Fine Books and Manuscripts

WOODBRIDGE, Frederick Enoch (1818-1888). [John H. Surratt Report]. United States House of Representatives. John H. Surratt. 39th Congress, 2d Session. Report No. 33. N.p.: n.p., [1867]. 8vo (226 x 145 mm). 18pp. Disbound. (Creased.) A report on the discovery and arrest of John H. Surratt for his role in Lincoln's assisination. SCARCE: according to online records, this is the only copy to appear at auction in over 60 years. Monaghan 897.[With:] BINGHAM, John Armor (1815-1900). Trial of the Conspirators for the Assissination of President Lincoln, &c. Argument of John A. Bingham, Special Judge Advocate. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1865. 8vo (226 x 146 mm). ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. (Some light soiling or wear). Includes arguments on behalf of Mary Surratt, Samuel Mudd, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold and others associated with Booth's assissination of Lincoln. [With:] TOWNSEND, George Alfred (1841-1914). The Life, Crime, and Caputer of John Wilkes Booth, with a full sketch of the Conspiracy of which he was the Leader, and the Pursuit, Trial and Execution of his accomplices. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1865. 8vo. (Last leaf torn with loss.) Modern boards.