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[ Autographs ] MARY TODD LINCOLN (1818 - 1882) First Lady, wife of Abraham Lincoln. Mary Lincoln's life was beset with personal torment;following the death of her youngest son Tad and the assassination of her husband, Mrs. Lincoln's mental health deteriorated to the point where she required committal to a mental institution and spent the rest of her life in seclusion. Exceptionally rare war-date signed bookNight and Morning, Vol. II by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1862, signed "Mary Lincoln 1864" on the blank front flyleaf. Edges of spine a bit rubbed, corners bumped, typical wear and overall very good to fine condition. In early 1998 a two-volume set of Bulwer's works with both inscribed was sold by us inexcess of

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