Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 6

Price Realized: $ 562
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Group of 3 London printings of important slavery narratives. 3 volumes in one. [2], ix, [1], 14-168; viii, 118, [2]; xv, [1], 87, [1] pages. 12mo, contemporary 1/2 calf, moderate wear, lacking spine label; lacking front endpapers; library number on backstrip. London: Charles Gilpin, 1849-51

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Narrative of the Life of William W. Brown, an American Slave. 3 full-page illustrations; lacks frontispiece, title page worn and detached. First published in Boston in 1847. "Thirteenth thousand," 1850 The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave. First published in Boston in 1849. "Fifth thousand," 1851 The Fugitive Blacksmith, or, Events in the History of James W.C. Pennington. First published in London in 1849. Second edition, 1849.