Books on Slavery and Abolishion.
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    Adams, Edward C. L.:  Congaree Sketches Scenes From Negro Life In The Swamps Of The Congaree And Tales By Tad and Scip Of Heaven And Hell With Other Miscellany.  Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1927. First Edition. Very good in 1/4 black cloth and light orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches with the black cloth at the heel of the spine worn and rubbed and with soiling to both boards and with a gift inscription on the first end page. The contents are clean, free of foxing and tanning. Without it scarce dust jacket. 116 pages including a word list and text. With an introduction by Paul Green. The University publisher describes this title as follows: "A collection of authentic stories of Negro life in South Carolina....written in excellent dialect, these tales deal with old superstitions the Negro's idea of heaven and hell and those on their way to each, and with the Negro's reaction his relation to the white man." A signed, limited edition preceded the publication of this trade edition.
    TB32822  $50.00



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    Baker, Ronald L.:  Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless The WPA Interviews with Former Slaves Living in Indiana.  Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (2000). First Edition, First Printing. An ex-library copy in near fine condition in plumb colored cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with a discard stamp on the first free end page and a library stamp on the bottom edge of the text block. In a near fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a library label on the rear panel of the dust jacket. With the exception of the discard stamp on the first free end page and the stamp on the lower edge of the text block the contents are free of any other notations, stamps or writing. 341 pages containing an index, bibliography, appendices and text. A collection of 134 interviews conducted by the WPA in the late 1930's with former slaves then living in the State of Indiana.
    TB32173  $70.00




  • Baker, T. Lindsay and Julie P. Baker (Editors):  The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives.  Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, (1996). Second Printing. Fine in black cloth, simulated to appear as leather, covered boards with light blue text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 543 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a section of ten images from black and white photographs. Fourteen of the narratives contained in this title are published for the first time.
    TB30035  $40.00




  • Brooks, Joanna (Editor):  The Life of Olaudah Equiano.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 2004. First thus. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders on the boards and with decorated end papers and a gilt top edge to the text block. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book remains incased in the publisher's original shrink wrap. "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African, Written by Himself." The Lakeside Classic edition for 2004. 406 pages of text which includes a list of the Lakeside Classics published as of this date which is followed by two pages of image credits. Illustrated with 58 engravings (some in color) and maps. Originally written and published in 1789 in London the author, who experienced the horrors of slavery as a young boy, wanted to publish this book to help dismantle the practice of slavery.
    TB25828  $30.00




  • Cairnes, J. E. [John Eliott]:  The Slave Power: Its Character, Career, And Probable Designs: Being An Attempt To Explain The Real Issues Involved In the American Contest.  New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1862. Second Edition. An ex-library copy in very good condition in its original brown cloth covered boards with red leather, gilt text stamped, label on the front board. An octavo measuring 9" by 5 1/2" with a 1/2" deep chip from the cloth at the head of the spine, "withdrawn" stamps on the first free end page, a blind, embossed seal on the title page with a tape repair on the verso side and with numerous careful underlining marks in pencil throughout the text. 171 pages of text.
    TB27733  $75.00



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    Crittenden, Senator John J.:  Speech of Hon. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, On The Admission Of The State of Kansas. Delivered In the Senate Of The United States, March 17, 1854..  Washington, DC: Printed Lemuel Towers, 1854. . Unbound sheets in very good condition with some tanning in the margins. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 6". 16 numbered pages of double column text. (Sabin, 17556)
    TB27459  $20.00



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    Cruson, Daniel:  Newtown's Slaves: A Case Study In Early Connecticut Rural Black History.  Newtown, Conn.: The Newtown Historical Society, (1994). First Edition. Near fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8ths inches with a prior owner's name at the upper edge of the first free end page. Without a dust jacket as issued. 92 pages including a bibliography, endnotes, appendices and text. Illustrated with images from black and white photographs.
    TB33369  $100.00



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    Drayton, Daniel:  Personal Memoir Of Daniel Drayton, For Four Years and Four Months A Prisoner (For Charity's Sake) In Washington Jail Including A Narrative Of the Voyage An Capture Of The Schooner Pearl.  Boston and New York: Bela Marsh and American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1855. Early Reprint. Very good in its original dark brown, blind stamped cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/16 by 4 5/8 inches which once suffered a narrow 1 1/2" long chip to the cloth at the lower front corner of the spine. That chip has been professionally repaired greatly improving the appearance of this copy. The first free end page is missing and preliminaries and end sheets show marks of foxing. Only page 46 and 47 show spots of foxing, otherwise the contents are clean. 122 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Despite the copyright date of 1853, this is a first edition of the title. (Dumond: A Bibliography Of Antislavery in America, p.48; Sabin, 20912)
    TB30594  $200.00



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    Du Bois, W. E. B.:  In Battle For Peace The Story of My 83rd Birthday.  New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in illustrated and printed heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches with minor rubbing to the corners of the covers and to the folds and wear to the ends of the spine. Without a dust jacket, but the book is protected within a clear, acetate covering. This copy is signed by the author without an inscription or date on the first free end page. 192 pages of text. Taped to the recto of the rear cover is a newspaper clipping noting Du Bois' death and an earlier clipping regarding Du Bois' having become a member of the Communist Party. A collectible copy with the very uncommon signature of its author.
    TB32311  $3600.00



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    Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt:  The Gift of Black Folk The Negroes in the Making of America.  Boston: The Stratford Co., Publishers, 1924. First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bright, gilt text on the spine and on the front board with embossed borders in blind on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 inches with only hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a prior owner's name written at the upper edge of the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. 349 pages including an index and text which includes a 29 page introduction, titled: "The Racial Contributions To the United States", by Edward F. McSweeney. One of the volumes in the Knights of Columbus Racial Contribution Series.
    TB32310  $3000.00



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    Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt:  Dusk Of Dawn An Essay toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1980. Limited Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with two raised bands on the spine, gilt text and decorations in the compartments, gilt borders and tool work on both boards, silk end sheets and all edges of the text block are gilt. An octavo measuring 7 7/8 by 5 1/2. Without a dust jacket as issued. 355 pages including an index and text. Illustrated by color art work by Romare Bearden. A very handsome and collectible volume with no prior owner's notes, marks or book plates.
    TB32564  $65.00



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    Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt:  The African Roots of War .  Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1915. First appearance. This May, 1915 issue of The Atlantic Monthly is in very good+ condition in printed, light salmon colored paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 6 3/4 inches with the paper over the spine slightly tanned and chipped by 1/8 inch at the heel and there are two small notes in pencil at the top edge of the front cover. Du Bois' essay: The African Roots of War, runs from pages 707 to 714.
    TB32312  $45.00



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    Edwards, Harry Stillwell:  Eneas Africanus.  New York: Sign of the Golden Head, 1932. Limited edition reprint. Near fine in blue wool cloth covered boards with gilt decorated title blocks on the spine and on the front board. There is a 1/4" hole through the cloth on the front board and three minor small holes to the cloth on the rear board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/8" tall by 6 1/4" deep overall containing 33 pages followed by a page stating the printing limitation and a fold-map illustrating the route taken by Eneaus Africanus through seven states over eight years and covering 3,350 miles. One of only 850 copies produced this one being copy number 458. Illustrated with text illustrations and a color frontispiece.
    TB18422  $80.00



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    Farrow, Anne:  The Logbooks Connecticut's Slave Ships And Human Memory.  Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, (2014). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 charcoal gray cloth and light gray paper covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with purple end sheets. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page. 187 pages including a reading guide, bibliography, chapter notes and text. From the rear panel of the dust jacket: "Three long-neglected logbooks from Connecticut's Slave trade raise questions about memory and collective forgetting"..
    TB33081  $45.00




  • Fleming, William H.:  Slavery And The Race Problem In The South.  Boston: Dana Estes & Company, Publishers, n.d. (circa 1906). First Limited Edition. Very good+ in 1/4 white cloth and light gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and front board. The 1/4 white cloth is soiled, tanned and foxed, the fly title page has a 3/4" closed tear at its upper edge and there are a prior owner's notations in light pencil on the margins of a number of pages. Without a dust jacket. This copy is identified as number 395 out of only 1,000 copies printed. This copy is also signed by the publisher on the front board of the book. 66 pages of text with a frontispiece portrait of William H. Fleming. The full title reads: Slavery And The Race Problem in The South. With Special Reference To The State of Georgia. Address of Hon. Wm. H. Fleming, Before the Alumni Society of the State University, Athens, June 19, 1906.
    TB21836  $85.00



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    Fuller, Edmund:  Prudence Crandall An Incident of Racism in Nineteenth-Century Connecticut.  Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with black and silver colored text on the spine. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with a 1/2 closed tear at the upper corner of the spine area which is also faded and faded across the first 1" of the front panel. 113 pages of text including a list of sources. Illustrated with eight reproductions of early painted and photographic portraits.
    TB21837  $40.00



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    McGinty, Brian:  Archy Lees Struggle for Freedom: The True Story of California Gold, the Nation's Tragic March Toward Civil War, and a Young Black Man's Fight for Liberty.  Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, (2020). First Edition. Fin in full, gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 228 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, chronology and text. Illustrated with a section of 16 pages of images from black and white photographs and earlier works of art.
    TB32201  $30.00



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    McNamara, John:  In Perils by mine own Countrymen, Three Years On The Kansas Border.  New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856. First Edition. An ex-library copy in good condition in its original 1/4 leather and marbled paper covered boards with no text remaining on the spine's backstrip. A 16mo og 6 7/8 by 4 3/8 inches with both boards loose, the leather over the spine deteriorated with no title or author shown, a library book plate on the front paste down, notations on the title page and copy right page in pencil, a library call number on the dedication page, a penciled notation at the top of the first page of text, the ghosts of old library materials having been pasted to the rear end sheets and a library EFT fixed to the rear paste down. The contents remain clean and free of foxing and tanning and show only occasional library stamps. 238 pages of text. The book remains protected in a library chemise with a ribbon tie. The title only attributes the author as "A Clergyman Of The Episcopal Church"; however, his real name was John McNamara (1824-1885) who an Episcopal minister and an outspoken abolitionist during the years of "Bloody Kansas" and the border wars with Missouri. Considered to be "mildly scarce" by Howes. (Howes M-174, Graff, 2645; Wagern-Camp, 277)
    TB32177  $60.00



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    Nichols, J. L., and William H. Crogman:  Progress of a Race: Remarkable Advancement of The American Negro.  Naperville, Ill.: J. L. Nichols & Company, 1925. Revised Edition. Very near fine in red-brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with black text and borders on the front board. Without its issued dust jacket. 480 pages including an index. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs.
    TB21834  $75.00



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    Riley, W. Willshire:  Sequel To Riley's Narrative Being A Sketch Of Interesting Incidents In The Life, Voyages And Travels of Capt. James Riley.  Columbus, Ohio: George Brewster, 1851. First Edition. Very good+ in its original ornately embossed, black leather covered boards with gilt text and gilt designs on the spine. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches with two 1/2 inch long closed tears to the leather at the head of the spine and with two short 1/4 inch closed tears to the leather at the heel of the spine. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and the contents show spots and marks of foxing throughout. 448 pages of text. Illustrated with 18 plates (plate facing page 251 missing) and one fold-out map of Algiers. The full title reads: "Sequel To Riley's Narrative Being A Sketch Of Interesting Incidents In The Life, Voyages And Travels of Capt. James Riley, from the period of his return to his native land, after his ship-wreck, captivity and sufferings among the Arabs of the desert, as related in his narrative, until his death. Compiled chiefly from the original journal and manuscripts left at his death in possession of his son, W. Willshire Riely." An uncommon title as OCLC and WorldCat only identify seven libraries or institutions worldwide that hold this book.(Sabin, 71400)
    TB32088  $350.00



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    Riley, James:  An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa in the Month of August, 1815 with an Account of the Suffering of her Surviving Officers and Crew, Who Were Enslaved by the Wandering Arabs on the Great African Desart, or Zahahrah.....  Hartford: Silas Andrus, c.1817 & 1828, 1847. Reprint of Revised edition of 1847. A small octavo of 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches in very good condition which has been rebacked in 1/4 leather and patterned cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine with "Riley's Narrative" and with gilt dual borders at the head and heel of the spine. The cloth over the boards has deteriorated badly with major portions falling off and the leather over the tips of the boards has worn through. There is an embossed seal on the first free end page from a prior, private owner. Containing 271 pages of text and Illustrated with a frontispiece of "the destructive locust of Africa" and 6 copper engraved plates. Ten plates are called for on the title page and this copy is missing plate number 5 (the Arabic letter) and plate number 10 (the map). It is quite probable that these missing plates are a result of a binder's error as there is no evidence of missing pages and the same appears to be a common problem with other Hartford printings of this title that I have examined. The original edition was self-published in 1817 and was reprinted a number of times by several publishers. (Sabin, 71397 which does not mention this the 1847 printing.)
    TB33078  $275.00



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    Scott, Emmett J. and Lyman Beecher Stowe:  Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916. First Edition. Very good+ in its original dark green cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and the top edge of the text block gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 3/8 inches with rubbing to the cloth at the four corners of the spine and a 2 inch narrow white mark on the front board. Without its issued dust jacket. It would appear that this copy was owned by Julius Rosenwald as evidenced by a shipping label with his return address of Chicago sent to a man in New York City pasted to the first free end page. 331 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Washington from a black and white photograph and 20 images from photographs. With a five page preface by Theodore Roosevelt.
    TB33377  $70.00



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    Seward, Senator William H.:  Speech of William H. Seward, For The Immediate Admission Of Kansas Into The Union. Senate Of The United States, April 9, 1854..  Washington, DC: Printed by Buell & Blanchard, 1854. . Unbound sheets in very good condition with some tanning in the margins. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 6". A single sheet folded three time with16 numbered pages of double column text. (Sabin, 79572)
    TB27460  $25.00



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    Smith, James L.:  Autobiography Of James L. Smith.  Norwich, Conn.: Press Of The Bulletin Company, 1881. First Edition. Very good+ in its original red-orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board with clay coated end sheets. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards and with heavy stains to the rear board none of which invaded the rear paste down or text block. With light foxing to the preliminaries and last few pages of the text. Without a dust jacket. 150 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Smith from an engraving and two plates also from engravings. The sub-title reads: "Reminiscences of slave life, recollections of the war, education of freedmen, causes of the exodus, etc." James Lindsay Smith (1816-1883) was an author of this slave narrative, minister and shoemaker. He escaped from the a Virginia plantation in 1838 and worked his way up to Philadelphia where he met the Underground Railroad who got him to Connecticut and finally up to Springfield, Massachusetts where he set up shop as a shoemaker. By 1842 he resettled to Norwich, Connecticut where he moved his shoemaking business and became a minister. Two of his children attended Norwich Free Academy and became teachers and a son became a shoemaker in that city. This narrative speaks of the cruelty and privation he suffered as a slave in Virginia. It is one of only six slave narratives published in Connecticut. (Wikipedia)
    TB33405  $2000.00



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    Smith, W. L. G.:  Life at the South: Or "Uncle Tom's Cabin" as It is. Being Narratives, Scenes, and Incidents in the Real "Life of the Lowly.".  Buffalo, NY: Geo. H. Derby And Co., 1852. First Edition. Good+ in its original, blind stamped cloth covered boards with gilt text on its spine with front and rear end sheets printed on yellow paper with ads by the publisher for other volumes. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 3/4 inches with the cloth at the head of the spine worn down to the upper edge of the text block and with the cloth at the heel of the spine worn and dimpled inward. The cloth over the front joint is rubbed through, but remains holding; and, with the cloth over the tips of the boards rubbed through. The contents show only occasional spots of foxing 519 pages of text illustrated with a double frontispiece separated with a tissue guard and seven plates from engravings. According to Joseph Sabin in his bibliography, A Dictionary of Books relating to America, three of the plates in the book came from another author's book and that Smith wrote this title as a response to Harriott Beacher Stowe's book in order to illustrate the more "pleasant aspects of slavery". The book is dedicated to the memory of Henry Clay who was the advocate of the American Colonization Society" (Howes, S-715; Sabin, 84811)
    TB32399  $275.00




  • Starobin, Robert B.:  Industrial Slavery in the Old South.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with white and gilt text stamping on the spine. There is a prior owner's name on the first free end page and with several pages with underlining and marginal notations. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with very light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and with a written note of a prior owner on the rear panel. A review copy with the publisher's material laid-in. 320 pages including an index, bibliographical essay, appendix, chapter notes and text.
    TB20895  $25.00



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    Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  Uncle Tom's Cabin: or, Life Among The Lowly.  Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. First Edition , second printing. Both small octavo volumes of this two volume set are in very good condition in original light brown cloth covered boards with off-white end sheets, blind embossing around the edges of each board with a gilt embossing in the center of each front board with gilt text and blind embossing on the spines. The fly title pages for both volumes are lacking and both volumes have an obvious lean to the spines. Both volumes are from the Tenth Thousandth (second printing) series. The first printing of this landmark book occurred on March 20, 1852. Per BAL by April 1, 1852 a second printing of ten thousand copies had been produced which was followed by a third printing of fifty thousand copies which sold out in only 8 weeks by mid-May of 1852. A worthy, matched set of one of the most important books of the 19th century. Both volumes are illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates by Hammatt Billings. (BAL 19343; Printing and The Mind of Man, 332)
    TB32315  $1800.00



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    Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  Uncle Tom's Cabin: or, Life Among The Lowly (Illustrated Edition).  Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1853. First Illustrated Edition Complete in One Volume. Very near fine in 1/2 black morocco leather and brown pebbled cloth covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work surrounding the raised bands and gilt text in one of the compartments. The end sheets are marbled paper. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with foxing on the recto of the frontispiece and a 1 1/2 inch circular dampness stain on that recto and on the verso side and the facing page which appears faintly on the title page. The first two pages of the text have been reinforced on their fore edges as has the last page of the text. The hinges and joints are tight and strong. There are no prior ownership markings or book plates. 560 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece of the author and a second frontispiece of Eva with approximately 114 steel engravings as chapter headings, chapter endings and vignettes from Hammatt Billings' original art and engraved by Baker and Smith. (BAL, 19527)
    TB33143  $700.00



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    Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin; Presenting The Original Facts and Documents Upon Which The Story is Founded. Together with Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work..  Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1853. First Edition, First printing. Very good in its original, blind stamped black cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with light yellow end sheets. (BAL binding = C.) A small quarto measuring 9 5/8 by 6 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed and worn and the cloth over the tips of the boards is worn through, Both front and rear joints have splits to the cloth, but are holding. The hinges are sound and tight. The contents are extremely clean and tight with no foxing or tanning. Without a dust jacket (if ever one was issued with one). 262 pages of text including an index followed by two pages of ads by the publisher. A second issue of the first US edition with the printers' imprint of Hobart & Robbins and Damrell & Moore on the copyright page. (BAL, 19359; Sabin, 92412)
    TB33175  $350.00



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    Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  Dred: A Tale Of The Great Dismal Swamp.  Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition, First State. Both volumes of this two volume set are in good+ to very good- condition in the publisher's original decorated, dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines and blind embossing to the boards (with the 20 embossed dots on each board). The cloth at the heads and heels of the spines is worn down to the edges of the text blocks and there is a chip of 1/8" wide by 1/3" deep at the head of volume I. The top joint to volume II is cracked approximately 1/2 the length of the board but the joint remains tight and strong. There is an early prior owner's name on the first free end pages of both volumes and the cloth at the lower edges of the boards is worn through. Volume I contains 329 pages followed by six pages of ads. Volume II contains 370 pages (including the appendix) followed by one blank leaf. Both volumes are first state copies with the correct point on page 88 of volume I, no batter on page 209 and line 9 from the bottom on page 370 makes no mention of the "Ruskins". Both volumes are in binding "A" per BAL 19389 with light yellow end papers. An attractive first edition set of Stowe's sequel to Uncle Tom's Cabin.
    TB20271  $175.00



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    Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly.  Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1979. Easton Press Collector's Edt.. Fine in highly gilt decorated full gray leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text stamping and gilt decorations in the compartments. The end papers are of silk and there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. The edges of the text block are in gilt. Without a dust jacket as issued. A small quarto measuring 10" by 6 3/4" containing 295 pages of text and illustrated with lithographs by Miguel Covarrubias. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB30762  $65.00



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    Strother, Horatio T.:  The Underground Railroad in Connecticut.  Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, (1962). First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in light orange cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine and an illustration in brown on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches with a light stain at the bottom of the spine, a second stain at the upper edge of the first free end page, foxing to the end sheets a result of a reaction to the glue used in binding and the top edge of the text block is heavily foxed with the two other sides of the text block showing light foxing, In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with numerous short closed tears at the edges of the panels and rubbing to the ends of the spine area. 262 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, appendices and text. Illustrated with portraits from earlier works of art and from photographs.
    TB33125  $35.00



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    Talmadge, Marian, and Iris Gilmore:  Barney Ford, Black Baron.  New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1973). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in yellow cloth covered boards with black and red text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with minor soiling to the front board and to the top edge of the text block. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with minor wear to the ends of the spine area and to the upper fore corners of the panels. Signed and inscribed by both authors on the first free end page. 237 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a section of pages of images from black and white photographs. Ford was a mulatto slave who escaped with the aid of the underground railway to become well educated and eventually became a very successful business man in Denver in the 1860's.
    TB32798  $60.00



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    Ward, Andrew:  The Slaves' War The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in light gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with the lower fore corners of the boards bumped. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with hints of rubbing to the fold to the front flap. 386 pages including an index, list of sources, a directory of witnesses and text. Illustrated with a section of plates from black and white photographs.
    TB30463  $25.00




  • Young, R. J.:  Antebellum Black Activists: Race, Gender, and Self.  New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark gray cloth covered boards with white text on the spine. Without a dust jacket. One of the volumes in the Studies in African American History and Culture edited by Graham Hodges of Colgate University. 254 pages including an index, bibliography, appendix and text.
    TB20565  $35.00






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