"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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WITH THREE ELABORATE COLOR POP-UPS FEATURING POPEYE AND HIS SPINACH, OLIVE OYL, AND THE HAG
SEGAR, E.C. Popeye with the Hag of the Seven Seas. Chicago, 1935.
First edition of this early pop-up book starring Popeye, one of the scarcest of the comic pop-ups, featuring three bright, double-page pop-ups. $950.
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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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