J b shurtleff amos lawrence (1 Ergebnisse)

Quarter Leather. Zustand: Good binding. First Edition. 12 mo.; 1/4 calf over printed paper-covered boards; xi, 182 pages, followed by [6] pages of publisher's ads; the worn spine is patched and crumbling but holding; hinges reinforced with japanese tissue.~~There is a previous owner gift inscription dated July 1851 from Amos Lawrence, the Boston philanthropist, social activist and abolitionist. James McPherson, in Battle Cry of Freedom, says of Lawrence that he was radicalized by the Anthony Burns affair in spring, 1854, and quotes him as saying: "We went to be one night old fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and woke up stark mad Abolitionists."~~Uncommon, especially in this edition. (Sabin 80770 (Fourth Edition); McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, 1989, p.). Good binding.…