"THE LEADING CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR FOR GARRISON AND THE RADICAL ABOLITIONISTS"
BOWDITCH, William I. Slavery and the Constitution. Boston, 1849.
First edition of abolitionist attorney Bowditch's incendiary 1849 work declaring the Constitution a proslavery document, defiantly announcing—"we are a nation of slaveholders"—a crucial work in the highly public dispute that split apart Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. $2100.
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CANDID PHOTOGRAPH OF ALI RECEIVING A PHONE CALL, INSCRIBED BY HIM
ALI, Muhammad. Photograph inscribed. No place, 1964.
Striking backlit photograph of a young Muhammad Ali, boldly inscribed, “To Pete Moser, from Muhammad Ali, 1-22-89.” $700.
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INSCRIBED TO AWARD-WINNING PHOTOJOURNALIST PETER TURNLEY
BOUBAT, Edouard. Boubat de Boubat. Paris, 1989.
First edition, a retrospective of Boubat’s signature images, warmly inscribed on the half title to his longtime colleague, Paris-based photojournalist Peter Turnley, “Pour Peter, qui invente Paris, qui invente le monde et trouve l’amitie avec la lumiere, Edouard, 14 Nov. 1993” (For Peter, who invents Paris, who invents the world and discovers friendship with light), with over 100 black-and-white photographs from Boubat’s distinguished career. $650.
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