"A LEADER IN THE BRITISH ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT": FIRST EDITION OF ALEXANDER'S PIVOTAL WORK, LETTERS ON THE SLAVE-TRADE (1842)
ALEXANDER, G[eorge]. W[illiam]. Letters on the Slave-Trade. London, 1842.
First edition of a signal work by leading British abolitionist Alexander, whose lifelong efforts "to rid the world of the scourge of slavery" won praise by Frederick Douglass, cited in W.E.B. Du Bois' Suppression of the Slave Trade, almost entirely uncut and unopened in original gilt-stamped cloth. $2900.
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FIRST EDITION IN PARTS OF THACKERAY’S THE NEWCOMES
THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Newcomes. London, 1853-55. Twenty-three parts.
First edition, 24 parts in original paper wrappers, with two vignette title pages, 46 full-page plates and over 100 historiated initial capitals and in-text illustrations by Richard Doyle. $950.
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SIGNED BY PAUL HINDEMITH
HINDEMITH, Paul. Symphonie Mathis der Maler. Mainz, circa 1955.
Study edition of the full score of one of Hindemith's best-known works, signed by him on the title page. $750.
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