A Defense of Fishermen
Princeton, NJ: Privately printed, 1902. One of 60 copies, “LX Exemplarum in Usum Amicorum”. The text of this... Read More
Price: $3,750
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Jack & Charlie's 21 Wine List.
[New York: Jack and Charlie's "Twenty-One" 1954]. No. 797 of 1,000 copies printed on Linweave all rag Brentwood Vellum paper and bound by the Russell-Rutter Company. Limited deluxe edition of the 21 Club's wine list, showcasing their exquisite collection. Inscribed by the editor and co-owner of the 21 Club, "For... Read More
Price: $650
American Autographs
9 signatures attached to a card.
American Autographs. Signatures include: Henry James, Sr. Wm.E. Russell, Mayor of Cambridge Sara C. Bull Ellen M. Stone R. N. Johnson Louise Imogen Guiney Paul H. Hayne George S. Hillard On the back of the sheet onto which the signatures are laid down is a note identifying each of the signatories, which ends, "All except R.N.J.––who is merely... Read More
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An Essay on the Central Influence of Magnetism.
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1814. His intention in this pamphlet is to show that the seat of earthly magnetic power comes from the center of the earth. The author was from Washington, Georgia. Read More
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Photographic portrait of Abbott, seated at his desk.
New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. [1920?]. Signed by the famous Congregationalist minister who took over Henry Ward Beecher’s congregation: “Yours sincerely / Lyman Abbott.” Provenance: C.N. Thomas of Underwood and Underwood. Read More
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RARE — One of 100 Copies
Myopia Songs & Waltzes With Winchester and Hamilton Chat.
Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press for Private Distribution, [October], 1897. First edition, number 41 of 100 copies. RARE — One of 100 Copies. Read More
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Report of the Committee on Anti-Slavery Memorials.
Boston: T. R. Marvin, 1845. The American Missionary Society was amongst the leading advocates in the fight to denounce slavery. This text gives an informative insight into one of the most influencial anti-slavery organization, in additin to an historical statement of previous proceedings. Read More
Price: $100
American Anti-Slavery Societies
An Inquiry into the Character and Tendency of the American Colonization, and American Anti-Slavery Societies.
New York: Published by Leavitt, Lord & Co. Boston: Crocker & Brewster, stereotyped by Conner and Cooke, 1835. Third edition. American Anti-Slavery Societies. Examining the American Colonization Society and considering the “influence of the society on the condition of Free persons of Color; … on Africa [and the] Suppression of... Read More
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Herod, John and Jesus; or American Slavery and its Christian Cure. A Sermond Preach in division Street Church, Albany, N.Y....
Albany: Webb, Parson & Company, 1860. First Edition. Stirring abolitionist sermon, equating “our American Herod” with “the enslavement of four million colored laboring men and women by three hundred and fifty thousand white men and women.” As for John the Baptist, “that old Hebrew way of disposing of sin has... Read More
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No Slavery in Nebraska!
The Nebraska Question. Some Thoughts on the New Assault upon Freedom in America, and the General State of the Country...
Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co, 1854. First edition. Printed mostly from the "Phonographic report of Messrs. Yerrinton and Leighton" No Slavery in Nebraska! A strong speech on the issue of whether slavery be permitted in Nebraska or not. The author gives a history of slavery, especially as relates to... Read More
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Slavery. Its Origin, Influence, and Destiny.
Boston: William Carter and Brother, 1863. Second edition (?). Parsons (1797-1882) was a professor in the Harvard Law School. Secession came as a rude shock to his belief that the work of the constitutional fathers was "near to the perfection of republican government." Here, he argues that He can "discern... Read More
Price: $75
A Lecture Delivered at Marlborough, VT. July 4th, 1826.
Brattleboro: Printed for the Author, 1826. First edition. An early American anti-slavery lecture prepared for the Independence Day celebrations of the Windham County Bible Society who requested it's publication. Phelps gives a brief synopsis of the history and development of man, his influence and also the progress introducing the Bible... Read More
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An Address to the Quarterly, Monthly and Preparative Meetings, and The Members Thereof, Composing the Yearly Meeting of Friends, Held...
Philadelphia: Printed by John Richards, 1839. First edition. The Quakers’ long and honorable opposition to slavery — from as early as the 17th century — is well documented. Read More
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'Have Hopes That I Shall See You'
Autograph note signed ("Charles Sumner") to Dr. Edward Jarvis ("Sir").
Boston: Wednesday 23rd Nov, 1859. 'Have Hopes That I Shall See You'. A brief note by the fiery orator, abolitionist leader, and radical Republican Senator from Massachusetts, Charles Sumner (1811-1874), written the year he returned to the Senate after being infamously caned by Representative Preston Brooks after days after Sumner... Read More
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White Slavery in the Barbary States.
Boston: William D. Ticknor and Company, 1847. First edition. Sumner, the great abolitionist, here states that the Barbary Coast's emancipation of White Slaves is only a start as there were still black slaves to be freed in Algiers and in the U.S. Read More
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Slavery In The United States: Its Evils, Alleviations And Remedies.
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851. First Edition. Reprinted from the North American Review, October, 1851. The author carefully issues that include “how far and how fast is the institution of slavery susceptible of change and amelioration - what are the prospects of its being removed - and... Read More
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The Anti-Slavery Record Vol. 11. No. X1.
New York: R. G. Williams, 1836. First Edition. Deals exclusively with the effects of the British Abolition Act on the colonies in the West Indies. Read More
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The Anti-Slavery Record, Vol. II, No. III March, 1836. Whole No. 15.
New York: R. G. Williams, for The American Anti-Slavery Society, 1836. Brilliant example of this important publication, as it was originally issued, and in its original pictorial wrappers. The horrors of slavery are explored in America-- emphasizing the North's economic complicit and in returning fugitive slaves-- as well as Haiti... Read More
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Liberty or Slavery; the Great National Question. Three Prize Essays on American Slavery.
Boston: Congregational Board of Publications, 1857. First edition. Contains three abolitionist essays: (1) Rev. R.B. Thurston, The Error and the Duty in regard to Slavery; (2) Rev. A.C. Baldwin, Friendly Letters to a Christian Slaveholder; (3) Timothy Williston, Is American Slavery an Institution Which Christianity Sanctions and Will Perpetuate? Read More
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The Voices of Compromise, 1850
Proceedings of the Constitutional meeting at Faneuil Hall, November 26th, 1850.
Boston: Beals & Greene, 1850. First edition. The Voices of Compromise, 1850. After the Compromise of 1850 was passed in the Fall of that year, threatening the freedom and rights of escaped slaves, violent protests broke in several Northern states, and many abolitionist were urging defiance of the law. Alarm... Read More
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Report of the Committee on Anti-Slavery Memorials, September, 1845. With a Historical Statement of Previous Proceedings. American Board of Commissioners...
Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin, 1845. Read More
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Speeches of Hayne and Webster in the United States Senate, on the Resolution of Mr. Foot, Jan,1830. Also Mr. Webster’s...
Boston: A. T. Hotchkiss & W. P. Fetridge, 1853. Reprints the famous debate between Webster (“most famous American oration of the nineteenth century” — Howes) and Hayne over protective tariffs, in which issues of wide-ranging significance (States’ rights, slavery, the Constitution, etc.), were debated with the kind forensic brilliance rarely... Read More
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The Voice of Freedom. Published under the sanction of the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society. Volume I, number 9. Chauncey L. Knapp, Editor.
Montpelier, Vermont: Allen & Poland, Publishers, March 2, 1839. This issue publishes the Fifth Annual Report of the Starksboro’ and Lincoln Anti-Slavery Society and reprints newspaper accounts of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society and a speech by Henry Clay objecting to the emancipation of slaves in... Read More
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A Connecticut Shoemaker's Account Book 1825-1856
Manuscript Account Book of Edward R. Clark, Shoemaker.
Haddam Neck, CT: 1825-1856. A Connecticut Shoemaker's Account Book 1825-1856. A wonderful look at a craftsman's life in early 19th century Connecticut. Most of Clark's trade came from mending shoes, for which he averaged 40 cents a pair, his steadiest customers being members of the Brainerd family, an old and... Read More
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Typed note signed ("Dean Acheson"), 1 p, to William Targ, Editor-in-Chief at Putnam's.
Washington, D.C: October 23, 1969. Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson writes to Targ, thanking him for sending a copy of The Establishment is Alive and Well by Art Buchwald. "My preoccupation with the activities surrounding the publication of my own book has kept me from the immediate enjoyment of... Read More
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The History of the American Indians; Particularly Those Nations adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and...
London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775. First edition. “Best 18th century English source on the Southern tribes” (Sabin), written by “one of the most colorful figures in Southern colonial history” (Clark), a man who for forty years traded with the Indians. From 1735 until 1759 he traded with... Read More
Price: $5,500