"A LEADER IN THE BRITISH ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT": FIRST EDITION OF ALEXANDER'S PIVOTAL WORK, LETTERS ON THE SLAVE-TRADE (1842)
ALEXANDER, G[eorge]. W[illiam]. Letters on the Slave-Trade. London, 1842.
First edition of a signal work by leading British abolitionist Alexander, whose lifelong efforts "to rid the world of the scourge of slavery" won praise by Frederick Douglass, cited in W.E.B. Du Bois' Suppression of the Slave Trade, almost entirely uncut and unopened in original gilt-stamped cloth. $2900.
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INSCRIBED BY AARON COPLAND
COPLAND, Aaron. Dance Symphony. New York, circa 1968.
Hawkes Pocket Scores edition, inscribed by Aaron Copland, "To P / My favorite sleeve-man / from A / Dec '68." $500.
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"WHAT IS LOVELY NEVER DIES, BUT PASSES INTO OTHER LOVELINESS"
ALDRICH, Thomas Bailey. Writings. Cambridge, 1897-1908. Nine volumes. Autograph edition, number 86 of only 250 large-paper copies signed by Aldrich on the limitation page. $450.
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