Life of Osborn H. Oldroyd : Founder and Collector of Lincoln Mementos.
William Burton Benham.
Washington DC: Osborn Oldroyd, 1927. First edition Thin, small octavo. Some wear to edges and corners of boards. Signature of former owner in endpaper in blue ink. 31 p. with illustrations. A friendly biography of noted collector Oldroyd, with brief entries on particularly interesting items in his Lincoln collection. Oldroyd was a veteran of the 20th Ohio and one of the more prominent early collectors of Lincolniana. While much of his collection was eventually bought by the government in 1926 and are at Ford's Theater, some parts were also bought by the famed collector William Barton and are now at the University of Chicago. Uncommon. Very Good Hardcover in blue cloth covered boards. (Item ID: 10487)
$150.00
