[Rarebooks] FS: A Tribute for the Negro, 1848

[Charles Agvent]

Our catalogue of fine signed Presidential items has been delayed as we are in 
the process of acquiring several interesting pieces to add to it.  It will be 
posted on our website in two weeks.  Later this week or early next week we will 
be posting a short list including some exceptional items in the field of 
African-American history and literature.  Please check 
http://www.erols.com/agvent.  The following item is an example.

ARMISTEAD, Wilson. A TRIBUTE FOR THE NEGRO: BEING A VINDICATION OF
THE    MORAL,  INTELLECTUAL,  AND   RELIGIOUS  CAPABILITIES   OF   THE
COLORED....  Manchester:  William Irwin 1848. First Edition.  Original
black   cloth  rebacked  preserving   original  backstrip  with   gilt
lettering  and stamping on the spine and the front cover which depicts
a  kneeling  slave in chains above the caption: "Am I Not A Man  And A
Brother."  Illustrated  with  ten  views,  portraits,  and  facsimiles
including  a youthful portrait of Frederick Douglass. xxxv, [ii], 564,
[4-ads]  pages.  An eloquent defense of the African and a key work  of
the  British abolitionists, with biographical sketches of many of  the
noted  black  figures of the day including Douglass, Toussaint,  James
W.  C.  Pennington,  Olaudah  Equiano, etc.  Bookplate  of  a  Baptist
Missionary  Society  tipped to the front pastedown. Minor edgewear  to
cloth. Very clean copy of this scarce book.                   $2500.00

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