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Lot 356

Sale 5132 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Feb 17, 2017 5:00AM ET
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(African-Americana)...


(African-Americana). Lot of Abolitionist imprints: Kemble, Frances Anne. Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation in 1838 - 1839. New York: Harper, 1863. First American edition, first issue. 12mo, original blind-stamped brown cloth; some edge wear, a little scuffed, slightly cocked. With 10 p. publisher's catalog at back. Front hinge broken, discoloration from news print on p. 4/5, dampstain at center gutters, extending but diminishing from front endpapers to p. 118. Howes K-70. * The Views of Judge Woodward and Bishop Hopkins on Negro Slavery at the South, illustrated from the Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation... [Philadelphia], [ca. 1863]. 8vo, original printed and pictorial (badly-whipped slave) yellow wrappers; minor wear, slightly dusty. (1) - 32 p. Internally toned. * (The Anti-Slavery Bugle.) Whittier, John. The Branded Hand. (Salem), [1845]. 8vo, original self wrappers. 4 p. Clean and crisp. BAL 13050.

From the Estate of former Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton and First Lady Mary L. Scranton.

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