Washington: James C. Dunn, 1831. With an Appendix. Folding map of the coast of the Colony of Liberia with an inset plan of Monrovia. xxvi, 42pp. with continuing text on the back inner and outer wrapper. 8vo, original green pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled, light foxing throughout. Washington: George C. Dunn, 1831. First Edition. The bottom one inch of the map is lacking, with a small loss of the coast line and an eight inch strip by one inch strip..... More

Germantown: Christopher Sower, 1760. 16 pages. Slim 8vo, rebound in later 1/2 black leather, spine and edges of boards worn, small light dampstain to margins, small amount of light foxing, inner hinge weak. Germantown: Christopher Sower, 1760. Second edition. A very good(-) copy. Benezet was a leading Quaker abolitionist from Philadelphia. He was a friend of John Woolman. For many years Benezet was a teacher. He founded schools for the education of Blacks and young women. --Evans 8542; Sabin 4676..... More

London: Joseph Johnson, 1793. Etching and engraving. 10.25" x 7.75". Sheet toned and shows minor foxing, otherwise in very good condition. A plate from John Gabriel Stedman's "Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted Slaves of Surinam" (London: Joseph Johnson, 1796). This book, with its graphic depiction of slavery and colonization in the New World, became an important reference for early abolitionists. This disturbing image shows an enslaved woman with bound hands hung from a tree. In the..... More

London: Joseph Johnson, 1793. Etching and engraving. 10.25" x 7.75". Minor toning and light foxing at edges, otherwise in very good condition. A plate from John Gabriel Stedman's "Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted Slaves of Surinam" (London: Joseph Johnson, 1796). This book, with its graphic depiction of slavery and colonization in the New World, became an important reference for early abolitionists. Image shows the soldier in full uniform with rifle, pistol, and saber. Two similar soldiers..... More

Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley, 1925. Map. Original Lithograph. 11 1/4" x 16 1/4" This ward map of Manhattan shows the area from W. 157th Street to W 163nd Street, Riverside Drive to Broadway. On the verso, it depicts from Broadway to Amsterdam. Notably, a wooden structure is visible on Riverside Drive between 160th and 158th Streets. This structure, 857 Riverside Dr., was built in 1851, possibly by John Woodhouse Audubon, son of the famous naturalist. The property was owned by sugar..... More

Philadelphia: Young, 1832. Under the Following Heads: The Origin of the Society, Increase of the Coloured Population; Manumission of Slaves in this country... 28pp. 8vo, modern wrappers, lacks maps, light foxing throughout, light dampstain to title page, (Philadelphia): Young, Printer, 1832. Third Edition, Enlarged and Improved. Two of Mathew Carey's published letters are on Liberia's American colonists and the climate and commerce in Liberia. More

New York: Macmillan, 1901. Illustrated in black and white by Howard Chandler Christy. 522 pages, 8vo, full brown crushed morocco, gilt decorated inner dentelles, mottled endpapers. New York: Macmillan, 1901. A fine copy. More

New York: Harper, 1894. Ed. by Charles Eliot Norton. Frontis. in vol. III, 3 vols. 8vo, brown cloth, margins uncut, spine ends on all volumes lightly worn, dampstained on bottom margin of volume I. New York: Harper, 1894. First Collected Edition. Author was a novelist and renowned orator. Before the Civil War, he began a series of orations on the abolition of slavery and continued that theme in his editing of Harper's Weekly during the War. Other topics addressed by..... More

New York: Knopf, 1960. Illustrated. xvii + 392 pages plus index, 8vo, cloth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First edition. A near fine copy lacking dust wrapper. More

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965. 508pp. 8vo, gray cloth, lightly soiled d.w. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965. Lettering on spine upside down. More

Philadelphia: William Stavely, 1838. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 359pp. 12mo, original brown cloth, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped, scattered light foxing. Philadelphia: William Stavely, 1838. Author was a rector of St. David's Church in Philadelphia and an abolitionist. There are several chapters in favor of the colonization of Liberia. More

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2007. Illus. 450pp. 8vo, yellow boards, d.w. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, (2007). Near Fine. More

New York: 1891. Fine content A.L.S. 8vo. 2 pages, New York, Jan. 11th 1891, to his publisher, in part: "...I have written out a brief account of a young Confederate, who is worthy to be remembered. If you like it, I can send another, of about the same length, in regard to Joseph Sowards, a Union scout who acted for Garfield in his East Kentucky campaign, and whose career had in it many resemblances to that of 'Harry Birch' in..... More