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199612562Oxford Univ Pr 1996 4x22x17cm. 1996. Reliure Editeur avec jaquette. Ce roman de Mark Twain publié en 1894 entrelace les destins de deux nourrissons échangés dans le Sud d'avant-guerre : l'un né esclave avec un lointain ascendant noir l'autre blanc destiné à être maître. L'œuvre initialement conçue comme une farce sur des jumeaux siamois évolue en une satire cinglante du racisme et de la responsabilité morale mêlant humour noir et réflexion profonde sur la société américaine
189435946Chicago: Published for the Trade 1894. Wraps. Fair. Stapled wraps. Approx. 7" x 5". 192 pages. Illustrated front cover with title. Original pink wraps have faded on the front cover. Front cover is chipped bottom right edge. Small chips to the spine and joints. Paper is brittle and browned. <br /> <br /> Anonymous author but credited to Charles Chandler a white author. This is a fictionalized story of Slavery of Paul the Slave and his young mistress. The author condemns Slavery in the preface. Published for the Trade unknown
1852100540<p>Letterpress braodsheet 10 3/4 x 6 1/4 text on both sides. Margins trimmed on both sides a little uneven on the left side close to words on reverse but not affecting text a few small stains in text. Indiana was for many years a site of refuge for escaping slaves. With this joint resolution the document declares that the only real way to do away with the injustice of slavery was to advocate emigration and colonialization of Africa.</p> books
1852100540<p>Letterpress braodsheet 10 3/4 x 6 1/4 text on both sides. Margins trimmed on both sides a little uneven on the left side close to words on reverse but not affecting text a few small stains in text. Indiana was for many years a site of refuge for escaping slaves. With this joint resolution the document declares that the only real way to do away with the injustice of slavery was to advocate emigration and colonialization of Africa.</p>
1332593208.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
184736797Charleston: Burges & James 1847. Hardcover. Poor. Thick octavo. Two volumes. v index 1 page blank 524 pages; 536 pages v index 1 page blank 1. Ex-library copy with perforated stamp from "The University of The South Library" on the title page. Faded purple stamp page 101. Binding is in poor condition. Front cover is missing. Spine is dry cracked and chipped. Toning and light scattered foxing to the contents. <br /> <br /> Contents include articles on Adam Smith's Wealth of the Nations; Labor The Wilmot Provisio; China and the Chinese Life of Zachary Taylor; Carolina Sports; Slavery in the United States; Fanny Kemble and more. Poor to fair condition. Burges & James hardcover
2001__0252026322Univ of Illinois Pr 2001. Hardcover. New. 328 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. Univ of Illinois Pr hardcover
185634998Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by C. Sherman and Son 1856. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Original brown printed stitched wraps with title on front. 46 pages 1. Very light chipping to head and base of spine.<br /> <br /> Sabin 14916. Printed for the Author by C. Sherman and Son unknown
0656338911.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
184657411Boston: Anti-Slavery Office 1846. Sixth Edition. Two volumes bound in one; small octavo 20cm.; publisher's embossed cloth titled in gilt on spine1231115pp. Slight rubbing and wear to cloth heavier at board corners and with small loss at crown of spine; text tight and unmarked but moderately foxed; sound and Good. Contemporary ownership signature "Lucia A Haynes" to front free endpaper. <br /> <br /> A popular and much-reprinted anti-slavery novel though its sensational portrayal of an incestuous triangle between the protagonist Archy his sister Cassy and their father Colonel Moore generally inspired disgust more than abolitionist sympathy among contemporary reviewers. However the novel did provide "first-hand observation of Southern plantation life and slavery conditions" Friedland p. 129 based on the two years the author spent in Florida for the benefit of his health. For additional information see Louis S. Friedland "Richard Hildreth's Minor Works" in "The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America" Vol. 40 no. 2 2nd Quarter 1946. LCP AFRO-AMERICANA 4798-4800 for other editions; SABIN 31790; WRIGHT I 1189. Anti-Slavery Office unknown
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name and label inside. 342 pages.
180521055261805. London: Whittingham for Hatchard. 1805. 8vo. Recent marbled wrappers; pp. 20 printed in two columns; one corner of title-page clipped light browning; a good copy of a great rarity.This combined offprint opens with a first-hand report by 'Leo Africanus' of a journey recently made on a slave ship from West Africa to the West Indies. On board the ship the Captian told the visitors and traveller 'that a slave ship was a very different thing from what it had been represented. We should find the slaves rejoicing in their happy state' p. 3. The truth however showed the sheer horror of this crime against humanity at high sea. This is followed on page ten by a discussion of a Hatchard-published pamphlet on the abolition of the slave trade. The present pamphlet is concluded by the refutation of the printed Letter to the Right Honorable W.Pitt containing some new Arguments against the Abolition of the Slave Trade in which the author Britannicus had argued 'if we give freedom to the negroes we shall ourselves indubitable become slaves of Bonaparte' p. 13. Post-truth over two hundred years ago. unknown
182541192London: Printed by Ellerton and Henderson Gough Square for the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions; and Sold by J. Hatchard and Son Piccadilly; and J. and A. Arch Cornhill 1825. iv 164 pp. Some foxing to first and last few leaves; title and last page toned. Bound in modern dark boards with gilt-lettered title stamped on front cover. Good plus. <br /> <br /> A second edition issued in 1826. The book reviews developments concerning slavery in each of the British West India colonies: laws for free people of color and for slaves manumissions proposed reforms and objections to reforms trials of alleged rebels and insurgents including the destruction of the Methodist chapel in Barbados and revolts and trials in Jamaica changes in the law punishments inflicted manumissions the slave trade slave unrest.<br /> "The reports were called for in order to learn what had been done in the way of effecting amelioration in the colonies. This work brought out by the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions. . . showing that nothing substantial has been done" Ragatz. It "presents cases of extreme cruelty" id. to slaves in Berbice. <br /> Authorship and editorship are attributed to Zachary Macaulay founder and organizer of several antislavery societies and a major force in accomplishing the British Emancipation. He focused on providing a picture of Negro Slavery based on reports of "the colonists themselves."<br /> FIRST EDITION. Ragatz 458. Sabin 82063. Not in LCP. Printed by Ellerton and Henderson, Gough Square, for the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout unknown
1823WRCAM40185Washington City 1823. 711pp. Original blue-green wrappers. Minor chipping to head of spine. Some scattered foxing. Near fine. Untrimmed and unopened. The Society attempted to alleviate the problem of slavery and degradation of free blacks by establishing a colony for them outside the United States preferably in Africa thereby "separating them WITH THEIR OWN CONSENT from the white race." The Society established the colony of Liberia in 1822 assisting African-Americans to resettle there. The colony continued to grow for the next twenty years and Liberia declared itself an independent state in 1847. SHOEMAKER 11596. unknown books
1833WRCAM11280Washington 1833. xxii240pp. Original printed wrappers rear wrap lacking. Quite heavily foxed some old creases else good. The Society attempted to alleviate the problem of slavery and degradation of free blacks by establishing a colony for them outside the United States preferably in Africa thereby "separating them WITH THEIR OWN CONSENT from the white race." The Society established the colony of Liberia in 1822 assisting African Americans to resettle there. The colony continued to grow for the next twenty years and Liberia declared itself an independent state in 1847. Not in AMERICAN IMPRINTS. unknown books
186063532New York: Published and for sale at 5 Beekman Street 1860. First Edition. 12mo. 20th-c. binding of tan calf over paper-covered boards; marbled page edges; 951pp. About fine and complete; the pamphlet appears to have been offered without cover wrappers in any case not noted by Blanck.<br /> <br /> Uncommon first edition of this late tract by the important abolitionist and feminist Lydia Maria Child 1802-1880. Child's intention with this work was to make a direct case to southern slaveholders based not on any moral grounds but purely on business hoping that the Caribbean example would convince southerners that abolition could be achieved without wrecking their economy. "Child suggested to Samuel B. May the publisher .that the title page omit any mention of the American Anti-slavery Society giving only an address but no publisher. She even considered issuing the tract anyonymously but decided that her notoriety would probably help rather than hinder its circulation" see Karcher The First Woman in the Republic: a Cultural Biography of Lydia Maria Child. Durham 1994; p.428ff. Blanck notes two editions in 1860 as well as a reissue in 1862; this with verso of the final leaf unprinted is the first. Rarely encountered in commerce. BAL 3189. Published and for sale at 5 Beekman Street unknown
202p. Age stained. 12mo. Original quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards. Front board detached. Binding very worn. Hardbound. The rights of U.S. citizens and the structure of government. Includes important chapters on: the ending of slavery; capital punishment; political reform; and the Christian basis of civil liberty. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AMERICANA BOX 9
183836058Boston 1838. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. Marbled paper covered boards with leather corners and spine. Red leather title label on the spine. Covers are worn. Toning to the end papers. Blind embossed stamp of the previous owner "Library of KJT Kevin John Twit" on the right front flyleaf. Incomplete: title page and issues for June October and December were not bound inside. Collation as follows: pages 1-240; pages 289-432; pages 481-528; 18 pages "A Sermon Occasioned by the Loss of the Harold and the Lexington Delivered at the Odeon January 26 1840 by William M. Rogers Pastor of the Franklin Street Church." Book and contents in fair condition. <br /> <br /> Articles include: "Contributions to Religious and Charitable Societies From Holders of Slaves"; "Triumphs of the Gospel in the South Sea Islands"; "Religious Notions of the North American Indians"; "The Cherokees"; "The Sandwich Islands" and more. hardcover
1334589879.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0331867133.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
185034470New York: Joseph D. Bedford Printer 1850. Wraps. Fair. Wraps. Approximately 9" x 5.5". 62 pages. Rear cover blank and detached. Stitched contents with title on the outer wrap page 1. Paper is folded vertically. Stitching is mostly gone and the remaining stitching is frayed and loose. Light edge chips on the left edge front cover. Ink stamp upper left corner back cover "From Dusenbury & Odgen". Light toning and occasional stray pencil marks in the margins. Fair or better condition. <br /> <br /> The contents are in support of the Fugitive Slave Acts and the writer believes all Northern States should defend it even if they do not like it. The writer strongly criticizes Martin Van Buren and William Seward in the proceedings referring to them as traitors ".I refer to Martin Van Buren and William H. Seward. I know their history and their acts. I know that you would order that the name of traitor should be branded on their brows in characters so permanent as to be indelible except at the torch of the Creator on judgment day." <br /> <br /> A list of the Union Safety Committee printed on page 38. "Signatures Attached to the Call For the Union Meeting of the Citizens of New York found on page 39. Joseph D. Bedford, Printer unknown
186539270Boston: Geo. C. Rand & Avery 1865. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. 16pp. With the author's compliments. Disbound.<br/> <br/>This address was given to the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Dartmouth College on July 19 1865 by Alpheus Crosby. In it Crosby details the dangers of a divided country with headings titled "Our National Debt" "Increase of Southern Power in Congress" "Natural Antipathy between the Races" and "Danger in Case of Foreign War." Alpheus Crosby was a scholar and professor of mathematics and Greek. He entered Dartmouth at the young age of 13 where he was a leading scholar and tutor to fellow students. He was involved in abolition editing an abolitionist journal during the Civil War and writing on the reconstruction of the South. Following the war he edited a series of textbooks aimed at the recently freed slaves.<br/> <br/>Sabin 17626. Geo. C. Rand & Avery unknown books
186539270Boston: Geo. C. Rand & Avery 1865. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. 16pp. With the author's compliments. Disbound.<br/> <br/> First edition of this powerful and timely address delivered just three months after the end of the American Civil War.<br/> <br/> A respected classicist professor and public intellectual Alpheus Crosby offers a sober and principled argument concerning the reintegration of the Southern states into the Union. Rejecting both harsh retribution and passive leniency Crosby emphasizes the constitutional and moral responsibilities of the federal government in the aftermath of rebellion. Framed by the ideals of Phi Beta Kappa and the liberal education it promotes Crosby's speech calls for a just and sustainable reconstruction policy underscoring the need for national unity grounded in legal equity and civic virtue. A revealing document of Northern intellectual engagement with the dilemmas of Reconstruction at its inception.<br/> <br/> Sabin 17626. Geo. C. Rand & Avery unknown
pp. xv, 412 + Photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slightly worn. Hardbound. First Edition. SHELF W28
181935648Milledgeville: S. Grantland 1819. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. iv 463 pages. Polished sheepskin leather binding with red leather title label on the spine. A brown piece of linen tap used at the top and at the bottom of the spine. Covers rubbed. Internal hinges in good condition. Some arithmetic written on the right front flyleaf. "Augusta Wylie King 1929" written in blue pen on the verso of the right front flyleaf. Light toning and foxing to the contents. A few pages have ink splotches. Newspaper clipping stored between pages 342 343 has left stains to the pages. <br /> <br /> Contents include sections on "Free Negroes" and a section on "Slaves". 11 page list of subscriber names by county located in the back. Subscriber names are listed alphabetically by county. List includes the name of Daniel Ross of the Cherokee Nation. Fair.<br /> <br /> Shaw & Shoemaker 47639; Not in Sabin; Derenne Georgia Catalog Vol. I page 366 - "Probably printed in Philadelphia for notice of copyright on Sept. 28 1819 by Mathew Carey & Son as proprietors in Eastern District of Pa. appears on verso of the title page. S. Grantland unknown
