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NEGROES AND NEGRO "SLAVERY:" THE FIRST AN INFERIOR RACE: THE LATTER ITS NORMAL CONDITION
by Van Evrie, J. H
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Van Evrie, Horton and Co, 1861. First Book Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 17-339 pages, [3] ads. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's embossed brown cloth, gilt titling to spine. Light shelfwear and rubbing, corners bumped, fraying to head and tail of spine. Spine titling faded. Frontispiece with racist caricatures offsetting onto title page. Ex-libris, with bookplate to front pastedown, red ink stamp to pages 17, 99, 197, 245, and 339 verso. Ink name to second free endpaper. RW consignment. Shelved case 1. A malevolent and racist treatise, it was first published as a far shorter pamphlet in 1853. This First Book Edition was published during the Civil War and covers Van Evrie's white supremacist views on race and slavery in a pseudoscientific attempt to rationalize slavery. 1376385. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1376385
- Title
- NEGROES AND NEGRO "SLAVERY:" THE FIRST AN INFERIOR RACE: THE LATTER ITS NORMAL CONDITION
- Author
- Van Evrie, J. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Book Edition
- Publisher
- Van Evrie, Horton and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1861
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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