John Wilkes Booth Himself

Dover, Mass: Hired Hands Press, 1979. Limited Edition. Square Octavo. Limited to 1000 copies. The present copy is #328 and signed by both authors. 87 pages, 45 full page illustrations, It is now agreed that the photographs we have of John Wilkes Booth prior to the assassination of President Lincoln began to give us a picture along with how he was seen by his contemporaries. One third of these photographs have never been published before. He was considered one of the most handsome men of the stage though several did not see him as anywhere near his brother Edwin Booth. A fine copy in a near fine pictorial dust jacket lettered in white with rubbing to upper flap at fold, laid in is the original order card. (Inventory #: 029266)