GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881), President. Remarks of Hon. Jas. A Garfield, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, April 14, 1866. In Memory of Abraham Lincoln. Washington, D.C.: Hudson Taylor, 1866. 8vo, 4pp., folded, as issued. FIRST EDITION, evidently printed at Garfield's expense, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on title in ink "Kind regards of J.A. Garfield." A rare pamphlet, reissued in 1880 during Garfield's presidential campaign. Monaghan 852. -- RIDDLE, A.G. Life, Character and Public Services of Jas. A. Garfield, Philadelphia, 1880. 12mo, frontispiece portrait (title partly loose), later green cloth. PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on title by the author (inscription shaved at top). Bookplate of Ralph C. Runyon. -- GARFIELD. -- Autograph sentiment signed, Mentor Ohio, 29 October 1880. 1p., small oblong, laid down on flyleaf of the volume, some offsetting from bookplate. Laid in is an envelope franked by Lucretia Garfield, 1906. Together 4 items (4)

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GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881), President. Remarks of Hon. Jas. A Garfield, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, April 14, 1866. In Memory of Abraham Lincoln. Washington, D.C.: Hudson Taylor, 1866. 8vo, 4pp., folded, as issued. FIRST EDITION, evidently printed at Garfield's expense, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on title in ink "Kind regards of J.A. Garfield." A rare pamphlet, reissued in 1880 during Garfield's presidential campaign. Monaghan 852. -- RIDDLE, A.G. Life, Character and Public Services of Jas. A. Garfield, Philadelphia, 1880. 12mo, frontispiece portrait (title partly loose), later green cloth. PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on title by the author (inscription shaved at top). Bookplate of Ralph C. Runyon. -- GARFIELD. -- Autograph sentiment signed, Mentor Ohio, 29 October 1880. 1p., small oblong, laid down on flyleaf of the volume, some offsetting from bookplate. Laid in is an envelope franked by Lucretia Garfield, 1906. Together 4 items (4)

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