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BLACK ODYSSEY: The Case of the Slave Ship Amistad.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Penguin, (c 1971, 1977). The true story of the slave ship which was taken over by its captives in 1839. Bibliography, index, 183 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0046941.
Condition: Fine (as new)
Book ID: 27536More details Price: $9.50 -
THE BOLD BRAHMINS: New England's War Against Slavery: 1831-1863.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - A combination of well-researched popular history and biographies of some of the New England abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison, John Quincy Adams, The Reverend Theodore Parker, Abby Kelley Foster, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts who was violently beaten on the floor of the senate for speaking out against slavery, and more. Illustrated. Bibliography, index. 318 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a very good dustjacket.
Book ID: 34449More details Price: $12.50 -
THE BOLD BRAHMINS: New England's War Against Slavery: 1831-1863.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - A combination of well-researched popular history and biographies of some of the New England abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison, John Quincy Adams, The Reverend Theodore Parker, Abby Kelley Foster, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts who was violently beaten on the floor of the senate for speaking out against slavery, and more. Illustrated. Bibliography, index. 318 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (slight fading to spine of dj - a tight, clean copy.)
Book ID: 34800More details Price: $30.00 -
DESCENT FROM GLORY: Four Generations of the Adams Family.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. dj. Hardcover - A study of the private world of John Adams - patriot and second President of the United States - and his descendants, based in large part on letters and diaries. Photographs, sources, index. 400 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5031725.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 33319More details Price: $12.50