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    Sale 2486 | Lot 13
    Price Realized: $3,120With Buyer's Premium
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    • Sale 2486 Lot 13

      (BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.) The Bloody Week! Riot, Murder & Arson, Containing a Full Account of this Wholesale Outrage on Life and Property. 32 pages. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, minor wear and uneven toning. New York: Coutant & Baker, [1863]

      Estimate $1,500 - 2,500

      A dramatic account of the 1863 New York Draft Riots, "accurately prepared from official sources by eye witnesses." Sabin 5987. Only one other copy known at auction since 1952, at a Swann African Americana sale, 21 March 2013, lot 403.


      Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $3,120
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