Abolition of Slavery, Periodicals and Books, Including Six Copies of The Liberator and Two Printed Books.

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Abolition of Slavery, Periodicals and Books, Including Six Copies of The Liberator and Two Printed Books. Including issues of The Liberator from December 26, 1835; April 19, 1861; January 2, 1863; December 8, 1865; December 15, 1865; December 22, 1865; and December 29, 1865; each with old folds, some marginal chipping, sizes vary.
[Together with] Mrs. Child's An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans, New York: Taylor, 1836, octavo, publisher's cloth, internal spotting, contemporary inscription to title, binding worn, 7 x 4 1/4 in. [and] Blake's The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade, Columbus, Ohio: Miller, 1860, thick octavo, engraved frontispiece, some illustrations, full contemporary leather, both boards detached, 9 3/4 x 6 in. (8)
Estimate $800-1,200


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