.5 cm.
A. Lincoln | Wall 1924 [bust portrait with Lincoln's facsimile signature]. Brownish black. 10 x 7.5 cm.
I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME TO MR. & MRS. WM. L. VOIGT... [dedication leaf within decorative border]. Blue-gray. 10 x 7.5 cm.
Four score and seven years ago... [text]. Pale ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PHILADELPHIA 1776 | Wall after Trumbull 1924 [illustration]. Burnt sienna. 7.5 x 12.5 cm.
2 Now we are engaged in a great civil war... [text]. Pale ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
CHANCELLORSVILLE | Wall [illustration]. Burnt sienna. 7.5 x 11 cm.
3 We are met on a great battlefield... [text]. Pale ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
NOV. 19, 1863 | Wall 1924 [Abraham Lincoln delivering his Gettysburg Address]. Brown. 10 x 7.5 cm.
4 It is altogether fitting and proper... [text]. Pale ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
NATIONAL CEMETERY | Wall 1924 [illustration]. Forest green. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
5 struggled here, have consecrated it... [text]. Pale ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
[Dead on Battlefield] | Wall 24 [illustration]. Dark brown. 7.5 x 11 cm.
6 It is for us, the living... [text]. Pale ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT GETTYSBURG | Wall 24 [illustration]. Olive. 11 x 7.5 cm.
7 before us—that from these honored dead... [text]. Pale ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
EAST CEMETERY HILL [illustration]. Dark brown. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
8 this nation, under GOD, shall have a new birth... [text with vignette]. Pale ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
LINCOLN SPEECH MEMORIAL | Wall 1916 Gettysburg [illustration]. Greenish black. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL ETCHER OF BOOKS [printer's illustrated device]. Blue. 6 x 3.5 cm.
LINCOLN, Abraham. The Gettysburg Speech. New York, 1924. 22 etchings (plus cover etching and etcher's slip). Various colored inks. 27 x 21.5 cm. (10-1/2 x 8-5/8 inches), wove paper. Original hand-bound red cloth over rose mottled paper-covered boards, etching on upper cover. Binding worn and stained, irregular 1 x 3 inch portion of upper cover paper torn away. Presentation letter of former owner tipped in.
Limited edition (#29 of 100 signed copies). Another copy of preceding, with AN additional etched slip tipped in: "This book is etched from cover to cover." 70000046
Plate list:
THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH [cover etching]. Umber. 7 x 5 cm.
THIS BOOK IS ETCHED FROM COVER TO COVER [tipped-in slip]. Slate green. With Wall's ink note: "Printed and bound in New Preston Conn B. W." 4 x 5 cm.
COPY NO...THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH FIRST PRINTING—100 COPIES [limitation leaf]. Olive. Signed. 7 x 10 cm.
THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN DELIVERED ON NOV. 19, 1863... [title]. Brown. 10 x 7.5 cm.
A. Lincoln | Wall 1924 [bust portrait with Lincoln's facsimile signature]. Brownish black. 10 x 7.5 cm.
I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME TO MR. & MRS. WM. L. VOIGT... [dedication leaf within decorative border]. Lilac. 10 x 7.5 cm.
Four score and seven years ago... [text]. Ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PHILADELPHIA 1776 | Wall after Trumbull 1924 [illustration]. Burnt sienna. 7.5 x 12.5 cm.
2 Now we are engaged in a great civil war... [text]. Ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
CHANCELLORSVILLE | Wall [illustration]. Olive green. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
3 We are met on a great battlefield... [text]. Ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
NOV. 19, 1863 | Wall 1924 [Abraham Lincoln delivering his Gettysburg Address]. Brown. 10 x 7.5 cm.
4 It is altogether fitting and proper... [text]. Ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
[Dead on Battlefield] | Wall 24 [illustration]. Brown. 7.5 x 11 cm.
5 struggled here, have consecrated it... [text]. Ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
NATIONAL CEMETERY | Wall 1924 [illustration]. Forest green. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
6 It is for us, the living... [text]. Ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT GETTYSBURG | Wall 24 [illustration]. Olive. 11 x 7.5 cm.
7 before us—that from these honored dead... [text]. Ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
EAST CEMETERY HILL [illustration]. Brown. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
8 this nation, under GOD, shall have a new birth... [text with vignette]. Ochre. 10 x 7.5 cm.
LINCOLN SPEECH MEMORIAL | Wall 1916 Gettysburg [illustration]. Dark teal. 7.5 x 10.5 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL ETCHER OF BOOKS [printer's illustrated device]. Brown. 6 x 3.5 cm.
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