Fine Books & Manuscripts

[AMERICANA]. A group of 4 titles, including: [BELDEN, Ezekiel Porter]. Sketches of Yale College. New York: Saxton & Miles, 1843. 12mo. Woodcuts engravings including frontispiece (pale foxing throughout). Original blindstamped cloth (some separation along joints). FIRST EDITION. –– SEARS, Robert, editor. A New and Popular Pictorial Description of the United States. New York: published by the editor, 1848. 8vo. Numerous engravings. Original red morocco decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles (extremities gently rubbed). PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Sears to Lemuel Allan Wilmot (1809–1878). –– GRIFFITHS, Julia, editor. Autographs for Freedom. Auburn: Alden, Beardsley & Co., 1854. 8vo. Numerous engravings and facsimiles. Original red cloth gilt. –– WEATHERFORD, W. D. Negro Life in the South. New York: Association Press, 1911. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in white. FIRST EDITION. –– Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, condition generally good to very good.