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JoeWoodStLouis · #1 07-23-2011, 04:56 PM

I collect Civil War/Lincoln and Lee prints... Went to a garage sale yesterday, and got an old worn spinebroken book for $1.00. Opened it up, and it was full of steel plate engravings from 1887. President Lincoln, Robt. E Lee, Andrew Johnson, Andy Jackson...etc... very nice condition, finely detailed...dust covers...from 1887. for $1.00?

silver lake · #2 07-23-2011, 04:58 PM

Wow, very nice.

Patrico · #3 07-23-2011, 05:26 PM

Gotta love those surprises!

tomclark · #4 07-23-2011, 05:38 PM

Interesting script on the bottom of the last one.

Means Your Obedient Servant Your Obt Svt... Hasn't been used for a loooong time.

neralich · #5 07-23-2011, 05:39 PM

Very cool,, Like a prize inside a box of cereal

.....only better!

JoeWoodStLouis · #6 07-23-2011, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomclark

Interesting script on the bottom of the last one.

Means Your Obedient Servant Your Obt Svt... Hasn't been used for a loooong time.

Right... I remember, I used to read books on Lincoln and the Civil War quite a bit growing up...When I was writing my first few letters to people as a tenager, I'd use "Your humble servant" or "Your Obediant Servant, Joe Wood." Because I saw this in all of my books...hah I hadn't realized that closing had fallen out of fashion...