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Lot of 3. The African Repository, and Colonial Journal. Vol. VI. Washington: Publ. by order of the Managers of the American Colonization Society; James C. Dunn, Printer and Publisher, 1831. Small 8vo, three quarter leather over paper boards, 384pp. With content relative to Africa, the African Educational Society, Liberia, and more. Contains fold-out, hand-colored map entitled, "Map of the West Coast of Africa, from Sierra Leone to Cape Palmas; including the Colony of Liberia: Compiled Chiefly from the Surveys and Observations of the Late Revd. J. Ashmun." Published by A. Finley, Philadelphia, 1830. Some toning to map. Shelf wear, rubbing on covers, spine. Moderate to heavy toning/spotting throughout interior pages. Thompson, George. Prison Life and Reflections; or, A Narrative of the Arrest, Trial, Conviction, Imprisonment, Treatment, Observations, Reflections, and Deliverance of Work, Burr, and Thompson, Who Suffered an Unjust and Cruel Imprisonment in Missouri Penitentiary, For Attempting to Aid Some Slaves to Liberty. Written by one of the prisoners. Hartford: A. Work, 1854. Three parts in one volume. 12mo, cloth covered boards, 377pp. Illustration of Interior of Jail in Palmyra Missouri opposite title page. Wear to binding, partial separation between covers and spine, some loss along edges/corners. Interior pages with some light spotting throughout. Carter, Boake. Black Shirt Black Skin. Harrisburg, PA: Telegraph Press, 1935. Large 12mo, cloth covered boards, 178pp. Including illustrations by George P. Fayko, Jr. Some shelf wear, including what looks like mild water damage on back cover. Some toning on title page and frontispiece, otherwise interior pages very good, clean. Provenance: Property from the Inventory of Rex Stark