The History of Antislavery Cause in State and Nation
by Willey, Rev. Austin
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Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston and Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1886. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5.5"), brown cloth, gilt spine title, gilt illus. on upper cover. Frontis., xii, [1], 503 pp., 19 port. plates, facsimile signatures under many portraits. CONDITION: Good, faded spine, cracked but firm front inner hinge, one small hole at back edge of spine, rubbing at extremities, sound binding, portraits clean. A history of Maine's role in the national Antislavery Reform movement.
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- The History of Antislavery Cause in State and Nation
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- Willey, Rev. Austin
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- Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston and Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1886
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...