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Book GopightN" L?- 4 COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT.
Lincolniana* j-o U ^1 ^^ ■ N , >^ £^ A, £\ r* f* ^ "0 ft) Copyright 19 13, by H. Alfred Fowler.
Preface* It was originally intended to publish this work under the title '^Lincolniana Book-plates/^ making of it a little brochure of interest to collectors of book- plates, depicting the several book-plates bearing port- raits of Lincoln or other designs appropriate for book- plates to be used in books relating to him* But it was found impossible to adequately... des- cribe the book-plates without going into the details of the collections they were used to mark; & these details were found to be of as much if not more int- erest than the book-plates themselves* And so it was decided to turn the project into a little volume on Lincolniana; which has been done, with the kind assistance of Messrs* Charles W* McLellan, Judd Stewart and J* B* Oakleaf, all veteran collectors of Lincolniana, who have each contributed a little paper on the subject* There has been no effort to cover the field of '^Lincolniana book-plates/' the few illustrations ap- pearing having been chosen simply with a view to appropriate decoration, which will account for the apparent, but thus not real neglect of many inter- esting Lincolniana book-plates* H* A* F* Collectors and Collectings Since what follows is written solely to oblige a man with a hobby, I claim the privilege of sim- ply suggesting instead of detailing my ideas and, further, the privilege of starting at the end of the story instead of at the beginning* The book-plate for my Lincoln library is the final outcome of gratifying an inherited desire for collecting, given to me, I am sure, by my dear old mother who was always saving papers or clippings of interest* From her also I think that I inherited the desire to give pleasure to others (an inheritance that has not been cultivated beyond a reasonable measure, however) and so I comply with a brother hobbyist^s request for a few words to accompany my Lincoln book-plate* In August 1888, desiring to present to my em- ployer, August R* Meyer of Kansas City, a book that would be unique and ^^different, ^^ I started to extra-illustrate Arnold^s ^^Life of Lincoln, ^^ think- ing that I would give it to him Christmas, but, be- coming interested, I deferred giving it until it was as complete as my crude notions demanded* In J 889 1 endeavored to complete that task but could find no satisfactory portrait of General Jim Lane of Kansas^ Finally, in 1890, the volumes were completed and save a mistake made by the binder the work was satisfactory and the presentation made on Qiristmas Day of that year^ My interest in Lin- coln had been aroused and I started out ^'to get, to have, and to hoW all I could gather in the way of books and pamphlets about him# Being transferred, in 1 90 1, from the West to the East where second-hand book-stores ^Mo abound more abundantly^^ I found myself led on & on buy- ing books, pamphlets, medals, sheet music, photo- graphs, autograph letters, anything and everything to gratify the one desire to have and to own all that was possible for man to possess regarding the most heroic figure of the age* When I found it necessary, in order to effect an exchange with a State Histor- ical Society, to have a bill passed by the legislature of the state, I, with the help of good friends, pro- ceeded to have the bill passed and added one more item to my collection* Meeting, by chance on a train, a man who owned a pamphlet wanted I spent three years in an effort to obtain and preserve the printed copy of a sermon on Lincoln's death* To obtain a play print- ed in West Creek, Virginia, in 1867, 1 located the author in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and finally got the volume^ I have called into service, not once but many times, the Consular Service of the United States in securing foreign items of interest* And now that I publish the secret, my friendly competitors who see this will probably ^^make it hot'^ for U» S» Consuls* But, after all, the pleasure of pursuit and ac- quisition is of no worth compared to the friendship formed through my collecting* I cannot name one without offending others but what a pleasure it is to receive, some morning when business is all as- kew, a letter from a ^^hated rivaF^ congratulating one on a new acquisition or, as sometimes happens, finding in the mail with the compliments of some other collector (^^hated rivar^) an item that you want and have despaired of getting!
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Book GopightN" L?- 4 COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT.
Lincolniana* j-o U ^1 ^^ ■ N , >^ £^ A, £\ r* f* ^ "0 ft) Copyright 19 13, by H. Alfred Fowler.
Preface* It was originally intended to publish this work under the title '^Lincolniana Book-plates/^ making of it a little brochure of interest to collectors of book- plates, depicting the several book-plates bearing port- raits of Lincoln or other designs appropriate for book- plates to be used in books relating to him* But it was found impossible to adequately... des- cribe the book-plates without going into the details of the collections they were used to mark; & these details were found to be of as much if not more int- erest than the book-plates themselves* And so it was decided to turn the project into a little volume on Lincolniana; which has been done, with the kind assistance of Messrs* Charles W* McLellan, Judd Stewart and J* B* Oakleaf, all veteran collectors of Lincolniana, who have each contributed a little paper on the subject* There has been no effort to cover the field of '^Lincolniana book-plates/' the few illustrations ap- pearing having been chosen simply with a view to appropriate decoration, which will account for the apparent, but thus not real neglect of many inter- esting Lincolniana book-plates* H* A* F* Collectors and Collectings Since what follows is written solely to oblige a man with a hobby, I claim the privilege of sim- ply suggesting instead of detailing my ideas and, further, the privilege of starting at the end of the story instead of at the beginning* The book-plate for my Lincoln library is the final outcome of gratifying an inherited desire for collecting, given to me, I am sure, by my dear old mother who was always saving papers or clippings of interest* From her also I think that I inherited the desire to give pleasure to others (an inheritance that has not been cultivated beyond a reasonable measure, however) and so I comply with a brother hobbyist^s request for a few words to accompany my Lincoln book-plate* In August 1888, desiring to present to my em- ployer, August R* Meyer of Kansas City, a book that would be unique and ^^different, ^^ I started to extra-illustrate Arnold^s ^^Life of Lincoln, ^^ think- ing that I would give it to him Christmas, but, be- coming interested, I deferred giving it until it was as complete as my crude notions demanded* In J 889 1 endeavored to complete that task but could find no satisfactory portrait of General Jim Lane of Kansas^ Finally, in 1890, the volumes were completed and save a mistake made by the binder the work was satisfactory and the presentation made on Qiristmas Day of that year^ My interest in Lin- coln had been aroused and I started out ^'to get, to have, and to hoW all I could gather in the way of books and pamphlets about him# Being transferred, in 1 90 1, from the West to the East where second-hand book-stores ^Mo abound more abundantly^^ I found myself led on & on buy- ing books, pamphlets, medals, sheet music, photo- graphs, autograph letters, anything and everything to gratify the one desire to have and to own all that was possible for man to possess regarding the most heroic figure of the age* When I found it necessary, in order to effect an exchange with a State Histor- ical Society, to have a bill passed by the legislature of the state, I, with the help of good friends, pro- ceeded to have the bill passed and added one more item to my collection* Meeting, by chance on a train, a man who owned a pamphlet wanted I spent three years in an effort to obtain and preserve the printed copy of a sermon on Lincoln's death* To obtain a play print- ed in West Creek, Virginia, in 1867, 1 located the author in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and finally got the volume^ I have called into service, not once but many times, the Consular Service of the United States in securing foreign items of interest* And now that I publish the secret, my friendly competitors who see this will probably ^^make it hot'^ for U» S» Consuls* But, after all, the pleasure of pursuit and ac- quisition is of no worth compared to the friendship formed through my collecting* I cannot name one without offending others but what a pleasure it is to receive, some morning when business is all as- kew, a letter from a ^^hated rivaF^ congratulating one on a new acquisition or, as sometimes happens, finding in the mail with the compliments of some other collector (^^hated rivar^) an item that you want and have despaired of getting!
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