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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 8vo Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, 280pp. A tight and bright facsimile reprint of the 1859 first edition of this court case transcript introduced by Henry E. Peck and Ralph Plumb. small mark to top third of front cover. Otherwise near fine. heavy book, will incur additional postage outside the UK.…

Hardcover. Small 4to. Original blind-ruled grown cloth with gilt spine lettering. viii, 280pp. Good plus overall. While inner hinges and text block are a solid very good, clean and nice, the binding is quite rough and edgeworn, especially along length of spine, which is chipped along the top, and rear board cloth mottled. A tight and decent first edition of this court case transcript introduced by Henry E. Peck and Ralph Plumb -- a famed test of the Fugitive Slave Law involving an escaped slave from Kentucky and the owner's attempt to reclaim him in Ohio. HOWES S 419.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. This is the 1859 first edition, NOT a modern reprint. Original brown cloth binding shows wear along the edges, tears to the spine cloth, top of spine chipped. No distortion of the book from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. Last leaf of text (179/180) has a three inch tear at the bottom edge. No foxing. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. Photos available upon request. …