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THE CHILD'S ANTI-SLAVERY BOOK Containing a Few Words about American Slave Children and Stories of Slave-Life
by (COLMAN, Julia and THOMPSON, Matilda G.)
- Condition
- Used - Quite shaken with a number of pages loose or detached; lacking one illustration, as noted; occasional stain. Covers worn and sta
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- [1859]
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£756.19
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New York/Cincinnati: Phillips & Hunt/Walden & Stowe, [1859]. First Edition. Hardcover. Quite shaken with a number of pages loose or detached; lacking one illustration, as noted; occasional stain. Covers worn and stained, gilt worn but readable on spine. Fair to Good only, but rather scarce. Original brown cloth (4" x 5-3/4"); 158, [2] pages. With 9 (of 10)… Read more about this item Item Price
£756.19
NEGRO SLAVERY IN WISCONSIN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
by DAVIDSON, John Nelson
- Condition
- Used - Mostly unopened. Rear wrap neatly detached. Very Good and quite uncommon
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- First Edition
- Published
- 14 September 1897
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£453.71
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Milwaukee, WI: Parkman Club Publications, 14 September 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Mostly unopened. Rear wrap neatly detached. Very Good and quite uncommon. Stapled printed green wraps (6-5/8" x 9-1/2"); 211-244 pages plus blank and covers. The Ordinance of 1787 forbade the practice of slavery or involuntary servitude in any form in the Northwest Territory, making it a crime… Read more about this item Item Price
£453.71
LETTERS AND ADDRESSES BY GEORGE THOMPSON DURING HIS MISSION IN THE UNITED STATES From Oct. 1st, 1834, to Nov. 27, 1835
by THOMPSON, George
- Condition
- Used - Private library number in ink at top of title page, contents quite clean; front endpaper lacking; hinges cracked but holding. So
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1837
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£857.01
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Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Private library number in ink at top of title page, contents quite clean; front endpaper lacking; hinges cracked but holding. Some edgewear and staining to covers. Very Good. Original cloth-backed printed boards (4" x 5-3/4"); xii, 126 pages. Complete with a printed note from William Lloyd Garrison. George Thompson was well-known… Read more about this item Item Price
£857.01
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by SUMNER, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Creases from folding; mounting strip on verso. Very Good
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- 25 April 1853
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- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£252.06
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Boston, 25 April 1853. Letter. Creases from folding; mounting strip on verso. Very Good. A 2-1/2-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on a 8-1/4" x 6-3/4" sheet of paper folded in half by Sumner to Rev. John L. Blake. Sumner tells Blake that he has only his own copy of his book--ORATIONS & SPEECHES OF CHARLES SUMNER--but that Blake can… Read more about this item Item Price
£252.06
SIGNATURE
by DOUGLASS, Frederick
- Condition
- Used - Fine and attractively presented
- Published
- 1878
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- Framed Autograph
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£2,016.50
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1878. Framed Autograph. Fine and attractively presented. A fine AUTOGRAPH dated 1878 with the added notation "Yours very truly" by this great American. Attractively matted and framed to an overall size of 8" x 6".
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£2,016.50
MANUSCRIPT DRAFT OF HIS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED
by WASHINGTON, Booker T
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- Used - Minor wear with a one-inch closed tear to first sheet. Near Fine
- Published
- [early 1906?]
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- Manuscript
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£9,578.38
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[Tuskegee, AL], [early 1906?]. Manuscript. Minor wear with a one-inch closed tear to first sheet. Near Fine. A handwritten manuscript by Washington consisting of 17 pages (numbered 1-3, 7-14, a-f) on 17 8-1/4" x 11" sheets, apparently missing pages 4-6, with a partial typed transcript. The handwritten letter by Washington is to the trustees of the Tuskegee Normal… Read more about this item Item Price
£9,578.38
MIDDLE PASSAGE
by JOHNSON, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Slight foxing to bulked text edges, otherwise Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£40.33
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New York: Atheneum, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight foxing to bulked text edges, otherwise Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. This novel about a free slave stowaway won the National Book Award.
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£40.33
THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT. JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE THIRTY EIGHTH CONGRESS ... PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION ... ABOLISHING SLAVERY. RESOLVED
by [AFRICAN-AMERICANA] LINCOLN, Abraham
- Condition
- Used - Recently backed with thin paper with several professional repairs of chips and tears. Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1868
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- Document
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£12,603.12
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Chicago: Western Bank Note & Engraving Co., 1868. First Edition. Document. Recently backed with thin paper with several professional repairs of chips and tears. Very Good . Large folio (16-1/4" x 21-3/4") finely engraved and printed on good quality paper with elaborate decorative borders with a "US" monogram to upper corners, a bold calligraphic heading with "ABOLISHING SLAVERY"… Read more about this item Item Price
£12,603.12
A REPORT OF THE DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE OPINIONS OF THE JUDGES THEREOF, IN THE CASE OF DRED SCOTT VS. JOHN F. A. SANDFORD. DECEMBER TERM 1856
by HOWARD, Benjamin C
- Condition
- Used - Paper age toned, stitching a bit loose resulting in several detached pages; front wrapper lacking, rear detached, with some chip
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1857
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£655.36
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1857. First Edition. Softcover. Paper age toned, stitching a bit loose resulting in several detached pages; front wrapper lacking, rear detached, with some chipping to the edges. A Good copy only but complete and original with no library markings. Printed wraps lacking the front cover; complete, pages 393-633 [240 pages]. Grolier American… Read more about this item Item Price
£655.36
NARRATIVE, OF A FIVE YEARS' EXPEDITION, AGAINST THE REVOLTED NEGROES OF SURINAM, IN GUIANA, ON THE WILD COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA...
by STEDMAN, J[ohn] G[abriel] [WILLIAM BLAKE]
- Condition
- Used - Occasional light, small stain but very clean overall. Near Fine with minor wear
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1813
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£3,780.94
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London: J. Johnson, 1813. Second Edition. Hardcover. Occasional light, small stain but very clean overall. Near Fine with minor wear. Two quarto (8-1/2" x 10-1/2") volumes bound in early calf-backed marbled boards with calf corners, contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, rebacked. A graphic account of the slave rebellion in Dutch Guiana, 1772- 1777,… Read more about this item Item Price
£3,780.94
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
by STYRON, William
- Condition
- Used - Light soiling to covers and sunning to the spine. Very Good or better in like slipcase
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1967)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£201.65
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New York: Random House, (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. Light soiling to covers and sunning to the spine. Very Good or better in like slipcase. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this novelization of the slave revolt led by Nat Turner is still controversial 45 years later because of Styron's narrative from the perspective of an African-American slave. Copy #253… Read more about this item Item Price
£201.65
UP FROM SLAVERY
by WASHINGTON, Booker T
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1970
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£60.50
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Denver Gillen. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in brown-black buckram with a Swedish-made textured brown Tumba Ingres paper sides and a brown leather spine label; 236 pages. Introduction by Booker T. Washington III. Illustrated with twelve full-page and two double-page color plates by Denver Gillen. Copy… Read more about this item Item Price
£60.50
MIDDLE PASSAGE
by JOHNSON, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£50.41
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New York: Atheneum, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. This novel about a free slave stowaway won the National Book Award.
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£50.41
AUTOGRAPH QUOTE SIGNED (AQS)
by WASHINGTON, Booker T
- Condition
- Used - Mild aging of paper. About Fine
- Published
- 7 Dec. 1897
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- Autograph
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,512.38
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Tuskegee, AL, 7 Dec. 1897. Autograph. Mild aging of paper. About Fine. A fine quote--"Be too great to be little"--on a 6-1/2" x 8" page removed from an autograph album SIGNED and dated by Washington in Tuskegee. The verso bears an unknown signature as does the top of the page that Washington has signed, but this could be… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,512.38
THE FUTURE OF THE NORTH-WEST: IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCHEME OF RECONSTRUCTION WITHOUT NEW ENGLAND
by OWEN, Robert Dale
- Condition
- Used - Marginal staining. Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1863
- Binding
- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£60.50
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Philadelphia, 1863. First Edition. Wraps. Marginal staining. Very Good. Decorated wraps; 15 [1] pages. Addressed to the people of Indiana, Owen argues against those who would make a separate peace with the South. Includes a brief discussion of the Dred Scott case.
Robert Dale Owen was the son of Robert Owen, founder of the New Harmony utopian community. Item Price
£60.50
DOCUMENT SIGNED (DS)
by BRUCE, Blanche K
- Condition
- Used - Crease marks from folding. Very Good
- Published
- 1890
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- Document
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£100.82
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Washington, DC, 1890. Document. Crease marks from folding. Very Good. A deed SIGNED by Bruce as Recorder of Deeds, a position appointed to him by President Benjamin Harrison replacing Frederick Douglass. Bruce is best known as the first African-American to serve a full term in the United States Senate.
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£100.82
UP FROM SLAVERY
by WASHINGTON, Booker T
- Condition
- Used - Bookplate tipped to front pastedown. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase with mild scuffing
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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£65.58
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Bookplate tipped to front pastedown. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase with mild scuffing. Denver Gillen. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in brown-black buckram with a Swedish-made textured brown Tumba Ingres paper sides and a brown leather spine label; 236 pages. Introduction by Booker T. Washington III. Illustrated with 12… Read more about this item Item Price
£65.58
