Add this copy of The Mystery of a Public Man: A Historical Detective to cart. $48.09, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2012 by Literary Licensing, LLC.
Add this copy of The Mystery of a Public Man: a Historical Detective to cart. $64.62, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Literary Licensing, LLC.
Add this copy of The Mystery of "a Public Man." to cart. $14.50, good condition, Sold by Priceless Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Urbana, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by University of Minnesota Press.
Add this copy of The Mystery of " a Public Man": a Historical Detective to cart. $15.00, good condition, Sold by Liberty Book Shop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Avis, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by Univ Of Minnesota Press.
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Good+ with no dust jacket. Rubbing of edges, sl fraying at corners, sl foxing endpapers Mystery diary with Lincoln material researched, and hoax exposed.; 256 pages.
Add this copy of Mystery of "a Public Man": a Historical Detective Story to cart. $26.00, very good condition, Sold by Shoemaker Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gettysburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by University Of Minnesota Press.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 256 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ title on spine. Very bright and clean. DJ has light wear to edges. Lightly soiled.
Add this copy of The Mystery of "a Public Man": a Historical Detective to cart. $32.00, very good condition, Sold by Main Street Fine Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galena, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by University of Minnesota Press.
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8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. 256pp. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and rubbed, with spine sunned and several edge chips. First edition of this exposé of the author of the mysterious "Diary of a Public Man, " an anonymous "North American Review" contributor of 1879. Front jacket panel screams, "Lincoln Hoax Exposed! Authorship of Famous Diary Established in a Remarkable Story of Historical Detection."
Add this copy of The Mystery of "a Public Man". a Historical Detective to cart. $36.00, good condition, Sold by de Wit Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hutchinson, KS, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by Univ. of Minnesota Pr..
Add this copy of The Mystery of "a Public Man" to cart. $40.15, like new condition, Sold by Bibliodisia Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by University of Minnesota Press.
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Fine. An expose of the Lincoln hoax establishing the authorship of a famous diary in a remarkable story of historical detection. In a Mylar dj cover, a very nice copy, clean and unmarked, its only defect a tiny corner chip at the jacket spine. Octavo.
Add this copy of The Mystery of " a Public Man ": a Historical Detective to cart. $42.00, very good condition, Sold by The History Place rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palestine, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by University of Minnesota Press.
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Very Good Plus. This copy is from the library of David Herbert Donald, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for his biographies of Charles Sumner and Thomas Wolfe and celebrated biographer of Abraham Lincoln. Donald's signature is on the first free endpaper. The dust jacket shows wear to the edges. The dust jacket is now protected with a mylar cover.
Add this copy of The Mystery of "a Public Man": a Historical Detective to cart. $52.00, very good condition, Sold by Main Street Fine Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galena, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by University of Minnesota Press.
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8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. 256pp. Very good/very good. Jacket edgeworn, with several small edge chips. First edition of this exposé of the author of the mysterious "Diary of a Public Man." Front jacket panel screams, "Lincoln Hoax Exposed! Authorship of Famous Diary Established in a Remarkable Story of Historical Detection." Front flyleaf bears archival decorative-edged bookplate signed boldly in blue fineline by historian and biographer John M. Taylor, and laid in is a copy of his May 23, 1893 "Antiquarian Bookman" article, "The 'Public Man' and His Famous Diary, " which discusses this book.
