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The Conquerors of the New World and Their Bondsmen: Being a Narrative of the Principle Events Which Led To Negro Slavery in The West Indies and America . TWO VOLUMES
by Helps, Sir Arthur
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: William Pickering, 1848. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. x, 264; 334 pages. TWO VOLUME SET.Volume one is 1848, volume two is 1852. Hardcovers bound in original brown cloth with white paper title labels on the spines. The bindings are rubbed and bumped, and the spine ends are fraying. There is also some splitting on the outer rear hinge of Vol. I. The labels are toned, rubbed and chipped. Damping on the rear board of volume one and the front board of volume two. There is a prior owner's 20th century bookplate on the front pastedown of both volumes. Hinges are secure. Some slight damping at the lower right corner of the text block on both volumes, not affecting the text. Text is toned. Publisher's four-page catalogue at the front of each volume.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049824
- Title
- The Conquerors of the New World and Their Bondsmen: Being a Narrative of the Principle Events Which Led To Negro Slavery in The West Indies and America . TWO VOLUMES
- Author
- Helps, Sir Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- William Pickering
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1848; 1852; Sir Arthur Helps; The New World; Bondsmen; Negroes; Africans; Africa; Slave trade; Slavery; West Indies; America; 19th century; Conquerors; Conquerers.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; General Antiquarian & Rare; African-American;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. Buyer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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