3 Positions Against Prisons
Croatia: Active Distribution, 2020. Pamphlet. 20p., stapled wraps, 4x5.75 inches, very good condition. Communiqué in zine-style layout. First published in 2010 by Fire to the Prisons. More
Cat.No: 293929
Abolitionism
Freedom National; The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. Hardcover. xxiv, 596p., illustrated with line maps and a few facsimiles, hardbound in 9.5x6.5 inch boards and dust jacket, the first edition in fine condition: absolutely sound, clean and unmarked. More
Cat.No: 253251
Our fiery trial; Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, and the Civil War era
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1979. Hardcover. ix, 150p., bit rubbed dj, else very good hardcover. More
Cat.No: 84479
Fifty years later: antislavery, capitalism and modernity in the Dutch orbit
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996. Hardcover. viii, 272p., preface, index, references, tables, footnotes, very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Pitt Latin American Series. More
Cat.No: 181842
Remarks on the proposed state constitution by a free-soiler from the start. Seventeenth thousand
Boston: Crosby, Nichols, & Company, 1853. pamphlet. 35p., signatures fastened with thread through stab-holes as issued in this, the "second edition;" self-wraps, mild small ink-splotch on bottom margin of both cover-leaf (title) and back cover (blank). A remarkably fresh-looking copy all around. More
Cat.No: 170748
To the Free Soil Members of the General Court of Massachusetts for the Year 1851
[Boston]: 1851. Pamphlet. 4p., wraps, some edgewear, else very good condition; noted "Confidential" at head of first page. Unitarian minister and prominent Free Soiler advocates the choice of Stephen C. Phillips as governor in order to assure the selection of a Free Soiler senator. More
Cat.No: 29989
A sermon of the Mexican War preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, June 25th, 1848
Boston: Coolidge and Wiley, 1848. Pamphlet. 56p., 5.25x8.5 inches, disbound pages, toning and a few light stains. More
Cat.No: 192182
The Negro in Tennessee, 1790-1865
Austin: The University of Texas, 1922. Paperback. 213p., covers a bit soiled with wear to edges. wraps. University of Texas Bulletin #2205, Feb. 1, 1922. More
Cat.No: 71328
Don't tell me prison saved your life
New York: Mongoose Distro, nd. Pamphlet. [4p.], 5.5x8.5 inch zine style format; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 301861
Have you ever thought about the origins of prison?
New York: Mongoose Distro, nd. Pamphlet. [4p.], 5.5x8.5 inch zine style format; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 301865
Radical abolitionism; Anarchy and the Government of God in antislavery thought
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1973. Hardcover. xvi, 328p., very good condition in a shelfworn dust jacket showing considerable soiling, rubbing and wear to rear panel. More
Cat.No: 11528
Antislavery reconsidered; new perspectives on the abolitionists
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979. Hardcover. xvi, 348p., first edition. shelfworn dj including sticker shadow/glue residue to top right corner of front panel, else very good. More
Cat.No: 21288
Oration delivered in the Old South Church... June 14, 1876
Boston: Reuben Hildreth Printer, 1876. 11p., original wraps slightly browned, first edition, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 123882
The kidnapped and the ransomed
New York: Negro Publication Society of America, 1941. Hardcover. 315p., first NPSA edition, very good hardcover in dj. The European American writer's story of the two black brothers was originally published in 1856 Series I, History, #1. More
Cat.No: 18281
Exploring a common past: researching and interpreting the underground railroad; 2nd edition
Washington, D. C. Park History Program, National Park Service, 1998. 51p., staplebound 8.5x5.5 inch glossy wraps, very good copy. How to do original research; one illustration (cover photo of the John Parker house, Ohio). More
Cat.No: 155379
Slavery; the Angle-American involvement
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1973. Hardcover. 112p., profusely illus., 7.5x9.5 inches, first British edition. Very good, Previous owner's address ticker near top right corner of front free endpaper. Illustrated sources in history. More
Cat.No: 28793
Personal reminiscences of the anti-slavery and other reforms and reformers
Plainfield, NJ: Anna Rice Powell, 1899. Hardcover. xx, 279p. including 15 illus., first edition. A very good copy of an important account of the movement in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York. More
Cat.No: 72757
Los Afro-Uruguayos; libro de bolsillo
Montevideo: El Siglo Ilustrado, 1967. Paperback. 98p., review of book pasted to r.e.p. and rear pastedown, previous owner's signature, wraps. With much on slavery and abolition. Text in Spanish. More
Cat.No: 122643
From Lone Mountain to Twin Peaks: In Memory of Richard Realf, "Poet, Social Pioneer, Emancipator"
San Francisco: People's Library, 1918. 16p., stapled wraps, 5.25x6.75 inches, wraps lighlty toned, touch of rust to staples else very good. Poetry collection. "The peculiar significance of Richard Realf to San Francisco is that he connects us directly with Old John Brown of Harper's Ferry, in whose cabinet Realf was..... More
Cat.No: 145683
From Lone Mountain to Twin Peaks: In Memory of Richard Realf, "Poet, Social Pioneer, Emancipator"
San Francisco: People's Library, 1918. 16p., stapled wraps, 5.25x6.75 inches, wraps lightly stained, edges foxed else good condition. Poetry collection. "The peculiar significance of Richard Realf to San Francisco is that he connects us directly with Old John Brown of Harper's Ferry, in whose cabinet Realf was the selected and..... More
Cat.No: 145684
Letters to the Hon. William Jay, being a reply to his "Inquiry into the American Colonization and American Anti-Slavery Societies."
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. xii, 120p. Bit soiled boards. No dust jacket (as issued) Reprint of the 1835 edition. More
Cat.No: 34966
Horace Greeley: a biographical sketch. Prepared for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, at the request of its publishers
no city: no publisher, 1879. Pamphlet. 29p., sewn signatures in paste-fastened plain printed wraps, cover and several leaves dust-soiled with some hazy old mildew (no mustiness), flecks (of iron? food?) here and there within with offsetting, a sound but slightly repulsive copy. More
Cat.No: 174702
A abolição da escravidão
Sao Paulo: Editora Brasillense, 1986. Paperback. 97p., third edition, slightly soiled wraps. Text in Portuguese. More
Cat.No: 122641
Cronicl Cymdeithasau Crefyddol. [1847-1848, two years bound in one volume]
Dolgellau, Wales: Argraffedig Gan Evan Jones, 1847-48. Two years of the monthly journal, 378, 378p., bound in one volume, leather boards separated, top of spine very extensively chipped, much edgewear, last page taped with yellowed cellotape to rear board; text is all present but a reference copy only, possible candidate..... More
Cat.No: 152792
Paternalism and ruling class ideology in the ante-bellum south: a critique of the social function of paternalism as presented in the analysis of Eugene D. Genovese
Irvine: University of California, 1976. Pamphlet. 51p., reproduced from typescript; 8.5x11 inch stapled wraps, light handling wear, touch of rust to staples, wraps toned along edges, else very good condition. Program in comparative culture, occasional papers no.2. More
Cat.No: 46111