Publisher's advertisement precedes frontispiece Printer from colophon Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Fish, D. Lincoln bibliography Book, cloth with U.S. Capitol embossed on covers and embossed gilt illustrations on spine Copy 1: Pencil note on front free endpaper: First edition, First issue Copy 3: Pencil signature on front free endpaper: H. Brigham Copy 3: Fourth thousand--t.p Copy 4: Inscription in ink on front free endpaper: W. D. Nielson. Presented by his Grandmamma on his birthday July 31st 1863. at [illegible] N. Jersey Copy 4: Fifth thousand--t.p Copy 5: Ink signature on front paste-down endpaper: B.J. Stern, June 1863 Copy 5: Sixth thousand--t.p Copy 6: Ink signature on front free endpaper: E. J. Metcalf, West Medbury, Mass Copy 6: Seventh thousand--t.p Copy 7: Eighth thousand--t.p 18