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History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue
by SHIPHERD, Jacob R. (compiler)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0837127297
- ISBN 13
- 9780837127293
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. viii, 280pp. Fine. A tight and pristine facsimile reprint of the 1859 first edition of this court case transcript introduced by Henry E. Peck and Ralph Plumb -- a famed test of the Fugitive Slave Law involving an escaped slave from Kentucky and the owner's attempt to reclaim him in Ohio.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42041
- Title
- History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue
- Author
- SHIPHERD, Jacob R. (compiler)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0837127297
- ISBN 13
- 9780837127293
- Publisher
- Negro Universities Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Black History;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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