Skip to content

Secure Checkout

Website Secured with 256-bit TLS Encryption
Subtotal: $2,020.00
Shipping: $32.50
$0.00
Donation Amount: $0.00
Total: $2,052.50
3 - 6 days
7 - 14 days

All fields are required unless marked optional.

Add Shipping Note
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • Paypal
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

Verified and Secured. Guaranteed.

Website Secured with 256-bit TLS Encryption
Please select your payment method from the following list:
Click the button to checkout with PayPal.
You will be charged $2,052.50 when completing this purchase.

Cart Totals

Subtotal: $2,020.00
Shipping: $32.50
: $0.00
Donation Amount: $0.00
Total: $2,052.50

You are about to purchase:

No image available

Substance of the Speech Made... in the Capitol by SLAVERY SMITH Gerrit

7 to 14 days for delivery
Standard Shipping: $15.00
Details
$1,500.00
( US$)
Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Substance of the Speech Made... in the Capitol
Author
SLAVERY SMITH Gerrit
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1850. First Edition. (SLAVERY) SMITH, Gerrit. Substance of the Speech Made by Gerrit Smith, in the Capitol of the State of New York, March 11th and 12th, 1850. Albany: Jacob T. Hazen, 1850. Octavo, period-style half calf gilt, marbled boards; pp. (1-3), 4-25, (26-27), 28-30. $1500.First edition of the bold abolitionist's Speech proclaiming the Constitution ""does not allow the three million of our colored countrymen to be held in slavery,"" a close friend of Frederick Douglass, who ""openly embraced Smith's version of an antislavery interpretation of the Constitution,"" delivered the same decade as John Brown's Harpers Ferry raid, substantially financed by Smith.Smith, a wealthy philanthropist, was ""among the most outspoken"" of white abolitionists (Jackson, Force and Freedom, 65). Once linked to William Lloyd Garrison's view of the Constitution as a ""covenant with death,"" Smith split from Garrison and became a founder of both the Liberty Party and its successor, the Radical Abolitionist Party. He was, as well, key in forging a close interracial alliance between Frederick Douglass, Black abolitionist and physician James McCune Smith, and John Brown. The four men shared the goal of achieving ""a 'radical change' in government."" By the early 1850s, Douglass ""openly embraced Smith's version of an antislavery interpretation of the Constitution"" (Blight, 213). To Smith, Douglass, and figures as Alvan Stewart and Lysander Spooner, ""the Constitution empowered—even required—Congress to abolish slavery in the southern states by direct legislation… As an editor, Douglass had always engaged with national politics. Now the federal authority at the base of slavery's stranglehold on America became his intensive focus"" (Blight, 214; emphasis in original).This very scarce first edition captures the force of Smith's groundbreaking 1850 Speech and clearly demonstrates the breadth of his constitutional argument. Declaring ""law is for the protection of rights—not for the destruction of rights"" (emphasis in original), he cites passages in the Declaration and Bill of Rights, and addresses the pivotal ""three-fifths"" clause. Smith proclaims the Founding Fathers did not intend ""to make this whole land the slaveholder's hunting ground,"" and asserts the Constitution ""does not allow the three million of our colored countrymen to be held in slavery."" He would use his wealth to help establish a Black settlement at North Elba, N.Y., which was ""John Brown's permanent residence from 1854 until his death"" (Stauffer, Black Hearts, 3). After Harpers Ferry and Brown's execution, Smith faced demands that he be tried as an ""accessory after the fact."" While he ""publicly denied it, Smith gave warm encouragement and financial assistance"" to Brown and the Harpers Ferry insurrection. Yet ""guilt over the failure of Brown's raid and fear of possible arrest as a co-conspirator caused Smith to commit himself to the Utica State Lunatic Asylum"" (ANB). In time, he publicly retreated from his Radical Abolitionist stance and died in 1874. Sabin 82670. A fine copy.
The Works, in Natural History, of the Late Rev. Gilbert White, A. M. Comprising The Natural History of Selborne; The Naturalist's Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, Extracted from his Papers. To which are added, A Calendar and Observations by W. Markwick, Esq. F.L.S. in Two Volumes

The Works, in Natural History, of the Late Rev. Gilbert White, A. M. Comprising The Natural History of Selborne; The Naturalist's Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, Extracted from his Papers. To which are added, A Calendar and Observations by W. Markwick, Esq. F.L.S. in Two Volumes by White, Rev. Gilbert

7 to 14 days for delivery
Standard Shipping: $4.50
Details
$400.00
( US$)
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Title
The Works, in Natural History, of the Late Rev. Gilbert White, A. M. Comprising The Natural History of Selborne; The Naturalist's Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, Extracted from his Papers. To which are added, A Calendar and Observations by W. Markwick, Esq. F.L.S. in Two Volumes
Author
White, Rev. Gilbert
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Printed for J. White by T. Bensley, 1802. Half Morocco. Very Good. 8vo. viii, 392, 300 pp. With two hand-colored ornithological plates, one of which is folding. Two other plates, one folding as well. Lovely copy of eighteenth century classic and seminal work of natural history which still makes for highly enjoyable reading. As important as the many specific observations White made is his example as a close observer of the natural world which all lovers of nature can still emulate as well as the enthusiasm and spirit he brought to the endeavor. The epistolatory form he chose, tantamount to a diary, works wonderfully stylistically by creating an intimacy between him and the reader, and thus the reader is likely to become enthralled. Minor soiling and foxing scattered in volumes. The leather is rubbed along joints, and is overall a tad on the dry side.
Rockland Cemetery Illustrated: Suggestions and Associations Connected with It and a Brief Statement of the Superior Advantages Presented to Those Who Desire Beautiful Resting Places for Their Dead

Rockland Cemetery Illustrated: Suggestions and Associations Connected with It and a Brief Statement of the Superior Advantages Presented to Those Who Desire Beautiful Resting Places for Their Dead by William Wales

7 to 14 days for delivery
Standard Shipping: $6.00
Details
$100.00
( EU VAT US$0)
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA
Title
Rockland Cemetery Illustrated: Suggestions and Associations Connected with It and a Brief Statement of the Superior Advantages Presented to Those Who Desire Beautiful Resting Places for Their Dead
Author
William Wales
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
New York: Anson D.F. Randolph & Company, 1881. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1881 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine and decorative bordering to the panels. Light wear to the spine ends, several very small marks at the front panel and former owner name and address at the verso of the front free endpaper. 12mo, 157 pgs., all-edges gilt. 20 high-quality engraved illustrations complementing the text.
Batman: Fortunate Son.
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Batman: Fortunate Son. by JONES, Gerard, and HA, Gene with VASQUEZ, Gloria.

7 to 14 days for delivery
Standard Shipping: $7.00
Details
$20.00
( EU VAT US$0)
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
Title
Batman: Fortunate Son.
Author
JONES, Gerard, and HA, Gene with VASQUEZ, Gloria.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9781563895784
Condition
As New in As New dust jacket
Description
NY:: DC Comics,. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 1563895781 . Illustrated. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. .

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.