141. Collison, Gary.

Shadrach Minkins. From Fugitive Slave to Citizen.

First edition. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1997. 17 x 24 cm. 294 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good, near fine, condition.

142. Chernow, Ron.

The House of Morgan – An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance. A Touchstone Book.

New York / London / Toronto / a.o., Simon & Shuster Inc., 1991. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XVII, 812 pages. Original Softcover. Several black and white photographs throughout. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

143. Carlson, Phyllis Downing / Bill, Laurel Downing.

Aunt Phil’s Trunk, Volume Two: 1898 – 1912. An Alaska historian’s collection of treasured tales.

Anchorage, Laudon Enterprises, 2008. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. 376 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by second author.

144. Burland, Cottie.

North American Indian Mythology.

London, Paul Hamlyn Ltd., 1965. 21 x 28.5cm. 153 pages, with text illustrations throughout and 26 colour plates. Original clothbound hardcover. Some signs of external wear including fading, bumping and staining. Internally in excellent condition other than minor text annotations.

145. Bronsky, Eric / Samors, Neal.

Downtown Chicago in Transition. Foreword by Joel Daly.

Second Edition. Chicago, Chicago’s Books Press, 2007. 22,5 cm x 29 cm. 253 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

146. Bemis, George.

Precedents of American Neutrality, in Reply to the Speech of Sir Roundell Palmer, Attorney General of England in the british Commons, May 13,1864.

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1864. 8°. VIII, 83 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Unopened. Upper corner dogeared. Elswise very good plus.

147. Beisner, Robert L.

Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War.

New York, Oxford University Press, 2006. 16 cm x 24 cm. XIV, 800 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

148. Beecher-Stowe, Harriet.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly. With [106] original Illustrations [plus one Fronstispiece-Portrait] by Jenny Nystrom-Stoopendaal.

London / Paris / New York & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1905. Large Octavo (18 cm x 23 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of Harriet Beecher-Stowe, XIV, 680 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth-binding in protective Mylar. The notoriously shaky publication was strengthened by our bookbindery and is now ready to be read and used without fear of handling. Old gift-inscription to slightly frayed endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The best version due to the large size of the book and the corresponding illustrations.

149. Andrews, William L.

To Tell a Free Story – The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760-1865.

Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1986. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XIII, 353 pages. With several illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

150. Abolitionism – Woolman, John.

Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes – Recommended to the Professors of Christianity of every Denomination. In: “A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman, Late of Mount Holly, in the Province of New Jersey, North America. To which are added, His works, containing his last Epistle and other Writings”.

First Irish Edition. Dublin, Printed by R.M.Jackson, 1794. Octavo. XV, 464 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century full leather with original spine-label. Binding firm but rubbed with some minro damaged to the boards. Overall in very good condition.