lot antique 1860s Civil War vintage Life of Lincoln and illustrated lives of Garfield and McKinley

Pair of antique books on the lives of Abraham Lincoln and (including the Civil War) and the lives of the two other US Presidents assonated prior to John F Kennedy.

There is an 1860s vintage edition of "The Life of Abraham Lincoln - by J.G. Holland". We've been told that this is a First Edition, but we're not sure as this volume is missing the frontispiece and title pages. The first page is the dedication to Andrew Johnson and the paper and printing looks right to us for a book from the 1860s. This book has some condition issues. The embossed leather cover is worn, is loose from the pages and the spine has been repaired with tape. The pages have spotting and there are several names and inscriptions at the front of the book. There are also some pencil marks and notes on the margins of some of the pages.

There is a 1901 edition of "Our Martyr Presidents - Lincoln : Garfield : McKinley - Their Illustrious Lives, Public and Private and Their Glorious Deeds - Biographies, Speeches and Stories - Together with histories of Noted Assassins and Assassinations and Anarchy and Anarchists in the United States and Europe - by John Coulter". This has 569 pages and is "Superbly illustrated with etchings and half-tones from original photographs and drawings by William Schmedtgen, Hugo Von Hofsten and other noted artists". The cover of this book of this is worn and the spine has been repaired and is held together with old tape. It has book plates and an owner's name on the front endpapers and there are pencil marking and notes on the a number of the pages.