THE PRO-SLAVERY ARGUMENT, AS MAINTAINED BY THE MOST DISTINGUISHED WRITERS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, & Co., 1853. Presumed First Edition. Octavo, 490 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is green with gilt lettering. Boards show tooling to front and back boards. Boards show rubbing and moderate smudging to front and back boards. Boards show moderate rubbing and tearing to head, fore, and tail edges of front and back boards, rubbing and bumping to fore edge corners. Boards show rubbing and creasing to spine, bumping and moderate tearing to headcap and tail. Boards show moderate tearing to spine near back board hinge near headcaps, moderate tearing to spine near front board hinge near tail, exposing spine. Boards show minor plus tearing to front hinge near headcap, minor tearing to back hinge near tail. Boards show minor fading to gilt lettering. Binding is slightly loose. Ex-library copy with small bookstore sticker on inside of front board on paste down at head edge. Textblock shows moderate age toning, moderate foxing spots to fore and tail edges. RWO Consignment. More