Insanity File Case Mary by Mark Neely (73 results)

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Good. 1st. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. The Insanity File The Case of Mary Todd Lincoln by Mark Neely from Gryphon, Notable Trials Library 1999. Some photos, interesting case. looks unread Pages tight and clean Covers nice leather Dustjacket NONE SHIPPING OUTSIDE THE US WILL BE EXTRA.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 2nd prtg. HC. 203pp. AF in DW wi/slight browning at top edges. Nonfiction.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 6"x9.25" 203 ind.pgs. 7th printing. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped. PO address label on ffep. Includes newspaper clipping of the asylum papers being auctioned (6/7/2010). Secure ship w/track #. In 1875 Robert Todd Lincoln caused his mother, Mary Todd Lincoln, to be committed to an insane asylum. Based on newly discovered manuscript materials, this book seeks to explain how and why. In these documentsmarked by Robert Todd Lincoln as the "MTL Insanity File"exists the only definitive record of the tragic story of Mary Todd Lincoln's insanity trial. The book that results from these letters and documents addresses several areas of controversy in the life of the widow of Abraham Lincoln: the extent of her illness, the fairness of her trial, and the motives of those who had her committed for treatment. Related issues include the status of women under the law as well as the legal and medical treatment of insanity.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: N-Fine. First Edition/ Second Printing. A square solid tight clean un-read very near new copy. The jacket has some very light soil, some browning. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Draws on newly discovered manuscript documents to determine exactly why & how Abraham & Mary Todd Lincoln's son--Robert--caused his mother to be committed to an insane asylum against her will. In 203 pages with 25 vintage photographs. A FIRST EDITION, likely 2nd printing (per number line), this hardcover is in Near Fine condition: only flaw is fading to the brown cloth-covered boards along fore edge side of front cover only. Otherwise, it is AS NEW: completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white. The unclipped DJ is VG+, with browning along same fore edge & other edges. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Paperback Edition. Draws on newly discovered manuscript documents to determine exactly why & how Abraham & Mary Todd Lincoln's son--Robert--caused his mother to be committed to an insane asylum against her will. In 203 pages with 25 vintage photographs. Orig. published in hardcover in 1983 (see our listing # 014892), this is the First Trade Paperback Edition (7th printing) from 1993. Condition is Near Fine: appears Brand New & never opened! Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white & unmarked. Only flaw is mild ding to top corner of back cover. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. This special edition has been privately printed for the members of The Notable Trials Library. Book is bound in quarter leather with gilt title, author and embellishments at the spine and gilt embellishments to the front and back boards. Three raised bands at the spines. Gilt fore-edges, marbled front and back inside boards and end-papers, and sewn in silk ribbon marker. Inventory BS/BS8662 022020.

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition (number starts with "2"). Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 203 pps.

Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. xiv, 203pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faintest of wear to outer wrappers only, with price sticker scuff at upper right of rear wrapper, else tight and internally fine. Tight and nice later softbound printing of this fascinating 1986 study, one of the most provocative and intriguing Mary Todd Lincoln titles ever. This copy bears a meaty letter from each of the distinguished co-authors as well. Tipped to inside front wrapper is a 2-page Autograph Letter Signed from McMurtry, 8¼" X 11", Fort Wayne, IN, 14 November 1973. Addressed to noted Lincoln scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93) Near fine. Two original folds. On pale blue "Lincoln Herald" letterhead, McMurtry chats with this publication's book review editor about a new title (The Stars and the Stripes) that "should be reviewed in the Lincoln Herald because of its Lincoln and Civil War content. Shall I send it to you for review or should I designate some one to review it? You could do an excellent job of it. I will await your decision. It is such a fabulous book I would like to retain the copy for myself. However, I will await your decision. P.S. I might get Mark Neely to review it for the Lincoln Herald." Boldly penned in blue ballpoint and signed simply "Gerald." Tipped to facing front flyleaf is a Typed Note Signed from Neely, 1p, 8½" X 11", Fort Wayne, IN, 22 August 1979. Addressed to Ralph G. Newman (1912-98, founder of Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop). Very good. Two original folds. On pictorial letterhead of The Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum citing him as director, Neely chats about a couple of Lincoln tidbits, then adds, "Gerald McMurtry and I have been looking for an update of Angle's Shelf [of Lincoln Books] which he recalls your having done some time back. Does such a thing exist? Where might we find it?" Signed simply "Mark" in black ballpoint. McMurtry (1906-88) was the famed director of the Department of Lincolniana at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate; Neely (born 1944) is a popular, prolific, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of Lincoln and the Civil War.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap; one quarter dark blue leather over dark blue cloth, gilt spine and front titles and decorations; all edges gilt; green silk ribbon bound in; a new copy.

Octavo. 203 pages and index, signed by both authors. Before the death of the last surviving member of the Lincoln family, the grandson, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, gave to the Lincoln Collection at the Illinois Historical Society, the documents relating to the insanity trial of Mary Todd Lincoln. They were turned over to two well-known Lincoln scholars who have written this fascinating book. A unique study of the woman whose life often plagued Lincoln as President. Bound in brown cloth, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in a fine pictorial dust jacket.