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SLAVERY - WEST INDIES-. FRANCKLYN (GILBERT) An Answer to Clarkson's Essay on the Slavery.. particularly the African, presentation copy, 1789; and others, slavery etc (6) image 1
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SLAVERY - WEST INDIES-. FRANCKLYN (GILBERT) An Answer to Clarkson's Essay on the Slavery.. particularly the African, presentation copy, 1789; and others, slavery etc (6) image 3
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SLAVERY - WEST INDIES, ETC.
FRANCKLYN (G.) An Answer to the Rev. Mr. Clarkson's Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African, 1789; and 5 others, mostly on slavery (6)

7 – 15 July 2025, 12:00 BST
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SLAVERY - WEST INDIES, ETC.

FRANCKLYN (GILBERT) An Answer to the Rev. Mr. Clarkson's Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African, in a Series of Letters, from a Gentleman in Jamaica, to his Friend in London, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "To Admiral Barrington from his obed. humble ser[vant] the Auth[or]" on title-page, contemporary half calf, Printed at the Typographic Press, and Sold by J. Walter [and others], 1789--FOOT (JESSE) A Defence of the Planters in the West-Indies, second edition, modern half calf, J. Debrett, 1792--STEPHEN (JAMES) England Enslaved by Her Own Slave Colonies. An Address to the Electors and People of the United Kingdom, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "With the author's respectful compts." on the half-title, untrimmed, stitched, light soiling to first and last leaf, modern half morocco case with gilt morocco lettering label on upper cover, Hatchard, 1826--Anecdotes of Africans [by a Lover of Africa], contemporary blind-stamped blue calf gilt, spine worn, Harvey and Darton, 1827--BARCLAY (ALEXANDER) A Practical View of the Present State of Slavery in the West Indies, third edition, publisher's cloth, rebacked in calf gilt, Smith, Elder, [1828]--TRUSLER (JOHN) The London Adviser and Guide: containing Every Instruction and Information useful and necessary to Persons living in London and coming to reside there...Useful also to Foreigners, second edition, woodcut diagram of the Royal Exchange, 12pp. of advertisements at end, modern quarter calf, for the Author, 1790, 8vo (6)

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