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Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. With more than 300 illustrations. Boston: James R. Osgood & Company, 1883. First American edition, second state. Original brown cloth binding, decorated in black and gilt. BAL 3411. A fine copy with remarkably bright gilt decorations. $900 |
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED IN THE COURT-HOUSE IN CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS ON 1st AUGUST, 1844, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE NEGROES IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1844. First edition. Bound in three-quarter brown morocco, raised bands, and gilt lettering. A handsome copy of Emerson’s anti-slavery speech of 1844. $550 |
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Johnson, Richard M. SPEECH OF COL. RICHARD M. JOHNSON, OF KENTUCKY, ON A PROPOSITION TO ABOLISH IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT, SUBMITTED BY HIM TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, JANUARY 14, 1823. Boston: Printed for the Society for the Relief of the Distressed, 1823. First edition. 8vo. pamphlet, disbound. 23pp plus one subsequent page containing a table of commitments for debt in Boston jail. A few pages have crease marks in the upper right hand corner. Very light, occasional foxing. Otherwise, a clean copy. $95 , |