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Sale 479: Rare Books & Manuscripts: The Library of Michael Killigrew desTombe (with additions) (#479) 05/10/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #1 Ten Little Niggers

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$468.75

Estimate: $600 - $900

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Description

Heading:

(African American)

Title:

Ten Little Niggers

Author:

**

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

McLoughlin Bros

Date Published:

1894

Description:

12 chromolithograph pages plus chromolithograph covers. First Edition.

Front and rear inner covers with words and music to the song, Ten Little Niggers. While the pictures lapse into stereotype, this is a more respectful treatment of black subjects than is often seen in pieces from this period.

Condition:

Split along spine fold, the whole punched and reinforced with string; wrappers chipped and with some creasing, short tears, etc.; good.

Item#:

226110

Headline:

Ten Little Niggers McLoughlin Bros.
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