"THE MYSTIC CHORDS OF MEMORY": LINCOLN’S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 1861
LINCOLN, Abraham. Inaugural Address. Washington, March 8, 1861.
Rare second printing of Lincoln's important first inaugural address, printed by order of the Senate four days after its delivery. $8800.
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"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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"AN EPOCH IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE"
PERCY, Thomas. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. London, 1812. Three volumes.
Revised fifth edition of Percy’s Reliques, in handsome straight-grain morocco-gilt bindings. $900.
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