Abraham Lincoln: The Tribute of the Synagogue. by Hertz, Emanuel. [Abraham Lincoln] - 1927

New York: Bloch Publishing Company, 1927. First edition and signed limited edition of Hertz's compilation of tributes delivered upon the occasion of the death of President Lincoln. Quarto, bound in three quarter morocco over buckram with gilt titles to the spine, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Lincoln, illustrated. One of one hundred numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page this is number 50. Presentation copy, additionally inscribed by the author on the limitation page, "To my good friend Ralph G. Lindstrom Esq with the best wishes of the Author June 3rd 1935." The recipient, Ralph G. Lindstrom was a noted Civil War and Lincoln scholar. Foreword by Rev. Dr. J. H. Hertz. Introduction by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. In fine condition. Very rare with noted provenance. Emanuel Hertz's Abraham Lincoln: The Tribute of the Synagogue brings together dozens of tributes delivered by Jewish authors and Rabbis including Rabbi Max Schlesinger's Abraham Lincoln (April 19, 1865), Levi A. Eliel's Leaders of Men (February 12, 1897), Rabbi Leonard Levy's The Message of Lincoln (February 12, 1911), and Rabbi Maurice H. Harris' The Humanity of Lincoln (February 12, 1916) among many others.