"WE CANNOT PAY THE TRIBUTE OF MERCY WITHOUT ENDANGERING THE TREASURY"
RANDOLPH, Rev. F[rancis], M.A. Letter… on the Proposed Abolition of the African Slave Trade. London, 1788.
First edition of Randolph’s important 1788 Letter against swift abolition of the slave trade, published the same year Prime Minister Pitt, “substituting for Wilberforce,” raised the subject in House of Commons, with Randolph instead proposing fresh regulations for slave owners and the slave trade, from the collection of the New York Historical Society. $1650.
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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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MARY BERRY’S JOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCE
BERRY, Mary. Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence. London, 1865. Three volumes. First edition, handsomely bound by Sotheran. $750.
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