New York: Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, No. 144 Nassau Street. William S. Dorr, Printer, 1836.
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Hardcover. First edition. 12mo. 156pp. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Sharp by E. Patrick Reason. 12mo. 156pp. Publisher's figured green cloth stamped in blind and titled in gilt. Modest erosion of the cloth at the spine ends, light tidemark at the bottom margin of the last several leaves, some foxing on the engraving and overall light wear, else a near very good copy. Laid in (and probably formerly tipped-in) is a printed slip with "Mr. Spingarn's Compliments." Arthur Spingarn and his brother Joel Spingarn were white Civil Rights Activists and early and important members of the NAACP; we are not sure which of the brothers this is. Ink note on front fly that the frontispiece is by E. Patrick Reason, "the earliest Negro American engraver; it is probably his first engraving on metal."
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