JIM BAKER: A Thrilling Episode of Ante-Bellum Days, a True Story of the Oppressed Race among Friends and Foes
by ADDINGTON, Rev. Thomas
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- Hardcover
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Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Winchester, IN: A. C. Benson & Sons, the Journal, 1898. First edition. Small 8vo. (6), 125 pp. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Novel set in the Underground Railroad in Indiana. Not in Wright, Work, LCP/HSP Afro-Americana, or the Blockson catalogue. Uncommon, OCLC locates 12 copies (Library of Congress, New York Public, A. Lincoln Presidential Library, Newberry, Earlham, Indiana Historical Society, Indiana State library, Missouri-St. Louis, Duke, Ohio History Connection, Tennessee, Texas-Austin). Original gilt-stamped brown cloth (rubbed, spine ends and corners bumped). Front hinge cracked, one leaf almost loose, a good copy of a fragile, poorly produced book.
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- Bookseller
- Bartlebys Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67145
- Title
- JIM BAKER: A Thrilling Episode of Ante-Bellum Days, a True Story of the Oppressed Race among Friends and Foes
- Author
- ADDINGTON, Rev. Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. C. Benson & Sons, the Journal
- Place of Publication
- Winchester, IN
- Date Published
- 1898
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About Bartlebys Books
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