Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 445

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(RACE HISTORY.) WILLIAMS, GEORGE WASHINGTON. History of the Negro Race in America, from 1619 to 1880. Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers and as Citizens. Two volumes: frontispiece of the author in volume I. 480; 611 pages. Original gilt black cloth boards with beveled edges; spines neatly replaced; ex-library numbers on title-pages and preliminaries, otherwise no other marks, pockets. New York: Putnam, 1883

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first edition of williams's massive history. It still remains one of the best references. Blockson, 101 Influential Books.