[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. A group of photographs and other items related to abolitionist figures incl. Wendell PHILLIPS (1811-1884) and Charles SUMNER (1811-1874).

BLACK, J. W., photographer. Cabinet card featuring profile bust portrait of Wendell Phillips (toning, spotting, bit of wear to mount). Boston: J.W. Black, ca 1870s. Ink identification to mount recto, photographer's imprint to verso. -- GURNEY & SON, photographers. CDV half portrait of Wendell Phillips (toning, light soiling and wear to mount). New York: Gurney & Son, ca 1860s. Photographer's imprint to verso, pencil identification to recto and verso. -- BLACK, J.W., photographer. Cabinet card portrait of Charles Sumner (toning, spotting, clipped upper edge). Boston: J.W. Black, n.d. Ink identification to mount recto, photographer's imprint to verso. -- SILSEE, CASE & CO., photographers. CDV full standing portrait of Charles Sumner holding a top hat and walking stick (toning, some blotching, discoloration and light wear to mount edges and corners). Boston: Silsee, Case & Co., n.d. Verso bears photographer's imprint along with J.E. Tilton & Co. photograph album manufacturer's label and penciled identification. -- And 3 other photographs including a cabinet card and CDV featuring William Lloyd Garrison, and a cabinet card featuring Henry Ward Beecher. -- Together, 7 photograph portraits of abolitionist figures.

The American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1842. Vol. II, No. 1. New York: S.W. Benedict, [1842]. 4 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. 12pp. (incomplete). Disbound (significant wear and spotting throughout). Beginning in 1836, the American Anti-Slavery Society utilized almanacs as a means of communicating to Northerners the cruelty of slavery. -- The Liberator. Vol. VI, No. 27. Boston: Isaac Knapp, 2 July 1836. 4pp., 15 x 22 1/4 in. (creasing, spotting, few rips and tears). Ink identified to "Rev. G. B. Perry, East Bradford" upper left. Editor William Lloyd Garrison includes a letter he wrote to the publisher, dated 22 June 1836, regarding a recent abolitionist-opposing bill submitted to the Rhode Island Legislature. -- And the 24 November 1883 issue of Harper's Weekly featuring a portrait of Frederick Douglass that consumes the entirety of the front page. -- Together, 3 publications.

[With:] TURNER, J.W., comp. In Memoriam. / Charles Sumner. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1874. 10 1/2 x 14 in. 2pp. (incomplete). Disbound (Wear and discoloration to edges and corners). Funeral march sheet music featuring lithographed portrait of Sumner on front cover.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.