WALL, Bernhardt. Three Warriors on Lincoln's Birthday. Lime Rock, 1928. 25 etchings (plus cover etching and etcher's slip). Mostly green inks. 29.5 x 24 cm. 11-5/8 x 9-6/8 inches), wove paper. Original hand-bound beige paper-covered boards, brown cloth over spine and outer edges of covers, etching on upper cover.
Limited edition (#14 of signed 100 copies). Weber, p. 37: "This is a pictorial essay about a trinity of veterans who gathered on February 12 in 1928 to celebrate the birthday of the Great Emancipator." 70000038
Plate list:
THREE WARRIORS ON LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY 1928 [cover etching]. Brown. 9 x 6.5 cm.
This Book is Etched Printed & Bound by Bernhardt Wall Personally [tipped-in slip]. Green. 1 x 8.5 cm.
COPY No...3 WARRIORS...EDITION 100 COPIES [limitation leaf]. Green. Signed. 5 x 7.5 cm.
THREE WARRIORS ON LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY [title with bust portrait of Lincoln]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
[LINCOLN STATUE—CHICAGO] | Wall Chicago 1927 [illustration]. Yellow-green. 16 x 8 cm.
COPYRIGHT 1928... [illustrated copyright notice]. Raw sienna. 4 x 7.5 cm.
NOTE A slight conversation between veterans of three wars... [illustrated text]. Ochre. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
PLATES... [plate index with vignette]. Yellow. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
THREE WARRIORS ON LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY... [illustrated text]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
II. No more were we The DISUNITED STATES... [illustrated text]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
THAT RIFT | Wall 1928 [Lincoln superimposed upon map showing division between North and South]. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
III Carpetbaggery! Wielding lash O'er fallen foe... [illustrated text]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
IV The second now Felt keen to speak... [illustrated text]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
U.S.S. "MAINE" sketched in Habana 1898 | Wall '28 [illustration]. Brownish black. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
V 'Remember the Maine' Our slogan was... [illustrated text]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
VI. Made our Country spiritually one. It cemented North and South... [illustrated text]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
VII Some silence more... [illustrated text]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
The World Must Be Made Safe For Democracy" | Wall 1928 [bust portrait of Woodrow Wilson]. Ochre. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
VIII Not to be outdone By the older vets... [illustrated text]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
IX. Aboard a mighty ship Mixed Northern regiments and Southern... [illustrated text]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
X No opprobrium meant... [illustrated text]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
"HELLO, YANK" | Wall '28 [illustration]. Brown. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
XI The G.A.R. and U.C.V... [illustrated text with Texas flag, a mission, and the Alamo]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
XII On a scene like this! Old Sam Houston's, too!... [illustrated text with Sam Houston and Abraham Lincoln]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
XIII Was much moved...[illustrated text]. Green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
Statue of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington by Daniel Chester French... | Wall Washington 1926 [illustrated text]. Gray. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL ETCHER OF BOOKS [printer's illustrated device]. Slate green. 8 x 5.5 cm.
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