May 07, 2020 - Sale 2534

Sale 2534 - Lot 30

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
THE NOTORIOUS DRED SCOTT DECISION (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Howard, Benjamin C. A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court . . . in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sanford. 239 pages. 8vo, modern 1/2 morocco; soiling to title page, moderate wear to contents. Washington, 1857

Additional Details

first edition, one of two simultaneous printings, one in New York and the other in Washington, for which no precedence has been established. Blockson 9906 (New York edition); Sabin 33240.