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THE CHILD'S ANTI-SLAVERY BOOK Containing a Few Words about American Slave Children and Stories of Slave-Life
by (COLMAN, Julia and THOMPSON, Matilda G.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Quite shaken with a number of pages loose or detached; lacking one illustration, as noted; occasional stain. Covers worn and sta
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York/Cincinnati: Phillips & Hunt/Walden & Stowe, [1859]. First Edition. Hardcover. Quite shaken with a number of pages loose or detached; lacking one illustration, as noted; occasional stain. Covers worn and stained, gilt worn but readable on spine. Fair to Good only, but rather scarce. Original brown cloth (4" x 5-3/4"); 158, [2] pages. With 9 (of 10) illustrations. This children's storybook contains 5 sections. The first is about the institution of slavery, explaining to children what slavery means. The other 4 sections are stories about particular people. Seven years after Jewett brought out the Illustrated Edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's UNCLE TOMS CABIN, 9 of Hammatt Billings' drawings from that edition were used in a short, simply-written collection of abolitionist children's stories. No author's or editor's name appears on the title page. Billings is not given any credit, nor is any mention made of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. In the introduction by D.W, readers are told that the stories are pictures of actual life, and worthy of your belief. The tales are: Little Lewis: The Story of a Slave Boy, by Julia Colman; Mark and Hasty; or, Slave-Life in Missouri, by Matilda G. Thompson; and Aunt Judy's Story: A Story from Real Life, also by Matilda G. Thompson. There is also a brief epilogue, Me Neber Give It Up, which contains the only picture (not present) not taken from Stowe's novel. On the front pastedown in ink is written "S. S. Library/No. 55 [crossed out]: 14."
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021577
- Title
- THE CHILD'S ANTI-SLAVERY BOOK Containing a Few Words about American Slave Children and Stories of Slave-Life
- Author
- (COLMAN, Julia and THOMPSON, Matilda G.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Quite shaken with a number of pages loose or detached; lacking one illustration, as noted; occasional stain. Covers worn and sta
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Phillips & Hunt/Walden & Stowe
- Place of Publication
- New York/Cincinnati
- Date Published
- [1859]
- Keywords
- Slavery, Americana, Black History, 19th Century, Children's Literature, African-American History, African-American Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Slavery; African-American History;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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