[AFRICAN AMERICANA - SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. The Anti-Slavery Record. Vol. I, for 1835. NY: R.G. Williams, American Anti-Slavery Society, 1835. FIRST EDITION of nos. 1-9, 12, and second edition of nos. 10-11.
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $281
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Lot Description
[AFRICAN AMERICANA - SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. The Anti-Slavery Record. Vol. I, for 1835. New York: R.G. Williams, American Anti-Slavery Society, 1835.
12mo (105 x 179 mm), 12 issues: Nos. I-XII (January-December 1835), most with engravings on first page. (Some dampstaining, toning and spotting.) Contemporary green cloth gilt (soiling with slight wear, spine slightly leaned).
FIRST EDITION of nos. 1-9, 12, and second edition of nos. 10-11 of this abolitionist periodical with engravings and articles illustrating the brutality of enslavement. Includes articles, essays, and poems, and a biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture and slave narratives. Sabin 81862.
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