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Auction: 284 - Bond, Share & Americana Mailbid & Internet Exclusive
Lot: 1003

Book: "Black Diamonds." "Professor Julius Caesar Hannibal" [pseudonym]. New York, A. Ranney, 1855. Small 8vo, brown cloth with blind cover design, gilt spine lettering and illustration. Spine well chipped, with cloth loose, split cleanly but with pages otherwise intact. Soiled at edges and with toned extremities, otherwise Good, with interior pages tight. A series of satires in the form of lectures by the fictional Professor Hannibal, a racist parody of an educated black man. Bidders are cautioned that the contents of the book are of its time and may be offensive to the modern reader. A scarce book! Estimate US$ 75-100

Estimate
$75 to $100