The Murderers of Doom. Miserable Death of J. Wilkes Booth, the Assassin of President Lincoln. / Shot through the head by Sergeant Boston Corbett in a Barn on Garrett's Farm, near Port Royal, near the Rappahannock, April 25, 1865 [caption title below image]

Published by J.L. Magee, Philadelphia, (PA), 1865

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Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.Bartleby's Books, ABAA

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First edition. Lithograph in black-and-white, 12 1/2 x 17 inches (image size: 8 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches), "an image of John Wilkes Booth seen falling into a fire in a barn. He holds a gun in his proper right hand, his proper left leg bandaged and his crutches and a knife fall to the ground. A man at left stands at the barn door, while a group of soldiers outside the barn look in, one pointing a gun at Booth" (OCLC). Magee also published the famous print "Death Bed of Abraham Lincoln." OCLC locates one copy (American Antiquarian Society); copies are also at the Library of Congress and the Huntington Library. Margins a little browned, but very good, light creases from folding. Matted, glazed, and framed. (#6283).

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Title
The Murderers of Doom. Miserable Death of J. Wilkes Booth, the Assassin of President Lincoln. / Shot through the head by Sergeant Boston Corbett in a Barn on Garrett's Farm, near Port Royal, near the Rappahannock, April 25, 1865 [caption title below image]
Publisher
J.L. Magee, Philadelphia, (PA)
Publication year
1865
Edition
1st Edition
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Americana, Civil War, Presidents

Bartleby's Books, ABAA

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We specialize in rare and antiquarian books and ephemera with emphasis on American History. In addition to our specialties, we have a good general antiquarian stock.

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