Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Whitman, Walt. Death of Lincoln. Black Cat Press, 1962.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Miniature hardcover in black leather with gilt illustration and lettering, 2 3/4 x 2 inches, 53 pages, rich purple and green marbled endpapers, illustrations throughout by Ralph Frederick, tiny silver Lilliput bookseller's label on rear paste-down no other notable flaws. Printed in a limited edition direct from type, illustrations by Ralph Frederick were reproduced on copper from original drawings. Designed by E. Willis Jones, typography and production by Norman Forgue.
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Whitman, Walt. Death of Abraham Lincoln. Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1962.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Miniature, 2-9/16"x2-1/8". Full black calf lettered in gilt on spine with a gilt vignette on the front cover. All edges gilt. First BCP edition, limited to 300 copies, with a note by Paul M. Angle, typography by Norman Forgue, and illustrations by Ralph Frederick. A gorgeous copy.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: xiv, 53pp. One of 300 copies. A lecture delivered by Whitman on the anniversary of Lincoln's death. With several full-page color illustrations and a number of smaller black and white illustrations, by Ralph Frederick. Typography by Norman Forgue. Bound in full black leather with illustration of a smoking gun in gilt to front cover and lettering in gilt to spine. Endpapers marbled. Scant soiling to exterior, else a fine copy. (2 13/16 by 2 1/16; 72x53mm).
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.